Kinship breaks ground on new home for food, connection & belonging
For Nikki Danielson, Kinship Community Food Center wasn't simply a place to pick up groceries. It was where she found a path forward.
After entering a sobriety program, Danielson came to Kinship looking for support while rebuilding a life that had become, in her words, "unmanageable." She began shopping at the food market, volunteering and attending community meals with her teenage son. With the help of a Kinship coach, she received crisis support and enrolled in the organization's culinary workforce training program in 2024.
Today, she's the operations manager at Kinship Café. And on Wednesday, July 15, as the organization breaks ground on a new 28,000-square-foot home at the corner of Holton and Locust, she sees something far bigger than a new building.
"I hope you see that it's more than square footage," Danielson said. "It means there's more room for someone to walk through the door, nervous and overwhelmed, and discover that people remember her name."