Kitchen on the Street

Kitchen on the Street Turning Hunger into Hope One Child at a Time... They soon found that most nonprofits require volunteers to be 16 years or older. Board Member experience for Jr.

In 2006 Lisa Scarpinato and her husband Vince were looking for volunteer opportunities they could do with their 12-year-old daughter. Their deep desire to serve others led them to take a hard look at their community. On 9/3/2006 during dinner with friends at their home, their lives were forever changed. That night a dinner guest shared a recent experience he witnessed at the school he worked at, w

herein he watched a 2nd grade student search through the cafeteria trash for food! After investigating, he found that this student and her siblings were from a low-income family and struggled to get food on weekends, outside of school. After hearing this, Vince and Lisa started the process of forming a 501c3 nonprofit called Kitchen on the Street, for the express purposing of serving food insecure kids in AZ. Kitchen on the Street currently provides Bags of Hope (weekend food backpacks) to 2,000+ children throughout the Valley. Bags of Hope are distributed through schools and provide the nutrients necessary to properly fuel a child’s body and brain so they can be an academic success. Their research indicates that once a food insecure child receives a Bag of Hope on a regular basis, reading skills increase by 12% and math scores improve by 26%! The organization attempts to preserve the environment by reusing plastic bags and facilitates a food rescue program, since food is the largest source of waste in US landfills. Kitchen on the Street is KID friendly, allowing children ages 10 and up to volunteer; they also welcome school Field Trips and have developed a “Taking it to the Streets” curriculum that is done in school classrooms, using videos, games and activities to educate the next generation on how just one life event can create food insecurity. Every August they kick-off a year long Jr. High, High School and College Students as another means of educating youth on food insecurity and engaging them in the process of finding creative solutions to this social injustice. This hunger relief organization is of the firm believe that childhood hunger can be eliminated. They belief that so strongly that they introduced a dinosaur mascot with a mission to “make childhood hunger extinct”.

04/16/2026
04/16/2026

Big SHOUT OUT to for including Kitchen on the Street in their conference at The Biltmore. These fine folks decorated 120 bags, packed them with food and personally donated the funds for 2,543 meals for food-insecure kids! Thanks for turning hunger into hope, one food-insecure kid at a time. .booher.357

Such an honor to celebrate the milestone of $100 MILLION in giving! The Dbacks were the very first organization to bel...
03/10/2026

Such an honor to celebrate the milestone of $100 MILLION in giving! The Dbacks were the very first organization to believe in and support Kitchen on the Street's mission way back in 2007. In 2011 they granted KOS The Grand Slam award and provided a food truck to further that mission. In 2020 their partnership created to provide nutrition education to some of Az's most vulnerable children. We are so grateful for the Dbacks commitment to community!

Great packing event with these glam girls from ! They packed Bags in record time, cleaned and prayed over the food, so...
03/04/2026

Great packing event with these glam girls from ! They packed Bags in record time, cleaned and prayed over the food, so it's ready to go out tomorrow for distraction at partner schools! ♥️

FANTASTIC group of NHS students packed Bags of Hope today! Kids helping kids! ♥️
02/28/2026

FANTASTIC group of NHS students packed Bags of Hope today! Kids helping kids! ♥️

Fantastic group of NHS students packed Bags of Hope today! Kids helping kids! ♥️
02/28/2026

Fantastic group of NHS students packed Bags of Hope today! Kids helping kids! ♥️

SHOUT OUT to this student government for busting a move to pack 600 Bags of Hope in record time! These students were so...
01/16/2026

SHOUT OUT to this student government for busting a move to pack 600 Bags of Hope in record time! These students were so polite, inquisitive and helpful during their visit to Kitchen on the Street. Plus, they collected 4,000+ plastic bags and donated the funds for 142 Bags of Hope! True leaders in this group. ♥️

Today we had the pleasure of doing a class presentation at academy to share our mission. The fantastic students at thi...
01/14/2026

Today we had the pleasure of doing a class presentation at academy to share our mission. The fantastic students at this Christ-centered, K-8 private micro learning center wrote these sweet notes to encourage KOS Kids! It was a GREAT day for all!

The 150 stockings prepped by elves will go to these students and their siblings. The 40+ gifts delivered by KOS friend...
12/18/2025

The 150 stockings prepped by elves will go to these students and their siblings. The 40+ gifts delivered by KOS friends and family, plus the 50+ turkeys from Costco Scottsdale Airpark will bring a ton of cheer to some of the sweetest kids ever. BIG thanks to all that made it possible to bless the Maryvale community! ♥️

The elves dropped by to pack 150 Christmas stockings today! embodies the Christian spirit all year long. They have b...
12/16/2025

The elves dropped by to pack 150 Christmas stockings today! embodies the Christian spirit all year long. They have been a faithful community partner since 2012, providing a truck and driver monthly to deliver to schools that cannot pick up weekend food bags from Kitchen on the Street. Elontec, thanks for being such a blessing to so many! ♥️

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2650 E. Mohawk Lane #168
Phoenix, AZ
85050

Opening Hours

Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm
Saturday 9am - 11am

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+14802004968

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