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Staff greet him warmly; he's been here many times. The maître d' stamps his ID card, and the hungry man selects a table with a red tablecloth, under a big brass chandelier.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The man, Luis Gallardo, is homeless — and so are all the diners, every night, at the city's Robin Hood restaurant. Its mission is to charge the rich and feed the poor. Paying customers at breakfast and lunch foot the bill for the restaurant to serve dinner to homeless people, free of charge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's become Spain's most sought-after lunch reservation. The restaurant has poached staff from luxury hotels. Celebrity chefs are lining up to cook once a week. For paying clients, the lunch is fully booked through the end of March.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_114834\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1780px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2017/01/gettyimages-627971264-81bbffea04626ee866c930f26e82b796bdf16e46.jpg\" alt='A dinner patron chats with Father Angel (right), who says that he wants homeless people to \"eat with the same dignity as any other customer.\"' width=\"1780\" height=\"1334\" class=\"size-full wp-image-114834\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2017/01/gettyimages-627971264-81bbffea04626ee866c930f26e82b796bdf16e46.jpg 1780w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2017/01/gettyimages-627971264-81bbffea04626ee866c930f26e82b796bdf16e46-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2017/01/gettyimages-627971264-81bbffea04626ee866c930f26e82b796bdf16e46-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2017/01/gettyimages-627971264-81bbffea04626ee866c930f26e82b796bdf16e46-768x576.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2017/01/gettyimages-627971264-81bbffea04626ee866c930f26e82b796bdf16e46-1020x764.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2017/01/gettyimages-627971264-81bbffea04626ee866c930f26e82b796bdf16e46-1180x884.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2017/01/gettyimages-627971264-81bbffea04626ee866c930f26e82b796bdf16e46-960x719.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2017/01/gettyimages-627971264-81bbffea04626ee866c930f26e82b796bdf16e46-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2017/01/gettyimages-627971264-81bbffea04626ee866c930f26e82b796bdf16e46-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2017/01/gettyimages-627971264-81bbffea04626ee866c930f26e82b796bdf16e46-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1780px) 100vw, 1780px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A dinner patron chats with Father Angel (right), who says that he wants homeless people to \"eat with the same dignity as any other customer.\" \u003ccite>(Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The restaurant opened in early December, and is run by an 80-year-old Catholic priest, Ángel García Rodriguez, whom everyone knows simply as \"Padre Ángel.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I want them to eat with the same dignity as any other customer,\" Father Ángel says. \"And the same quality, with glasses made of crystal, not plastic, and in an atmosphere of friendship and conversation.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Outside, there's a sign listing the house rules: Patrons are allowed to sing as they please, as long as it doesn't disturb other customers. They can use the free wifi and borrow a cell phone if they need to make a call. They're free to bring their own food and order only drinks, if they prefer. Or they can take over the kitchen for a birthday party or other special celebration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As founder of \u003ca href=\"http://www.mensajerosdelapaz.com/\">Messengers of Peace\u003c/a>, a local charity, Padre Ángel has also converted an abandoned church nearby into a sort of community center. It's the only church in Madrid that's open 24 hours a day — with free coffee, television and places for patrons to sleep. He or a colleague celebrates Mass there daily.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the night NPR visited, the Robin Hood waiters served mushroom consommé, followed by roast turkey and potatoes. For dessert, there's a choice of vanilla pudding or yogurt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gallardo, the man in two coats, says the meal reminds him of Christmases past, before the accounting firm he ran went bankrupt and he had to lay off 60 employees. He shows NPR some photos on his cell phone of a dining table holding a huge spread of sweets and a bottle of French wine. He says the photos were taken two years ago at his home, which he has since had to sell to pay debts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We were just like any other family,\" says Gallardo, 48, shaking his head. His wife has now left him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He lives on the street now, sleeping in ATM machine alcoves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for his future, he says: \"My future is now. I can't even talk about tomorrow. I'd like to know, but I don't what it holds.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_114835\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1776px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2017/01/gettyimages-627971270-006b21027aadbddbe425886faf3eacc4940f5b97.jpg\" alt=\"Robin Hood Restaurant has become quite the hotspot — the restaurant has poached staff from luxury hotels and celebrity chefs are lining up to work there once a week.\" width=\"1776\" height=\"1332\" class=\"size-full wp-image-114835\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2017/01/gettyimages-627971270-006b21027aadbddbe425886faf3eacc4940f5b97.jpg 1776w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2017/01/gettyimages-627971270-006b21027aadbddbe425886faf3eacc4940f5b97-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2017/01/gettyimages-627971270-006b21027aadbddbe425886faf3eacc4940f5b97-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2017/01/gettyimages-627971270-006b21027aadbddbe425886faf3eacc4940f5b97-768x576.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2017/01/gettyimages-627971270-006b21027aadbddbe425886faf3eacc4940f5b97-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2017/01/gettyimages-627971270-006b21027aadbddbe425886faf3eacc4940f5b97-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2017/01/gettyimages-627971270-006b21027aadbddbe425886faf3eacc4940f5b97-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2017/01/gettyimages-627971270-006b21027aadbddbe425886faf3eacc4940f5b97-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2017/01/gettyimages-627971270-006b21027aadbddbe425886faf3eacc4940f5b97-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2017/01/gettyimages-627971270-006b21027aadbddbe425886faf3eacc4940f5b97-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1776px) 100vw, 1776px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Robin Hood Restaurant has become quite the hotspot — the restaurant has poached staff from luxury hotels and celebrity chefs are lining up to work there once a week. \u003ccite>(Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Spain's economy may be out of recession, but its effects are lingering. Unemployment still hovers near 20 percent. The Robin Hood Restaurant feeds more than 100 needy people each night, in two shifts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back in the kitchen, the restaurant's dishwasher has just broken down. A volunteer plunges her hands into the sink and starts washing plates by hand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Some of our diners are very educated, and some are a bit ashamed to be here,\" says Nieve Cuenca, a retiree who comes to help out in the kitchen once a week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I love this work. It's the best thing I've ever done in my life,\" she says, elbow-deep in soapy water. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Copyright 2017 \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/\" target=\"_blank\">NPR\u003c/a>.\u003c/em> \u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"As the country reels from its financial crisis, a new restaurant, run by a Catholic priest, lets paying daytime customers foot the dinner bill for homeless people to dine with dignity — and style.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1485368001,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":20,"wordCount":719},"headData":{"title":"Spain's 'Robin Hood Restaurant' Charges The Rich And Feeds The Poor | KQED","description":"As the country reels from its financial crisis, a new restaurant, run by a Catholic priest, lets paying daytime customers foot the dinner bill for homeless people to dine with dignity — and style.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"Spain's 'Robin Hood Restaurant' Charges The Rich And Feeds The Poor","datePublished":"2017-01-25T18:13:21.000Z","dateModified":"2017-01-25T18:13:21.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"disqusIdentifier":"114832 https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/?p=114832","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2017/01/25/spains-robin-hood-restaurant-charges-the-rich-and-feeds-the-poor/","disqusTitle":"Spain's 'Robin Hood Restaurant' Charges The Rich And Feeds The Poor","nprImageCredit":"Pablo Blazquez Dominguez","nprByline":"Lauren Frayer, NPR Food","nprImageAgency":"Getty Images","nprStoryId":"511267616","nprApiLink":"http://api.npr.org/query?id=511267616&apiKey=MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004","nprHtmlLink":"http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/01/24/511267616/spains-robin-hood-restaurant-charges-the-rich-and-feeds-the-poor?ft=nprml&f=511267616","nprRetrievedStory":"1","nprPubDate":"Tue, 24 Jan 2017 18:06:00 -0500","nprStoryDate":"Tue, 24 Jan 2017 15:50:00 -0500","nprLastModifiedDate":"Tue, 24 Jan 2017 16:53:57 -0500","nprAudio":"https://ondemand.