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Stepping Up for God’s Kitchen

“God is working his magic.” That was Arnetta Griffin’s reaction as she began to add donated meat to her daily menu for the homeless…

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On a Mission to Feed!

It’s not often the homeless are delivered steak dinners. After months of passing out homemade sandwiches to the local homeless population, Kenosha’s…

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God’s Kitchen Needs Your Help

My mission for God’s Kitchen of Kenosha is to feed and love God’s children, and have a God’s Kitchen building where everyone who is in need…

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Thankful for God’s Kitchen

Arnetta Griffin is thankful. Among other things, she’s thankful for Jesus, her family and St. Luke’s Lutheran Church, 6700 30th Ave. And those who know…

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God’s Kitchen Hosting Holiday Event

God’s Kitchen of Kenosha will be hosting a free Thanksgiving meal on Nov. 17. God’s Kitchen, operated by Arnetta Griffin, provides free meals twice…

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Griffin Hopes to Find a Permanent Home

Helen Powell was sitting with her young grandson waiting for a bus when a stranger walked up and handed her a packaged lunch of warm fried chicken…

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God’s Kitchen Anniversary

Saturday afternoon God’s Kitchen marked its one-year anniversary with a fiesta of food, face-painting, clothes and haircuts. In the year since Arnetta Griffin…

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Already a Year of Feeding the Homeless

“God is sending everyone my way to help me.” That’s Arnetta Griffin talking, and it’s happening that way because she has stepped up for Kenosha’s most needy…

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Griffin Hopes to Find a Permanent Home

Arnetta Griffin is celebrating the one-year anniversary of God’s Kitchen of Kenosha by doing what she loves most: feeding a crowd. Griffin is holding what…

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Easter Celebration for God’s Kitchen

In the packed basement of St. Luke’s Lutheran Church in Kenosha, Arnetta Griffin called everyone to stop their eating and chatting and serving for a moment…

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God’s Kitchen to Hold Free Easter Meal

Arnetta Griffin and God’s Kitchen of Kenosha will host an Easter event Saturday at St. Lukes Lutheran Church, 6700 30th Ave. The celebration, from…

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Gateway Humanitarians to be Honored

Griffin, the owner of the Kenosha-based, nonprofit agency God’s Kitchen, operates a facility that provides two meals a day and clothing to the hungry and…

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A Daily Dose of Christmas Cookies

The Daily Dose Cafe wasn’t open for business Monday night, but it was packed with young and old who came to spread the spirit of the holiday…

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Rain Can’t Stop Thanksgiving Meal

It was a free meal, but it was also a love fest for 200. Those who received the free Thanksgiving meal were grateful; its benefactor loved being able…

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Effort to Feed Homeless Hits Red Tape

A Kenosha woman who makes meals for homeless and needy residents of Uptown is looking for a new place to prepare food after the Kenosha Division…

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Thanksgiving Comes Early to Uptown

A brisk wind swirled in the parking lot outside the Uptown Pantry at 22nd Avenue and 61st Street Sunday as a crowd of about 30 people began to gather…

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Efforts to Feed the Homeless Grows

A Kenosha woman working to provide meals to homeless people in the Uptown neighborhood now has a website to help facilitate donations…

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A Mission to Feed the Homeless

Every day, twice a day, Arnetta Griffin arrives on 22nd Avenue in Uptown, and every day her regulars are waiting. “She’s a saint; I’m not going to lie to you..

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