The JPOFF has provided support to CLICK to establish, enhance or expand their services since 2014. The first grant awarded in 2014 helped support the opening of CLICK’s teaching kitchen. Initial grant funds allowed CLICK to create, renovate and equip the teaching kitchen facility, with the goal of serving underserved middle school children in the Windham area. Other funding provided throughout the years included a grant to purchase a boiler that required immediate replacement, a new Education Program Coordinator position, additional hours for the Executive Director position and to assist with  the development of GROW Windham’s hot sauce product. The general operating support grant awarded in 2024 will allow CLICK to fulfill their mission through ensuring adequate staffing and meeting operational costs not otherwise covered by Federal or State grants. 

CLICK is a multi-cultural, multi-service kitchen connecting farmers, chefs, and food lovers. Their producers buy local ingredients, support local farms, and help grow the local economy—right in Windham County. CLICK is playing a critical part in the shift from an unsustainable, socially and environmentally destructive global food system to one that is just, locally based, sustainable, and healthy for all. Their commercial kitchen facilities allow food entrepreneurs and farmers to grow their businesses without taking on the debt or risk of an entire kitchen by themselves. They foster a network between food producers by connecting member businesses to local farms, increasing consumer access to fresh, nutritious foods.