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/atc/2017/01/20170124_atc_spains_robin_hood_restaurant_charges_the_rich_and_feeds_the_poor.mp3?orgId=1&topicId=1053&d=220&p=2&story=511267616&t=progseg&e=511364915&seg=8&ft=nprml&f=511267616","nprAudioM3u":"http://api.npr.org/m3u/1511468504-052e43.m3u?orgId=1&topicId=1053&d=220&p=2&story=511267616&t=progseg&e=511364915&seg=8&ft=nprml&f=511267616","path":"/bayareabites/114832/spains-robin-hood-restaurant-charges-the-rich-and-feeds-the-poor","audioUrl":"https://ondemand.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/atc/2017/01/20170124_atc_spains_robin_hood_restaurant_charges_the_rich_and_feeds_the_poor.mp3?orgId=1&topicId=1053&d=220&p=2&story=511267616&t=progseg&e=511364915&seg=8&ft=nprml&f=511267616","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Listen to the story on All Things Considered:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"nprOneAudioLink","attributes":{"named":{"src":"https://ondemand.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/atc/2017/01/20170124_atc_spains_robin_hood_restaurant_charges_the_rich_and_feeds_the_poor.mp3"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On a frigid winter night, a man wearing two coats shuffles into a brightly lit brick restaurant in downtown Madrid. Staff greet him warmly; he's been here many times. The maître d' stamps his ID card, and the hungry man selects a table with a red tablecloth, under a big brass chandelier.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The man, Luis Gallardo, is homeless — and so are all the diners, every night, at the city's Robin Hood restaurant. Its mission is to charge the rich and feed the poor. Paying customers at breakfast and lunch foot the bill for the restaurant to serve dinner to homeless people, free of charge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's become Spain's most sought-after lunch reservation. The restaurant has poached staff from luxury hotels. Celebrity chefs are lining up to cook once a week. For paying clients, the lunch is fully booked through the end of March.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_114834\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1780px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2017/01/gettyimages-627971264-81bbffea04626ee866c930f26e82b796bdf16e46.jpg\" alt='A dinner patron chats with Father Angel (right), who says that he wants homeless people to \"eat with the same dignity as any other customer.\"' width=\"1780\" height=\"1334\" class=\"size-full wp-image-114834\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2017/01/gettyimages-627971264-81bbffea04626ee866c930f26e82b796bdf16e46.jpg 1780w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2017/01/gettyimages-627971264-81bbffea04626ee866c930f26e82b796bdf16e46-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2017/01/gettyimages-627971264-81bbffea04626ee866c930f26e82b796bdf16e46-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2017/01/gettyimages-627971264-81bbffea04626ee866c930f26e82b796bdf16e46-768x576.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2017/01/gettyimages-627971264-81bbffea04626ee866c930f26e82b796bdf16e46-1020x764.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2017/01/gettyimages-627971264-81bbffea04626ee866c930f26e82b796bdf16e46-1180x884.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2017/01/gettyimages-627971264-81bbffea04626ee866c930f26e82b796bdf16e46-960x719.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2017/01/gettyimages-627971264-81bbffea04626ee866c930f26e82b796bdf16e46-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2017/01/gettyimages-627971264-81bbffea04626ee866c930f26e82b796bdf16e46-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2017/01/gettyimages-627971264-81bbffea04626ee866c930f26e82b796bdf16e46-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1780px) 100vw, 1780px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A dinner patron chats with Father Angel (right), who says that he wants homeless people to \"eat with the same dignity as any other customer.\" \u003ccite>(Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The restaurant opened in early December, and is run by an 80-year-old Catholic priest, Ángel García Rodriguez, whom everyone knows simply as \"Padre Ángel.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I want them to eat with the same dignity as any other customer,\" Father Ángel says. \"And the same quality, with glasses made of crystal, not plastic, and in an atmosphere of friendship and conversation.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Outside, there's a sign listing the house rules: Patrons are allowed to sing as they please, as long as it doesn't disturb other customers. They can use the free wifi and borrow a cell phone if they need to make a call. They're free to bring their own food and order only drinks, if they prefer. Or they can take over the kitchen for a birthday party or other special celebration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As founder of \u003ca href=\"http://www.mensajerosdelapaz.com/\">Messengers of Peace\u003c/a>, a local charity, Padre Ángel has also converted an abandoned church nearby into a sort of community center. It's the only church in Madrid that's open 24 hours a day — with free coffee, television and places for patrons to sleep. He or a colleague celebrates Mass there daily.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the night NPR visited, the Robin Hood waiters served mushroom consommé, followed by roast turkey and potatoes. For dessert, there's a choice of vanilla pudding or yogurt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gallardo, the man in two coats, says the meal reminds him of Christmases past, before the accounting firm he ran went bankrupt and he had to lay off 60 employees. He shows NPR some photos on his cell phone of a dining table holding a huge spread of sweets and a bottle of French wine. He says the photos were taken two years ago at his home, which he has since had to sell to pay debts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We were just like any other family,\" says Gallardo, 48, shaking his head. His wife has now left him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He lives on the street now, sleeping in ATM machine alcoves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for his future, he says: \"My future is now. I can't even talk about tomorrow. I'd like to know, but I don't what it holds.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_114835\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1776px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2017/01/gettyimages-627971270-006b21027aadbddbe425886faf3eacc4940f5b97.jpg\" alt=\"Robin Hood Restaurant has become quite the hotspot — the restaurant has poached staff from luxury hotels and celebrity chefs are lining up to work there once a week.\" width=\"1776\" height=\"1332\" class=\"size-full wp-image-114835\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2017/01/gettyimages-627971270-006b21027aadbddbe425886faf3eacc4940f5b97.jpg 1776w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2017/01/gettyimages-627971270-006b21027aadbddbe425886faf3eacc4940f5b97-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2017/01/gettyimages-627971270-006b21027aadbddbe425886faf3eacc4940f5b97-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2017/01/gettyimages-627971270-006b21027aadbddbe425886faf3eacc4940f5b97-768x576.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2017/01/gettyimages-627971270-006b21027aadbddbe425886faf3eacc4940f5b97-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2017/01/gettyimages-627971270-006b21027aadbddbe425886faf3eacc4940f5b97-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2017/01/gettyimages-627971270-006b21027aadbddbe425886faf3eacc4940f5b97-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2017/01/gettyimages-627971270-006b21027aadbddbe425886faf3eacc4940f5b97-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2017/01/gettyimages-627971270-006b21027aadbddbe425886faf3eacc4940f5b97-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2017/01/gettyimages-627971270-006b21027aadbddbe425886faf3eacc4940f5b97-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1776px) 100vw, 1776px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Robin Hood Restaurant has become quite the hotspot — the restaurant has poached staff from luxury hotels and celebrity chefs are lining up to work there once a week. \u003ccite>(Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Spain's economy may be out of recession, but its effects are lingering. Unemployment still hovers near 20 percent. The Robin Hood Restaurant feeds more than 100 needy people each night, in two shifts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back in the kitchen, the restaurant's dishwasher has just broken down. A volunteer plunges her hands into the sink and starts washing plates by hand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Some of our diners are very educated, and some are a bit ashamed to be here,\" says Nieve Cuenca, a retiree who comes to help out in the kitchen once a week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I love this work. It's the best thing I've ever done in my life,\" she says, elbow-deep in soapy water. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Copyright 2017 \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/\" target=\"_blank\">NPR\u003c/a>.\u003c/em> \u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/bayareabites/114832/spains-robin-hood-restaurant-charges-the-rich-and-feeds-the-poor","authors":["byline_bayareabites_114832"],"categories":["bayareabites_1962","bayareabites_3032","bayareabites_2035"],"tags":["bayareabites_3038","bayareabites_248","bayareabites_15726","bayareabites_9114"],"featImg":"bayareabites_114833","label":"bayareabites"},"bayareabites_110356":{"type":"posts","id":"bayareabites_110356","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"bayareabites","id":"110356","score":null,"sort":[1467216662000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"where-homeless-people-can-get-free-meals-in-the-bay-area","title":"Where Homeless People Can Get Free Meals in the Bay Area","publishDate":1467216662,"format":"standard","headTitle":"Bay Area Bites | KQED Food","labelTerm":{},"content":"\u003cp>\u003cem>This post was originally published on June 29, 2016, and was updated October 29, 2019.