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A Family Kitchen Gets New Light After adding skylights and an additional 53 square feet of space, this space is transformed. By Olivia Rassow · 2/18/2015, 2:56 p.m.

What is it? The family kitchen. First, let's hear about the kitchen Norris grew up in: "Our kitchen was also the hub of life. It had a TV, had a little radio in there.

Family Kitchen is serving an average of 13,000 meals a month. It is run mostly by volunteers with direction from two full-time and two part-time staffers and twelve hands-on board members.

To donate or for more information including mealtimes, please visit www.FamilyKitchen.org. Donations are also accepted via mail to Family Kitchen, 469 NW Wall Street, Bend, OR 97703, 541-760-5677.

MINA Family Kitchen is also giving their furloughed employees the option to pick-up a free daily ‘family meal’ — something that many employees have grown to rely on during each restaurant shift.