A building for the community.

The Lakeshore Food Club is located within the Lakeshore Resource Network. The overall aim of the Lakeshore Food Club, in partnership with the Lakeshore Resource Network, is to provide a convenient and accessible space in the community to “teach a man to fish.” Local agencies were asked to envision an ideal facility with ideal services. The Lakeshore Resource Network was born from these ideas. Resources include: connecting consumers to needed services, food access, employment training, housing assistance, showers and laundry facilities for emergency relief, and computer lab and kiosks for tasks such as completing job applications, resumes, & tax returns. A main feature of the facility will be the community classroom and meeting space that can be utilized to offer trainings in a multitude of areas such as money management and financial literacy, job readiness and coaching, homeownership and repair, health and wellness, and healthy cooking demonstrations and meal planning. 

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In addition to the supermarket style layout emphasizing consumer choice, invaluable features of the Lakeshore Food Club include ample space for a walk-in cooler and freezer, as well as produce shelving, to safely collect, store, and distribute nutritious food for our member households. Cold food storage increases the shelf-life of fresh produce and allows for the capacity to purchase quality protein and dairy. Another highlight of the facility is the repackaging room which allows us to repackage quality, nutritious bulk products into usable portions. These advantages decrease overall waste, allowing LFC to stretch its budget and make each dollar go further.