Area charity to update kitchen thanks to $50,000 grant money

Grace Centers of Hope has received a $50,000 grant from the Walmart Foundation's Michigan State Giving Program to upgrade its kitchen, which serves meals to as many as 200 people a day."This kitchen was here when I came here 26 years ago," said Pastor Kent W. Clark, CEO of Grace Centers of Hope.Erik Hingst, the retailer's senior manager for public affairs and government relations, said: "There was a clear need. I was fortunate to be able to tour the facility last summer, so I was able to see firsthand the condition of the equipment in the existing kitchen. It was getting to the point where they couldn't even order parts."
The appliances the shelter purchased with the grant include a convection oven, a fryer, a griddle ranger, stovetop, refrigerator, food warmer, coffee machine, service counter, work tables, a walk-in cooler and a walk-in freezer.Telitha Nutt, 32, said she's been staying at Grace Centers of Hope for eight months and works in the kitchen.The mother of three said the faith-based Grace Centers of Hope has saved her life."Finding the Lord has made a huge difference in my life and my children's lives," the mother of three said. "This is the first time in my life that I actually feel a sense of peace."The township will have a new restaurant in a few months after the supervisors granted conditional use approval for a Zoe's Kitchen at 280 N. Sycamore St.
Zoe's will fill the space vacated by another restaurant, Cosi, which recently closed.Zoe's Kitchen offers "Mediterranean cuisine with a southern twist," said Brian Waghalter, a regional manager for the chain that opened in 1995 in Alabama and today has 78 locations across the country."Everything is made from scratch," he said.The menu includes steak, chicken and shrimp kebobs, soups, sandwiches, wraps and vegetarian offerings. Almost everything is $10 or less, said Waghalter. Customers order at the counter. Staff members bring food to the tables and clear them, Waghalter added.He estimated the Newtown Township Zoe's would open sometime in May.You're wrong. You do – because your eyes are deceiving you. "A visually clean kitchen is only a superficially clean kitchen if it is not properly disinfected and sanitised", a new survey conducted by the Indian Medical Academy (IMA) has revealed," says ChennaiOnline.