Open Hand Atlanta

Meet PITK Co-Chair Chef Kevin Rathbun, who has been co-chairing Party in the Kitchen with us for 10 years, on top of contributing his endless generosity to Open Hand. We are honored to have him join as a chair once again and to have his continued partnership! Chef Kevin's passion for food and hospitality started in Kansas City, where he started as a dishwasher. Following culinary school, Rathbun went on to New Orleans, Dallas, Houston and Atlanta to work with celebrity chefs and restaurateurs including Bradley Ogden, Emeril Lagasse, Stephen Pyles, Ella Brennan and Pano Karatassos. In 1994, he was nominated for the James Beard Awards “Rising Star Chef” for his work at Baby Ruth. By 1996, he opened two different flagship restaurants with Buckhead Life Restaurant Group and served as the Corporate Executive Chef, overseeing several restaurants for the group. Rathbun then ventured out on his own in 2004 to open Rathbun’s. Krog Bar, Kevin Rathbun Steak and KR Steakbar followed. (P.S. Read more about all our chef partners at OpenHandAtlanta.org/PITK, and get your tickets today!)

Our co-chairs are excited to welcome you to the 21st Annual Party in the Kitchen, with the Patron Reception on September 12th and the Main Event on September 26th! There are only a few weeks left to grab your tickets: OpenHandAtlanta.org/PITK. Don't miss out on our biggest night of the year, full of the city's best chefs, wonderful auction items, and powerful impact! Our Co-Chairs, L to R: Chef Kevin Rathbun, Roger J. Smith, Anne Barge Clegg, Chef Peter Kaiser

We're one month away from our Patron Reception, which will provide attendees with an insider look at our brand new state-of-the-art facility. Enjoy delicious bites and brews from our chef partners while you tour the Open Hand Atlanta campus, and get the chance to bid on a surprise live auction item available only to those in attendance. Tickets to the Patron Reception include access to the Main Event on September 26th. Secure your spot to this limited event: https://lnkd.in/eENYGWJg

Thank you to everyone who joined us for our 27th annual dinner at The Colonnade last night to benefit our mission of delivering love, dignity, and nutrition to Georgians in need. Thanks to so many of our longtime supporters coming together, over $17,000 was raised to show our neighbors that food is medicine and food is love ❤️

Thank you to our Armour Drive neighbor Freihofer Transport for this last neighborly kindness! This week they devoted two of their trucks and four movers to us for a day, helping us haul our things to our new home at 1380 West Marietta Street NW all day. This was a huge time and expense saver for us, and we can't thank them enough for the patience and compassion they've shown. Thank you, Freihofer!

That's a wrap on our volunteer shifts at 181 Armour Drive! It's a bittersweet feeling, but we're thrilled to already be welcoming volunteer delivery drivers at our new home at 1380 West Marietta Street NW starting today! We can't wait to welcome the rest of our volunteers as well. Be sure to check out our social media post from last week for more information on shifting volunteer dates, and keep an eye on your email for our most up-to-date needs! Sign up at OpenHandAtlanta/org/Volunteer

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Volunteers, have you checked your inbox? Be sure to keep an eye on it, because Volunteer Services will continue to send out big updates, like they did this yesterday morning. We are officially beginning to transition volunteer shifts over to our new home at1380 West Marietta Street NW! Be one of the first volunteers at our new building - sign up for a shift: https://lnkd.in/e-2SNA2B Thank you to our volunteers for your continued patience and dedication these past couple of weeks. This move has been a monumental effort, and we would not be able to ensure uninterrupted service for our neighbors in need without the care you continue to share ❤️

We're all packed up on the administrative side over at 181 Armour Drive! There are a lot of memories in these walls: we've been in our 176 Ottley Building for nearly 20 years, and in our 181 Armour building for 10 years. It's been surreal packing our things and watching the building slowly empty after so much impact was made here, but we're thrilled to begin our next chapter in our new home ❤️ Image 1: Our movers hard at work loading up the truck with everything our administrative staff will need at 1380 West Marietta. Image 2: Our COO Susan Anderson, before we began packing, standing behind a tall stack of packing bins. Images 3-4: Our Nutrition Services and Resource Development staff packing their spaces!

The first ingredient in every meal that comes out of our kitchen is love thanks to the care and expertise of our incredible chefs, staff, and volunteers ❤️ However, some of the items in our kitchen that put love into our nourishing meals have extra wear and tear. Our new space is an opportunity for a fresh start, and more impact than ever before. Everything from our wagons, industrial-sized kitchen appliances, to the tiniest scoops will kick us off to a strong start in our new home, which we can't wait to share with you soon. Help equip our new kitchen today: https://lnkd.in/gPmmiz87