God’s Gang is introducing GrandMa’s Hands, an extension of our mission to improve the lives of our children. To support this effort, we are asking you to contribute one or more favorite recipes and /or household /kitchen tips for inclusion in “GrandMa’s Kitchen” book. This book will be offered for sale by God’s Gang and the proceeds will go towards implementing programming beneficial to our Grandmothers and their Families. We have chosen a book for our first project as it incorporates the many aspects of God’s Gang - Food Security, Reading, and the Preservation of Our Heritage. Hopefully, many of the ingredients called for in these recipes can be grown in your backyard or on one of our outreach farm projects.

 According to the Brookdale Foundation, in Illinois, there are 213,465 children living in grandparent-headed households (6.6% of all children in the state). There are another 75,362 children living in households headed by  other relatives (2.3% of all children in the state). Of the children living in households headed by grandparents or other relatives in Illinois, 119,676 are living there without either parent present.  (Additional data on grandparents and grandchildren are available at www.census.gov/population    and www.socdemo/grandparents.html 

You can mail your recipe to or if you would like to contribute a donation towards the production of the book, checks can be made out to:

God’s Gang

P.O. Box 87712-60680

Chicago, IL 60680