Every two weeks, 25 or so people gather in Vetri Community Partnership’s Teaching Kitchen to learn how to cook. People start trickling in at 5 pm, arriving from work, school, or home, and by 5:30, the kitchen is full. Everyone...
By: Maddy Booth, CEO This summer, I had the great honor and joy of participating in the Harvard Business School Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management. For a full week alongside 164 people from 18 countries, we lived and breathed leadership...
A recent study published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics came to the conclusion that fewer than a quarter of patients who had been hospitalized or been in a period of care for a cardiovascular-related incident...
Born and raised in Philadelphia, Chef Kurt Evans found his culinary spark cooking southern style dishes, alongside his grandmothers as a child. Since then, he’s gone on to hone his skills in some of Philadelphia’s most esteemed kitchens. In 2017,...
If you’ve been to Vetri Community Partnership’s headquarters recently, you’ve probably noticed some new large-scale art gracing our walls. The piece, titled Recipe for Community, is a mural by artist Cindy Lozito and was created in collaboration with Mural Arts...
On November 18th, the Saturday before Thanksgiving, Vetri Community Partnership opened up the gates to a parking lot near our headquarters and Teaching Kitchen to welcome 150 families in need. The families were there to collect a Thanksgiving turkey and...
Dear Friends, As I reflect upon the past year, it is with immense gratitude and pride that I share our 2023 Impact Report with you. Your support has made a difference in the lives of more than 30,000 Philadelphians sharing...
Do you know about the Chef’s Circle? Vetri Community Partnership is so excited to have a place where we can now engage and work with talented chefs and cooks from all over Philadelphia and the U.S. Chefs and other industry...
On Monday April 10th, Philadelphia City Councilmember-at-large Isaiah Thomas joined Vetri Cooking Lab at W.B. Saul High School to learn more about Vetri Community Partnership’s after-school and out-of-school time program. Together with high school students, the Councilmember minced garlic and...
Vetri Community Partnership is thrilled to announce that we have received a $20,000 grant from Campbell Soup Foundation alongside 20 other wonderful organizations across the United States, including 6 organizations in the Greater Philadelphia area that serve Camden. This is...