Every afternoon, Y-CAP program participants gather around the table for a hot, nutritious meal.

Lessons the Dinner Table Teaches: 
For these kids, it's a valuable time to gather with peers and role models to engage in healthy eating, practice good table manners and relationship-building in a family atmosphere all its own. For some, it's the only food they'll have until the school-provided breakfast the next morning. 

Volunteer Opportunities: 
The Y-CAP dinner is supported by individuals in the community who donate and prepare healthy meals. Volunteers are welcome. 

Please contact program director for each site: 

Y-CAP Chattanooga

Gerald Few at 423-494-5221 or gfew@ymcachattanooga.org

Meal Train

Y-CAP Cleveland

Cason Ingram at 423-920-3646 or cingram@ymcachattanooga.org

Meal Train

 

Y-CAP Weekend Snack Bags

Volunteers provide non-perishable items for weekend snack bags to give our most vulnerable youth access to healthy foods over the weekend. For a complete list of items needed, please contact Tommy Hobbs Smith at hobbstommy@epbfi.com. 

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