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are thousands of homeless people living in San Francisco and a larger number in the greater Bay Area. With rising housing and living costs, it's not getting easier for people living on the street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fortunately, there are also lots of local organizations providing services to those in need. We've compiled a list of many of the places, sorted roughly by geography, that provide regular hot and fresh meals. This list primarily focuses on the organizations and services that provide multiple hot meals each week or daily meal service. There are \u003cem>many\u003c/em> more places that provide a weekly or monthly meal, as well as food banks that distribute groceries and fresh food. \u003ca href=\"https://www.projecthomelessconnect.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Project Homeless Connect\u003c/a> has a fairly comprehensive listing of homeless services if you're looking for more information, and the independent county food banks are valuable resources for fresh food pick-ups. If we missed an organization that provides a place for homeless residents to get a regular hot meal, please let us know in the comments below.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most of these organizations are also in need of volunteers and/or donations. Contact them directly to sign up or to inquire about what they specifically are looking for.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>San Francisco\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.glide.org/program/daily-free-meals/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Glide\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n330 Ellis Street [\u003ca href=\"https://goo.gl/JePMI8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">map\u003c/a>]\u003cbr>\nSan Francisco, CA 94102\u003cbr>\nPh: (415) 674-6000\u003cbr>\nHours:\u003cbr>\nBreakfast: Daily, 8am-9am (seniors' breakfast 7:30am-8am; women's breakfast 10:30am-11am)\u003cbr>\nLunch: Daily, noon-1:30pm (bagged lunches on Sat, Sun)\u003cbr>\nDinner: Mon-Fri, 4pm-5:30pm\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Begun in 1969, Glide provides meals daily in the dining room, plus special meals around the holidays and a number of other services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.stanthonysf.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">St. Anthony's\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n121 Golden Gate Ave. [\u003ca href=\"https://goo.gl/Idmghu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">map\u003c/a>]\u003cbr>\nSan Francisco, CA 94102\u003cbr>\nPh: (415) 241-2600\u003cbr>\nHours: Daily, 10am-11:45am for seniors and families with children; daily, 11:30am-1:30pm for everyone\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The dining room also hosts weekly food distribution programs, as well as clothing programs, a medical clinic, and a social work center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.uchsmotherbrowns.org/dining-room\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mother Brown's Kitchen\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n2111 Jennings St. [\u003ca href=\"https://goo.gl/H39Ghk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">map\u003c/a>]\u003cbr>\nSan Francisco, CA 94124\u003cbr>\nPh: (415) 671-1100\u003cbr>\nHours:\u003cbr>\nBreakfast: Daily, 7am-9am\u003cbr>\nDinner: Daily, 5pm-7pm\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The United Council of Human Services operates Mother Brown's Kitchen, which started as a small mobile food operation 20 years ago. The organization also runs food pantries in Oakdale and Sunnyvale.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.martindeporres.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Martin de Porres House of Hospitality\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n225 Potrero Ave. [\u003ca href=\"https://goo.gl/QUhE1d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">map\u003c/a>]\u003cbr>\nSan Francisco, CA 94103\u003cbr>\nPh: (415) 552-0240\u003cbr>\nHours:\u003cbr>\nBreakfast: Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri, 5:30am-7:30am (hot tea, bread available at 5:30am; oatmeal served at 6:30am)\u003cbr>\nLunch: Tues-Sat, noon-2pm\u003cbr>\nBrunch: Sun, 9am-10:30am\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meals are served daily, and typically the courtyard and dining room open early to allow people to come in off the street. Showers and hygiene products are available Tuesday and Thursday mornings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://curryseniorcenter.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Curry Senior Center\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n333 Turk St. [\u003ca href=\"https://goo.gl/ZuGFUd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">map\u003c/a>]\u003cbr>\nSan Francisco, CA 94102\u003cbr>\nPh: (415) 885-2274\u003cbr>\nHours:\u003cbr>\nBreakfast: Daily, 7am-9am\u003cbr>\nLunch: Daily, 10am-1pm\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Curry Senior Center is primarily focused on providing a place for low-income seniors to make connections with other people and get the health services they need. Meals are served daily (and bingo is available on Wednesdays and on weekends during lunch hours). Meal delivery to homebound seniors is also offered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfcityimpact.com/rescue-mission/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">S.F. Rescue Mission\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>140 Turk St. [\u003ca href=\"https://goo.gl/olGW9j\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">map\u003c/a>]\u003cbr>\nSan Francisco, CA 94102\u003cbr>\nPh: (415) 292-1770\u003cbr>\nHours:\u003cbr>\nBreakfast: Mon-Fri, opens at 10:30am\u003cbr>\nDinner: Mon-Fri, doors open at 4pm\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Based out of a church with different services, from a ministry to a health and wellness center, S.F. Rescue Mission provides meals, groceries, and hot food delivery.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>East Bay\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.svdp-alameda.org/program-detail.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">St. Vincent de Paul of Alameda County\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n9235 San Leandro St. [\u003ca href=\"https://goo.gl/Gyl7QN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">map\u003c/a>]\u003cbr>\nOakland, CA 94603\u003cbr>\nPh: (510) 638-7600\u003cbr>\nHours: Tues-Sat, 10:45am-12:45pm\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The largest dining room in Alameda County, St. Vincent's serves a regular midday hot meal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cityteam.org/oakland/programs/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cityteam\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n720 Washington St. [\u003ca href=\"https://goo.gl/qnevYo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">map\u003c/a>]\u003cbr>\nOakland, CA 94607\u003cbr>\nPh: (510) 452-3758\u003cbr>\nHours:\u003cbr>\nBreakfast: Daily, 7am\u003cbr>\nLunch: Daily, noon\u003cbr>\nDinner: Daily, 6:30pm\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Along with \u003ca href=\"https://www.cityteam.org/san-francisco/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a dining hall in San Francisco\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.cityteam.org/san-jose/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">one in San Jose\u003c/a>, Cityteam \u003ca href=\"https://www.cityteam.org/oakland/programs/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">operates a daily dining hall in Oakland\u003c/a>. (\u003ca href=\"https://www.cityteam.org/contact-us/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Check all the hours\u003c/a> before going to the other locations.) Cityteam is a Christian nonprofit providing services to the homeless and impoverished.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.loavesfishescc.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Loaves and Fishes of Contra Costa County\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nThere are five LFCC-operated dining rooms, and one partner dining room. Check \u003ca href=\"http://www.loavesfishescc.org/meal_locations.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the website\u003c/a> for all locations.\u003cbr>\nPh: (925) 293-4792\u003cbr>\nHours: Mon-Fri, 11:30am-1:15pm\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Based in Martinez, Loaves & Fishes provides daily meals at a half-dozen dining rooms around Contra Costa County. The organization also distributes fresh groceries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://ebfnb.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Food Not Bombs\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nPh: (510) 644-4187\u003cbr>\nHours: Meals served Mon-Fri, 3pm, at \u003ca href=\"https://goo.gl/BTuVRK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">People's Park\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nThursday, 1:30pm,in Oakland at National Recycling Center\u003cbr>\nSunday, 3:30pm, at 14th & Jefferson St. by Sutter Hotel\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cooked at local residents' houses, meals are typically served at the park in Berkeley, or in Oakland on the weekends. Schedule can vary. Call for more info.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>North Bay\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.vinnies.