Community Action Coalition Cookeville

10/25/2026

Ways to show up with whatever you can

❤️ TODAY, WE ARE ASKING OUR COMMUNITY FOR HELP! ❤️
Compassion First – Recovery Kitchen needs your support! Our mission is to keep showing up, preparing meals, and getting food into the hands of people who need it. But we cannot do it alone.
Right now, we are facing a shortfall in the food and supplies needed to keep our weekly meal service going. Our weekly costs run between $350–$500 to provide what we do, and we need our community’s help to continue serving others.
🥪 Here is what we need most right now:
💧 Bottled water
🥔 Chips and other individual sides
🍪 Sweet treats, cookies, desserts, and other goodies
🍽️ Clamshell food containers
🍴 Disposable utensils
🧻 Napkins
🥫 Food donations and other meal supplies
💵 Monetary donations to help cover the cost of meals and supplies
No donation is too small, and no donation is too large. Whether you can donate a case of water, a box of cookies, a package of napkins, food for our meals, or a monetary contribution, every bit helps us stretch our resources and continue serving our community.
We believe that no proof is needed—just need is enough. We do not want someone to go hungry because we ran short on supplies. But keeping this mission going takes all of us.
❤️ Today, we are asking YOU to help us keep going!
If you would like to donate money, food, or supplies, please reach out to Japheth or Lynda. We would be grateful for donations, connections, shares, and any support you can offer.
📣 Please share this post! You never know who might be able to help.
Together, we can keep the meals coming and make sure our neighbors know they have not been forgotten.
Compassion First – Recovery Kitchen
No proof needed. Just need is enough. ❤️

10/24/2026

We're doing it again! Start saving you're things and find new treasures!

10/23/2026

More ways to help

Are you wanting to help the shelter pets but you aren't in a place to accept a new pet in your home?
See the attached photo for ways to help our animals!

We accept donations of any kinds. We are also always looking for volunteers to help care for our animals. Donations can be dropped off at the front desk or left in the bines outside of intake after hours. Those interested in volunteering please stop by to pick up an application from the front desk!

10/23/2026

Nicely done for folks in Monterey

We recently received a grant from VEC and a $500 donation from a good hearted Samaritan out of Lebanon,TN 💓
This allowed us to purchase new coats for all of the children at the Monterey LBJ&C ☺️

10/23/2026

We're doing it again! Start saving you're things and come and find new treasures.

10/14/2026

Come gather with us tonight. We believe everyone has skills to share. Let's come together and see how we can engage in mutual aid to help everyone in our community.

10/14/2026

Gather with us this evening and plan our next activities. We believe everyone has skills and ideas to share. Let's come together and so how we can help our community members.

10/13/2026

There are so many resourceful people in our community. We would love to have you join us in sharing resources with those who are in need. Our projects have included a Resource Booklet, the Really Really Free Market - what else do you think we can do? Come and share your ideas. Zoom option available - email us so we can send you a link.

10/12/2026

We would love to have you join us at our monthly gathering! We will be talking about our next Really Really Free Market (now officially scheduled for Dec 5), finding a social media coordinator, fund raising ideas, expanding our outreach to communities outside Cookeville to add to our Resource Booklet, events we can sponsor to bring together community partners and any other ideas you all bring.