Category Archives: NMEP Monthly Newsletter

Today, Universal Allah of Best Burgers is cooking burgers and toasting buns in the No More Empty Pots Commercial Kitchen. Upstairs, his family and friends are running a pop-up restaurant in Cups Café at Florence. They’re getting a feel for how their own restaurant will run when they open it in 2020. After working with…

Two years ago we met a blossoming young chef named Harrison. He loves getting creative when making his own recipes. At the time, he had just turned 11 and No More Empty Pots was privileged to help him celebrate his birthday with food. Harrison along with his closest friends and family threw down in the…

Katie joined the No More Empty Pots Mosaic Volunteer Team at the Food Hub a few weeks later than the rest. She was shy and reserved, hanging near a dear friend, Tiff. Katie could be coaxed into conversation but if she lost her train of thought would say: “I lost it in my brain.” or “I…

Bob and his wife have been avid attendees of the Hubbard Sustainability Series events at presented by Metropolitan Community College at DoSpace where No More Empty Pots has catered rescued and repurposed food. At one event, Bob began grazing the food table before it even started.  Bob shared that No More Empty Pots always has the…

Every month, Mary Mollner, master storyteller from Omaha Public Library visits Cups Café at Little Italy for “Out & About Story Time” where she engages the community in activities with storytelling. With gardening in full swing, she introduced the kindergarten and first grade classes from All Saints Catholic School to the six parts of a plant. She started the adventure by asking…

We met Ruth at an Adult Forum hosted by Trinity Lutheran Church in Minne Lusa Miller Park neighborhood between morning services. After sharing updates on No More Empty Pots with parishioners at Trinity, Ruth stayed after to ask questions and share a story. She mentioned that she had multiple cans of chicken and needed to…

Malia is in Saturday Art Club at the UNION for Contemporary Art and she is enthusiastic. She was in the first of two youth groups to engage in a sample tasting for NMEP’s Community Harvest prepared meals program. Each Saturday, designated youth chefs are chosen to execute food service for the group by passing out the food and drinks….

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”4569″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1553868819734{padding-top: 10px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1554057251475{padding-top: 15px !important;}”] Earlier this year, Kaneko began hosting a series of workshops called the Creative Catalyst Series. No More Empty Pots collaborated with Kaneko on a special activity on seeds, sowing and planting. The youth planted a variety of greens, garlic, carrots, peas, okra, watermelon and squash into trays that were…

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”4584″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1553877260726{padding-top: 10px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text] When Shaquila joined Cohort 6 in January, she and her 4-year-old son had been living with friends and family for years. “We’ve basically been homeless since he was born,” says Shaquila. Halfway through the program, she lost her place to live and found herself in a shelter, with no…

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”4565″ img_size=”large”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1553868296521{padding-top: 15px !important;}”] We met Al through his son Alan Kennedy of Project Advocates, who has been leading the Phase Two project on the No More Empty Pots Food Hub renovation. Having just celebrated his seventy-fifth birthday, retired carpenter Al spent several days lending carpentry skills to the Cups Café at Little Italy…