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">St. Vincent de Paul Society of Marin County\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n820 B St. [\u003ca href=\"https://goo.gl/zZlWdz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">map\u003c/a>]\u003cbr>\nSan Rafael, CA 94901\u003cbr>\nPh: (415) 454-3303\u003cbr>\nHours:\u003cbr>\nBreakfast: Daily, 6:30am-10am\u003cbr>\nLunch: Daily, 11am-1pm\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The dining room in San Rafael is open every day from 6:30am-1pm, during which two meals are served out of the free kitchen and an open pantry is available. The non-profit also has housing services and works with partner shelter organizations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.svdp-sonoma.org/svdp-sonoma_gethelp.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">St. Vincent de Paul of Sonoma County\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n610 Wilson St. [\u003ca href=\"https://goo.gl/yEC0sF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">map\u003c/a>]\u003cbr>\nSanta Rosa, CA 95401\u003cbr>\nPh: (707) 584-1579\u003cbr>\nHours: Daily, 11:30am-12:30pm\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The dining room serves a hot lunch meal every day of the year. The organization also operates a job training program, food pantry, and thrift store.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://cots.org/services/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Committee on the Shelterless - Petaluma Kitchen\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n900 Hopper St. [\u003ca href=\"https://goo.gl/a3Af8N\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">map\u003c/a>]\u003cbr>\nPetaluma, CA 94952\u003cbr>\nPh: (707) 765-6530\u003cbr>\nHours: Daily, 11:30am-1pm\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Committee on the Shelterless serves a daily hot lunch at its Petaluma Kitchen, as well as hands out weekly food boxes.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>South Bay\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://fooddc.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">North Peninsula Food Pantry and Dining Center of Daly City\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n31 Bepler St. [\u003ca href=\"https://goo.gl/F3HNSU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">map\u003c/a>]\u003cbr>\nDaly City, CA 94014\u003cbr>\nPh: (650) 994-5150\u003cbr>\nHours: Mon, Tues, Thurs, 5pm-6pm (or until all food is distributed)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The North Peninsula Food Pantry and Dining Center is on the smaller end of homeless dining rooms — serving just about 70 people during dinner in the cafeteria — but it also operates a food pantry in conjunction with \u003ca href=\"http://www.shfb.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Second Harvest\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cityteam.org/san-jose/programs/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cityteam\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n1174 Old Bayshore Hwy. [\u003ca href=\"https://goo.gl/VgCD9A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">map\u003c/a>]\u003cbr>\nSan Jose, CA 95112\u003cbr>\nPh: (408) 288-2153\u003cbr>\nHours:\u003cbr>\nBreakfast: Weekdays at 6:30am, Sat and Sun at 8 am.\u003cbr>\nDinner: Daily, 5pm\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cityteam operates a men's shelter in San Jose, along with the dining hall, which provides daily hot dinner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.catholiccharitiesscc.org/food/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eastside Neighborhood Center\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n2150 Alum Rock Ave. [\u003ca href=\"https://goo.gl/Hnm4jO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">map\u003c/a>]\u003cbr>\nSan Jose, CA 95116\u003cbr>\nPh: (408) 251-0215\u003cbr>\nHours:\u003cbr>\nLunch: Mon-Fri, 11:15am-12:15pm\u003cbr>\nDinner: Mon-Fri, 4pm\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A Catholic neighborhood community center with educational and wellness programs, the nightly dinner is actually provided through \u003ca href=\"http://www.loavesfishes.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Loaves & Fishes\u003c/a>, which no longer operates its own walk-in dining room, but instead cooks and distributes meals to other nonprofits and organizations. (Contact Loaves & Fishes for a full list of potential meal partners.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://samaritanhousesanmateo.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Samaritan House\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n303 Tilton Ave. [\u003ca href=\"https://goo.gl/7qXAhe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">map\u003c/a>]\u003cbr>\nSan Mateo, CA 94401\u003cbr>\nPh: (650) 341-4081 x.2003\u003cbr>\nHours: Mon-Fri 4pm-6:30pm\u003cbr>\nSat-Sun, 12pm: Lunch to-go\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Samaritan House is the largest provider of hot meals and biggest food distributor in San Mateo County. There is also a pantry and after-school food program. While hot meals are provided weeknights in the dining hall, there is also an option to carry-out a meal, if needed.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"As part of a collaboration with dozens of Bay Area news organizations focusing on issues of homelessness, Bay Area Bites has compiled a list of many of the places, sorted roughly by geography, that provide regular hot and fresh meals to those in need. This list primarily focuses on the organizations and services that provide multiple hot meals each week or daily meal service. 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","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"Where Homeless People Can Get Free Meals in the Bay Area","datePublished":"2016-06-29T16:11:02.000Z","dateModified":"2019-10-29T21:29:42.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"disqusIdentifier":"110356 http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/?p=110356","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2016/06/29/where-homeless-people-can-get-free-meals-in-the-bay-area/","disqusTitle":"Where Homeless People Can Get Free Meals in the Bay Area","source":"Food Banks, Hunger, Volunteer","sourceUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/category/food-banks-hunger-volunteer/","path":"/bayareabites/110356/where-homeless-people-can-get-free-meals-in-the-bay-area","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>This post was originally published on June 29, 2016, and was updated October 29, 2019.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are thousands of homeless people living in San Francisco and a larger number in the greater Bay Area. With rising housing and living costs, it's not getting easier for people living on the street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fortunately, there are also lots of local organizations providing services to those in need. We've compiled a list of many of the places, sorted roughly by geography, that provide regular hot and fresh meals. This list primarily focuses on the organizations and services that provide multiple hot meals each week or daily meal service. There are \u003cem>many\u003c/em> more places that provide a weekly or monthly meal, as well as food banks that distribute groceries and fresh food. \u003ca href=\"https://www.projecthomelessconnect.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Project Homeless Connect\u003c/a> has a fairly comprehensive listing of homeless services if you're looking for more information, and the independent county food banks are valuable resources for fresh food pick-ups. If we missed an organization that provides a place for homeless residents to get a regular hot meal, please let us know in the comments below.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most of these organizations are also in need of volunteers and/or donations. Contact them directly to sign up or to inquire about what they specifically are looking for.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>San Francisco\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.glide.org/program/daily-free-meals/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Glide\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n330 Ellis Street [\u003ca href=\"https://goo.gl/JePMI8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">map\u003c/a>]\u003cbr>\nSan Francisco, CA 94102\u003cbr>\nPh: (415) 674-6000\u003cbr>\nHours:\u003cbr>\nBreakfast: Daily, 8am-9am (seniors' breakfast 7:30am-8am; women's breakfast 10:30am-11am)\u003cbr>\nLunch: Daily, noon-1:30pm (bagged lunches on Sat, Sun)\u003cbr>\nDinner: Mon-Fri, 4pm-5:30pm\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Begun in 1969, Glide provides meals daily in the dining room, plus special meals around the holidays and a number of other services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.stanthonysf.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">St. Anthony's\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n121 Golden Gate Ave. [\u003ca href=\"https://goo.gl/Idmghu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">map\u003c/a>]\u003cbr>\nSan Francisco, CA 94102\u003cbr>\nPh: (415) 241-2600\u003cbr>\nHours: Daily, 10am-11:45am for seniors and families with children; daily, 11:30am-1:30pm for everyone\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The dining room also hosts weekly food distribution programs, as well as clothing programs, a medical clinic, and a social work center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.uchsmotherbrowns.org/dining-room\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mother Brown's Kitchen\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n2111 Jennings St. [\u003ca href=\"https://goo.gl/H39Ghk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">map\u003c/a>]\u003cbr>\nSan Francisco, CA 94124\u003cbr>\nPh: (415) 671-1100\u003cbr>\nHours:\u003cbr>\nBreakfast: Daily, 7am-9am\u003cbr>\nDinner: Daily, 5pm-7pm\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The United Council of Human Services operates Mother Brown's Kitchen, which started as a small mobile food operation 20 years ago. The organization also runs food pantries in Oakdale and Sunnyvale.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.martindeporres.