SciCook

SciCook

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Our mission

SciCook is a San Diego nonprofit 501(c)(3) bringing together Food, Science, and Community. We believe food shouldn't be a commodity, and that hunger and nutritional insecurity come not from a lack of resources, but a lack of will to go the last mile.


Through All In Community Meals, our volunteers cook free, balanced, nutritious meals in partnership with St. Luke's Episcopal Church in North Park and the San Diego Food Bank, serving unsheltered neighbors and anyone facing hunger across downtown San Diego, shelters, and transition homes. Our Nutrition Education & Cooking programs offer free Saturday nutrition classes, hands-on cooking workshops, and team-building events, and SciEats brings culturally relevant food to the community at our North Park Farmers Market booth.


Founded in 2024 by physician-scientist Dr. Taher Sathaliya, SciCook uses underused community kitchens, surplus food, and the power of volunteers to make good food accessible to everyone with dignity and inclusion. We have enough. Let's go the last mile.


Upcoming events
Events

NOV 7 | Saturday

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Diwali Night
Nov 7, 6:00 - 8:00 PM PST
3725 30th St, San Diego, CA 92104, USA

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Fuel Food, Science & Community
We have enough. Let’s go the last mile.SciCook is a San Diego nonprofit that connects food, science, and community—turning the resources our neighborhoods already have into nourishing meals, practical knowledge, and a place where everyone belongs.FOOD. SCIENCE. COMMUNITY.Food brings us together. Science helps us make meals nourishing. Community turns knowledge and compassion into everyday action.WHERE YOUR GIFT GOESThis is a general donation to SciCook. Your support goes where it’s needed most across our work:• All In Community Meals — free, nutritious, culturally familiar meals open to everyone• Nutrition education and hands-on cooking classes• Internships, training, and youth development in the kitchen• The kitchen time, ingredients, equipment, and volunteer support that make it all possibleA COMMUNITY ALREADY IN ACTIONSince June 2026, SciCook has served 10,000+ free meals with 143+ community volunteers. St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in North Park opens its kitchen, the San Diego Food Bank provides food, and SciCook brings nutrition expertise and volunteers together.EVERYONE HAS SOMETHING TO CONTRIBUTETime, skills, knowledge, resources, or simply presence. Give once or monthly, share this page, volunteer, or partner with SciCook. Together, we can make nourishment and belonging part of everyday community life.Let’s go the last mile—together.
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Help Us Go the Last Mile
$1 = 1 nourishing meal. Give $10. Feed 10 neighbors.The food, kitchens and volunteers are already here. Your gift carries a balanced, nutritious meal to a San Diegan facing food insecurity.Through All In Community Meals, SciCook serves free community meals across San Diego. Your donation goes the last mile, turning ingredients into a real plate of food for a neighbor who needs it.SciCook is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Your gift is tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.

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https://www.scicook.org/

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