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Martin de Porres House of Hospitality\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n225 Potrero Ave. [\u003ca href=\"https://goo.gl/QUhE1d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">map\u003c/a>]\u003cbr>\nSan Francisco, CA 94103\u003cbr>\nPh: (415) 552-0240\u003cbr>\nHours:\u003cbr>\nBreakfast: Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri, 5:30am-7:30am (hot tea, bread available at 5:30am; oatmeal served at 6:30am)\u003cbr>\nLunch: Tues-Sat, noon-2pm\u003cbr>\nBrunch: Sun, 9am-10:30am\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meals are served daily, and typically the courtyard and dining room open early to allow people to come in off the street. Showers and hygiene products are available Tuesday and Thursday mornings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://curryseniorcenter.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Curry Senior Center\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n333 Turk St. [\u003ca href=\"https://goo.gl/ZuGFUd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">map\u003c/a>]\u003cbr>\nSan Francisco, CA 94102\u003cbr>\nPh: (415) 885-2274\u003cbr>\nHours:\u003cbr>\nBreakfast: Daily, 7am-9am\u003cbr>\nLunch: Daily, 10am-1pm\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Curry Senior Center is primarily focused on providing a place for low-income seniors to make connections with other people and get the health services they need. Meals are served daily (and bingo is available on Wednesdays and on weekends during lunch hours). Meal delivery to homebound seniors is also offered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfcityimpact.com/rescue-mission/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">S.F. Rescue Mission\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>140 Turk St. [\u003ca href=\"https://goo.gl/olGW9j\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">map\u003c/a>]\u003cbr>\nSan Francisco, CA 94102\u003cbr>\nPh: (415) 292-1770\u003cbr>\nHours:\u003cbr>\nBreakfast: Mon-Fri, opens at 10:30am\u003cbr>\nDinner: Mon-Fri, doors open at 4pm\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Based out of a church with different services, from a ministry to a health and wellness center, S.F. Rescue Mission provides meals, groceries, and hot food delivery.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>East Bay\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.svdp-alameda.org/program-detail.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">St. Vincent de Paul of Alameda County\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n9235 San Leandro St. [\u003ca href=\"https://goo.gl/Gyl7QN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">map\u003c/a>]\u003cbr>\nOakland, CA 94603\u003cbr>\nPh: (510) 638-7600\u003cbr>\nHours: Tues-Sat, 10:45am-12:45pm\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The largest dining room in Alameda County, St. Vincent's serves a regular midday hot meal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cityteam.org/oakland/programs/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cityteam\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n720 Washington St. [\u003ca href=\"https://goo.gl/qnevYo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">map\u003c/a>]\u003cbr>\nOakland, CA 94607\u003cbr>\nPh: (510) 452-3758\u003cbr>\nHours:\u003cbr>\nBreakfast: Daily, 7am\u003cbr>\nLunch: Daily, noon\u003cbr>\nDinner: Daily, 6:30pm\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Along with \u003ca href=\"https://www.cityteam.org/san-francisco/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a dining hall in San Francisco\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.cityteam.org/san-jose/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">one in San Jose\u003c/a>, Cityteam \u003ca href=\"https://www.cityteam.org/oakland/programs/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">operates a daily dining hall in Oakland\u003c/a>. (\u003ca href=\"https://www.cityteam.org/contact-us/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Check all the hours\u003c/a> before going to the other locations.) Cityteam is a Christian nonprofit providing services to the homeless and impoverished.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.loavesfishescc.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Loaves and Fishes of Contra Costa County\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nThere are five LFCC-operated dining rooms, and one partner dining room. Check \u003ca href=\"http://www.loavesfishescc.org/meal_locations.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the website\u003c/a> for all locations.\u003cbr>\nPh: (925) 293-4792\u003cbr>\nHours: Mon-Fri, 11:30am-1:15pm\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Based in Martinez, Loaves & Fishes provides daily meals at a half-dozen dining rooms around Contra Costa County. The organization also distributes fresh groceries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://ebfnb.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Food Not Bombs\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nPh: (510) 644-4187\u003cbr>\nHours: Meals served Mon-Fri, 3pm, at \u003ca href=\"https://goo.gl/BTuVRK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">People's Park\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nThursday, 1:30pm,in Oakland at National Recycling Center\u003cbr>\nSunday, 3:30pm, at 14th & Jefferson St. by Sutter Hotel\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cooked at local residents' houses, meals are typically served at the park in Berkeley, or in Oakland on the weekends. Schedule can vary. Call for more info.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>North Bay\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.vinnies.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">St. Vincent de Paul Society of Marin County\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n820 B St. [\u003ca href=\"https://goo.gl/zZlWdz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">map\u003c/a>]\u003cbr>\nSan Rafael, CA 94901\u003cbr>\nPh: (415) 454-3303\u003cbr>\nHours:\u003cbr>\nBreakfast: Daily, 6:30am-10am\u003cbr>\nLunch: Daily, 11am-1pm\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The dining room in San Rafael is open every day from 6:30am-1pm, during which two meals are served out of the free kitchen and an open pantry is available. The non-profit also has housing services and works with partner shelter organizations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.svdp-sonoma.org/svdp-sonoma_gethelp.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">St. Vincent de Paul of Sonoma County\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n610 Wilson St. [\u003ca href=\"https://goo.gl/yEC0sF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">map\u003c/a>]\u003cbr>\nSanta Rosa, CA 95401\u003cbr>\nPh: (707) 584-1579\u003cbr>\nHours: Daily, 11:30am-12:30pm\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The dining room serves a hot lunch meal every day of the year. The organization also operates a job training program, food pantry, and thrift store.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://cots.org/services/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Committee on the Shelterless - Petaluma Kitchen\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n900 Hopper St. [\u003ca href=\"https://goo.gl/a3Af8N\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">map\u003c/a>]\u003cbr>\nPetaluma, CA 94952\u003cbr>\nPh: (707) 765-6530\u003cbr>\nHours: Daily, 11:30am-1pm\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Committee on the Shelterless serves a daily hot lunch at its Petaluma Kitchen, as well as hands out weekly food boxes.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>South Bay\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://fooddc.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">North Peninsula Food Pantry and Dining Center of Daly City\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n31 Bepler St. [\u003ca href=\"https://goo.gl/F3HNSU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">map\u003c/a>]\u003cbr>\nDaly City, CA 94014\u003cbr>\nPh: (650) 994-5150\u003cbr>\nHours: Mon, Tues, Thurs, 5pm-6pm (or until all food is distributed)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The North Peninsula Food Pantry and Dining Center is on the smaller end of homeless dining rooms — serving just about 70 people during dinner in the cafeteria — but it also operates a food pantry in conjunction with \u003ca href=\"http://www.shfb.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Second Harvest\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cityteam.org/san-jose/programs/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cityteam\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n1174 Old Bayshore Hwy. [\u003ca href=\"https://goo.gl/VgCD9A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">map\u003c/a>]\u003cbr>\nSan Jose, CA 95112\u003cbr>\nPh: (408) 288-2153\u003cbr>\nHours:\u003cbr>\nBreakfast: Weekdays at 6:30am, Sat and Sun at 8 am.\u003cbr>\nDinner: Daily, 5pm\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cityteam operates a men's shelter in San Jose, along with the dining hall, which provides daily hot dinner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.catholiccharitiesscc.org/food/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eastside Neighborhood Center\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n2150 Alum Rock Ave. [\u003ca href=\"https://goo.gl/Hnm4jO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">map\u003c/a>]\u003cbr>\nSan Jose, CA 95116\u003cbr>\nPh: (408) 251-0215\u003cbr>\nHours:\u003cbr>\nLunch: Mon-Fri, 11:15am-12:15pm\u003cbr>\nDinner: Mon-Fri, 4pm\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A Catholic neighborhood community center with educational and wellness programs, the nightly dinner is actually provided through \u003ca href=\"http://www.loavesfishes.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Loaves & Fishes\u003c/a>, which no longer operates its own walk-in dining room, but instead cooks and distributes meals to other nonprofits and organizations. (Contact Loaves & Fishes for a full list of potential meal partners.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://samaritanhousesanmateo.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Samaritan House\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n303 Tilton Ave. [\u003ca href=\"https://goo.gl/7qXAhe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">map\u003c/a>]\u003cbr>\nSan Mateo, CA 94401\u003cbr>\nPh: (650) 341-4081 x.2003\u003cbr>\nHours: Mon-Fri 4pm-6:30pm\u003cbr>\nSat-Sun, 12pm: Lunch to-go\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Samaritan House is the largest provider of hot meals and biggest food distributor in San Mateo County. There is also a pantry and after-school food program. While hot meals are provided weeknights in the dining hall, there is also an option to carry-out a meal, if needed.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/bayareabites/110356/where-homeless-people-can-get-free-meals-in-the-bay-area","authors":["1459"],"categories":["bayareabites_109","bayareabites_3032","bayareabites_10028","bayareabites_13746"],"tags":["bayareabites_1602","bayareabites_3038","bayareabites_15125","bayareabites_1581"],"featImg":"bayareabites_110378","label":"source_bayareabites_110356"},"bayareabites_104312":{"type":"posts","id":"bayareabites_104312","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"bayareabites","id":"104312","score":null,"sort":[1449502537000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"shelter-is-just-the-beginning-project-homeless-connect-hosts-multi-service-events-to-help-homeless-san-franciscans","title":"Project Homeless Connect Provides Diverse Resources for Homeless San Franciscans","publishDate":1449502537,"format":"standard","headTitle":"Bay Area Bites | KQED Food","labelTerm":{},"content":"\u003cp>Not only do the \u003ca href=\"http://sfgov.org/lhcb/sites/sfgov.org.lhcb/files/2015%20San%20Francisco%20Homeless%20Count%20%20Report_0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">almost 7,000 \u003c/a>homeless residents of San Francisco have to grapple with the obvious challenges of homelessness, there’s another hidden set of challenges that come with their situation: simply accessing the services designed to help them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Say you’re homeless and trying to get information about your veteran benefits. Once you’ve found the money to ride across the city on Muni, you might wait in line for two hours for an appointment. Then, when you finally reach the front of the line, you realize that you’ve you left your ID at the shelter where you’re staying. Or maybe you reach into your pack to pull out your ID, but realize that everything else you carry in your pack damaged it. Or maybe you left it at another shelter. Now you’ve wasted two hours, and have to trek back across the city. You know what church offers a free meal, but it’s later than you anticipated and they’ve stopped serving: your failed errand has cost you dinner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s just a sample scenario of what homeless residents face everyday while trying to access the services geared to help the: a maze of small indignities and painfully banal problems that might seem simple to housed residents (Muni fare, internet access to look up a service’s hours, a safe place to store valuables) but are magnified to insurmountable obstacles to those experiencing homelessness. San Francisco’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.projecthomelessconnect.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Project Homeless Connect\u003c/a> aims to change that. The organization holds all-in-one help days several times a year offering over 150 services to assist homeless residents with everything from pet care to getting a California ID card.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Project Homeless Connect is not about duplicating what already exists in the community, but bringing together what exists and making it easier to access for people experiencing homelessness,” said Emily Cohen, the group’s Deputy Director. “The idea of putting together over 100 different non-profit and city agencies together in a single day is so somebody doesn’t have to go all over town for months trying to get the things that they need, but can talk to the people they need all at once, in a single day.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_104308\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-104308\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2015/12/150923_JameyThomas_PHC_060-2.jpg\" alt=\"A sprawling PHC event\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2015/12/150923_JameyThomas_PHC_060-2.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2015/12/150923_JameyThomas_PHC_060-2-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2015/12/150923_JameyThomas_PHC_060-2-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2015/12/150923_JameyThomas_PHC_060-2-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2015/12/150923_JameyThomas_PHC_060-2-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2015/12/150923_JameyThomas_PHC_060-2-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A sprawling PHC event \u003ccite>(Jamey Thomas)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Project Homeless Connect got its start in 2004 when then-mayor Gavin Newsom launched the program in conjunction with the San Francisco Department of Public Health. Since then, they’ve held about five well attended events a year: they’ve \u003ca href=\"http://www.projecthomelessconnect.org/about/results/\" target=\"_blank\">now served\u003c/a> over 75,000 homeless and low income San Franciscans. In 2012, they spun off the events into a daily program, called \u003ca href=\"http://www.projecthomelessconnect.org/get-help/every-day-connect/\" target=\"_blank\">Every Day Connect\u003c/a>, that offers the same kind of needs-based matchmaking on an everyday basis. The large events have been lauded for their success by the federal government's \u003ca href=\"http://usich.gov/\" target=\"_blank\">Interagency Council on Homelessness\u003c/a>, who deemed it a best practice model. The concept has also been replicated in over 200 cities across the country and in Canada and Australia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We really pride ourselves on hospitality, and treating every person who comes through our doors with the utmost dignity and respect: greeting them warmly, offering them a cup of coffee while they wait, and making people feel welcomed,” Cohen said. “We really believe that services in a dignified and compassionate setting are the most successful.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://www.projecthomelessconnect.org/calendar/\" target=\"_blank\">next PHC event\u003c/a> happens December 16. Before every event, a small army of volunteers is marshaled, a corporate sponsor secured. Volunteers spend the weeks leading up to the event handing out flyers to promote it, but Cohen said the biggest driver of traffic is word of mouth: “‘When people come to Project Homeless Connect and get what they need, and they’re treated with dignity and respect, they share that message with their friends and their peers, [and] it snowballs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A typical PHC event aims to cover every resource a homeless or low income person could need, including hair cuts, dental procedures, STD tests, and legal counseling. At their last event in September, they handed out 475 pairs of reading glasses, exchanged 175 needles and repaired 23 walkers or wheelchairs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Food is also a focus. All attendees have the option to bring home a bag of groceries, provided by the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfmfoodbank.org/\" target=\"_blank\">SF Marin Food Bank\u003c/a> and carefully tailored to their situation: are they living on the streets, with no access to refrigeration? Are they living in a shelter with limited kitchen access? Are they living in a cramped SRO with no cooking supplies? Attendees, and volunteers, also get a lunch served in a pop-up cafe, typically with relaxing live music playing in the background.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_104310\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-104310\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2015/12/Food-Resource-2.jpg\" alt=\"Bags of food for participants from the Food Bank.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2015/12/Food-Resource-2.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2015/12/Food-Resource-2-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2015/12/Food-Resource-2-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2015/12/Food-Resource-2-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2015/12/Food-Resource-2-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2015/12/Food-Resource-2-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bags of food for participants from the Food Bank. \u003ccite>(Jamey Thomas)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For those who want to donate food, Goldie Pyka, the public relations manager for the Food Bank, recommends looking at their list of \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfmfoodbank.org/sites/default/files/documents/FoodFundDrives/2015_food_and_fund_drive_most-needed-foodsposter_final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">most needed items\u003c/a>. But there are special considerations to keep in mind when donating to a largely homeless population: “Many of the people who come to PHC also have dental concerns, so soft foods are preferable. Think apple sauce, instant-oatmeal, canned fruits and veggies, beans, etc,” Pyka wrote in an email. “It may sound obvious, but people who are homeless generally have very few personal possessions, so ready-to-eat items are best. But this also means that other items, like ultra-sturdy bags and can openers, are critically important.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are also certain items to avoid: “A small but important note is to avoid foods that contain poppy seeds as these can, in some cases, result in a false-positive drug test,” she wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And while some of PHC’s event offerings don’t deal with immediate concerns like food and shelter, Cohen says amenities like photo portraits and massage are still vital services in other ways.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are so many sort of peripheral benefits to the services we provide. Take massage. People experiencing homelessness have very high levels of stress in their lives, and to be able to help alleviate some of that burden is tremendous,” Cohen said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People sleeping on hard ground outside? Their backs hurt. They’re carrying around their belongings on their feet a lot, so being able to provide massage is a really nice gift,” she continued. “It’s not what you think of when you think of when you think of ending homelessness. But it restores dignity, it restores well being, and it’s a really important part of what we do.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like many nonprofits, PHC cobbles together their funding from a variety of sources: city funds, corporate sponsorship, grants and individual donations. And like every nonprofit, they’re in constant need of more of that funding. The group is hoping to expand their events, possibly by making them smaller and more frequent, or devising a mobile event to reach more people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yet for all the challenges that come with running such ambitious and large scale events, Cohen says there’s one thing they don’t have to worry about: the support of their community. The group has an active group of hundreds of volunteers who eagerly return to each event. And the group is also a shrewd user of social media. Using the hashtag \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/PHCHelps?src=hash\" target=\"_blank\">#PHChelps\u003c/a>, they post items needed by their clients--say, a new pair of work boots for someone who got a construction job. Followers repost the message, ideally finding someone who has a spare pair of boots or who’s willing to buy a pair for them off of Amazon. Not every request gets fulfilled, but Cohen said she’s been impressed with the response.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_104309\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-104309\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2015/12/Food-Resource-at-the-Ready-2.jpg\" alt=\"Volunteers prepare bags of food for a PHC event.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2015/12/Food-Resource-at-the-Ready-2.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2015/12/Food-Resource-at-the-Ready-2-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2015/12/Food-Resource-at-the-Ready-2-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2015/12/Food-Resource-at-the-Ready-2-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2015/12/Food-Resource-at-the-Ready-2-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2015/12/Food-Resource-at-the-Ready-2-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Volunteers prepare bags of food for a PHC event. \u003ccite>(Jamey Thomas)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Homelessness is a community problem and it’s going to require a community response. PHC provides that apparatus for folks in San Francisco and in the Bay Area to get involved, and be an active participant in the solution,” she said. “We get calls everyday from people saying,‘I want to help. I don’t know what to do, but there are so many homeless people in San Francisco, and I want to do something.’ We offer them the ability to get really involved.”\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"PHC hosts all-in-one help days several times a year that provides over 150 services to homeless and low income residents. Their next event is December 16.\r\n","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1481592491,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":19,"wordCount":1418},"headData":{"title":"Project Homeless Connect Provides Diverse Resources for Homeless San Franciscans | KQED","description":"PHC hosts all-in-one help days several times a year that provides over 150 services to homeless and low income residents. 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Once you’ve found the money to ride across the city on Muni, you might wait in line for two hours for an appointment. Then, when you finally reach the front of the line, you realize that you’ve you left your ID at the shelter where you’re staying. Or maybe you reach into your pack to pull out your ID, but realize that everything else you carry in your pack damaged it. Or maybe you left it at another shelter. Now you’ve wasted two hours, and have to trek back across the city. You know what church offers a free meal, but it’s later than you anticipated and they’ve stopped serving: your failed errand has cost you dinner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s just a sample scenario of what homeless residents face everyday while trying to access the services geared to help the: a maze of small indignities and painfully banal problems that might seem simple to housed residents (Muni fare, internet access to look up a service’s hours, a safe place to store valuables) but are magnified to insurmountable obstacles to those experiencing homelessness. San Francisco’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.projecthomelessconnect.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Project Homeless Connect\u003c/a> aims to change that. The organization holds all-in-one help days several times a year offering over 150 services to assist homeless residents with everything from pet care to getting a California ID card.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Project Homeless Connect is not about duplicating what already exists in the community, but bringing together what exists and making it easier to access for people experiencing homelessness,” said Emily Cohen, the group’s Deputy Director. “The idea of putting together over 100 different non-profit and city agencies together in a single day is so somebody doesn’t have to go all over town for months trying to get the things that they need, but can talk to the people they need all at once, in a single day.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_104308\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-104308\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2015/12/150923_JameyThomas_PHC_060-2.jpg\" alt=\"A sprawling PHC event\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2015/12/150923_JameyThomas_PHC_060-2.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2015/12/150923_JameyThomas_PHC_060-2-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2015/12/150923_JameyThomas_PHC_060-2-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2015/12/150923_JameyThomas_PHC_060-2-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2015/12/150923_JameyThomas_PHC_060-2-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2015/12/150923_JameyThomas_PHC_060-2-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A sprawling PHC event \u003ccite>(Jamey Thomas)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Project Homeless Connect got its start in 2004 when then-mayor Gavin Newsom launched the program in conjunction with the San Francisco Department of Public Health. Since then, they’ve held about five well attended events a year: they’ve \u003ca href=\"http://www.projecthomelessconnect.org/about/results/\" target=\"_blank\">now served\u003c/a> over 75,000 homeless and low income San Franciscans. In 2012, they spun off the events into a daily program, called \u003ca href=\"http://www.projecthomelessconnect.org/get-help/every-day-connect/\" target=\"_blank\">Every Day Connect\u003c/a>, that offers the same kind of needs-based matchmaking on an everyday basis. The large events have been lauded for their success by the federal government's \u003ca href=\"http://usich.gov/\" target=\"_blank\">Interagency Council on Homelessness\u003c/a>, who deemed it a best practice model. The concept has also been replicated in over 200 cities across the country and in Canada and Australia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We really pride ourselves on hospitality, and treating every person who comes through our doors with the utmost dignity and respect: greeting them warmly, offering them a cup of coffee while they wait, and making people feel welcomed,” Cohen said. “We really believe that services in a dignified and compassionate setting are the most successful.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://www.projecthomelessconnect.org/calendar/\" target=\"_blank\">next PHC event\u003c/a> happens December 16. Before every event, a small army of volunteers is marshaled, a corporate sponsor secured. Volunteers spend the weeks leading up to the event handing out flyers to promote it, but Cohen said the biggest driver of traffic is word of mouth: “‘When people come to Project Homeless Connect and get what they need, and they’re treated with dignity and respect, they share that message with their friends and their peers, [and] it snowballs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A typical PHC event aims to cover every resource a homeless or low income person could need, including hair cuts, dental procedures, STD tests, and legal counseling. At their last event in September, they handed out 475 pairs of reading glasses, exchanged 175 needles and repaired 23 walkers or wheelchairs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Food is also a focus. All attendees have the option to bring home a bag of groceries, provided by the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfmfoodbank.org/\" target=\"_blank\">SF Marin Food Bank\u003c/a> and carefully tailored to their situation: are they living on the streets, with no access to refrigeration? Are they living in a shelter with limited kitchen access? Are they living in a cramped SRO with no cooking supplies? Attendees, and volunteers, also get a lunch served in a pop-up cafe, typically with relaxing live music playing in the background.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_104310\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-104310\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2015/12/Food-Resource-2.jpg\" alt=\"Bags of food for participants from the Food Bank.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2015/12/Food-Resource-2.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2015/12/Food-Resource-2-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2015/12/Food-Resource-2-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2015/12/Food-Resource-2-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2015/12/Food-Resource-2-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2015/12/Food-Resource-2-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bags of food for participants from the Food Bank. \u003ccite>(Jamey Thomas)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For those who want to donate food, Goldie Pyka, the public relations manager for the Food Bank, recommends looking at their list of \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfmfoodbank.org/sites/default/files/documents/FoodFundDrives/2015_food_and_fund_drive_most-needed-foodsposter_final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">most needed items\u003c/a>. But there are special considerations to keep in mind when donating to a largely homeless population: “Many of the people who come to PHC also have dental concerns, so soft foods are preferable. Think apple sauce, instant-oatmeal, canned fruits and veggies, beans, etc,” Pyka wrote in an email. “It may sound obvious, but people who are homeless generally have very few personal possessions, so ready-to-eat items are best. But this also means that other items, like ultra-sturdy bags and can openers, are critically important.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are also certain items to avoid: “A small but important note is to avoid foods that contain poppy seeds as these can, in some cases, result in a false-positive drug test,” she wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And while some of PHC’s event offerings don’t deal with immediate concerns like food and shelter, Cohen says amenities like photo portraits and massage are still vital services in other ways.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are so many sort of peripheral benefits to the services we provide. Take massage. People experiencing homelessness have very high levels of stress in their lives, and to be able to help alleviate some of that burden is tremendous,” Cohen said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People sleeping on hard ground outside? Their backs hurt. They’re carrying around their belongings on their feet a lot, so being able to provide massage is a really nice gift,” she continued. “It’s not what you think of when you think of when you think of ending homelessness. But it restores dignity, it restores well being, and it’s a really important part of what we do.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like many nonprofits, PHC cobbles together their funding from a variety of sources: city funds, corporate sponsorship, grants and individual donations. And like every nonprofit, they’re in constant need of more of that funding. The group is hoping to expand their events, possibly by making them smaller and more frequent, or devising a mobile event to reach more people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yet for all the challenges that come with running such ambitious and large scale events, Cohen says there’s one thing they don’t have to worry about: the support of their community. The group has an active group of hundreds of volunteers who eagerly return to each event. And the group is also a shrewd user of social media. Using the hashtag \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/PHCHelps?src=hash\" target=\"_blank\">#PHChelps\u003c/a>, they post items needed by their clients--say, a new pair of work boots for someone who got a construction job. Followers repost the message, ideally finding someone who has a spare pair of boots or who’s willing to buy a pair for them off of Amazon. Not every request gets fulfilled, but Cohen said she’s been impressed with the response.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_104309\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-104309\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2015/12/Food-Resource-at-the-Ready-2.jpg\" alt=\"Volunteers prepare bags of food for a PHC event.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2015/12/Food-Resource-at-the-Ready-2.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2015/12/Food-Resource-at-the-Ready-2-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2015/12/Food-Resource-at-the-Ready-2-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2015/12/Food-Resource-at-the-Ready-2-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2015/12/Food-Resource-at-the-Ready-2-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2015/12/Food-Resource-at-the-Ready-2-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Volunteers prepare bags of food for a PHC event. \u003ccite>(Jamey Thomas)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Homelessness is a community problem and it’s going to require a community response. PHC provides that apparatus for folks in San Francisco and in the Bay Area to get involved, and be an active participant in the solution,” she said. “We get calls everyday from people saying,‘I want to help. I don’t know what to do, but there are so many homeless people in San Francisco, and I want to do something.’ We offer them the ability to get really involved.”\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/bayareabites/104312/shelter-is-just-the-beginning-project-homeless-connect-hosts-multi-service-events-to-help-homeless-san-franciscans","authors":["5566"],"categories":["bayareabites_109","bayareabites_1962","bayareabites_50","bayareabites_3032","bayareabites_2035","bayareabites_90"],"tags":["bayareabites_3038","bayareabites_15125","bayareabites_12738"],"featImg":"bayareabites_104311","label":"source_bayareabites_104312"},"bayareabites_92074":{"type":"posts","id":"bayareabites_92074","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"bayareabites","id":"92074","score":null,"sort":[1421272908000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"pay-it-forward-generosity-at-pizza-place-helps-to-feed-the-homeless","title":"Pay-It-Forward Generosity at Pizza Place Helps to Feed the Homeless","publishDate":1421272908,"format":"aside","headTitle":"Bay Area Bites | KQED Food","labelTerm":{"site":"bayareabites"},"content":"\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_92076\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2015/01/pizza-2_enl-420a0a5e59f388b13fec30c5cdc198cc7070a608-e1421272477198.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2015/01/pizza-2_enl-420a0a5e59f388b13fec30c5cdc198cc7070a608-e1421272477198.jpg\" alt=\"The lunchtime rush at Rosa's Fresh Pizza in Center City Philadelphia where customers pay extra money to buy slices for the homeless. Photo: Elizabeth Fiedler/WHYY\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" class=\"size-full wp-image-92076\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The lunchtime rush at Rosa's Fresh Pizza in Center City Philadelphia where customers pay extra money to buy slices for the homeless. Photo: Elizabeth Fiedler/WHYY\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>by Elizabeth Fiedler, \u003ca href=\"http://www.whyy.org\" target=\"_blank\">WHYY\u003c/a> at \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2015/01/14/377033772/philadelphia-pizza-lovers-pay-it-forward-one-slice-at-a-time\" target=\"_blank\">The Salt at NPR Food\u003c/a> (1/15/15) \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some pizza restaurants decorate the walls with signed photos of minor local celebrities who once stopped by for a slice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At Rosa's Fresh Pizza in Philadelphia the shop is adorned with post-it notes and letters. The messages are from customers who gave $1 so homeless members in the community could get a slice, which cost $1.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The homeless, they come in and say, 'I hear you give out free pizza to homeless people,' \" owner Mason Wartman tells The Salt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The pay-it-forward pizza program started about a year ago, Wartman says, when one paying customer asked if he could buy a slice for a homeless person. \"I said 'Sure.' I took his dollar and ran out and got some post-it notes and put one up to signify that a slice was purchased,\" he recalls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pay-it-forward pizza was born.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the last nine months, Wartman says clients have bought 8,400 slices of pizza for their homeless neighbors. He kept track of the pre-paid slices with post-it notes on the walls until he hit about 500 free slices. Then the accounting system became untenable. He now keeps track at the register.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But his customers — both paying and non-paying — keep sharing their motivations and their thanks in writing. On the post-it notes and papers hung around the shop there are messages like, \"I just want to thank everyone that donated to Rosa's; it gave me a place to eat everyday and the opportunity to get back on my feet. I start a new job tomorrow!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_92075\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 290px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2015/01/pizza-1_enl-36c7409d6a04456a921be823c8e4e236551cdfd5-e1421272673835.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2015/01/pizza-1_enl-36c7409d6a04456a921be823c8e4e236551cdfd5-290x193.jpg\" alt=\"Slices of pizza on the counter of Rosa's Fresh Pizza where customers are encouraged to pay it forward. Photo: Elizabeth Fiedler/WHYY\" width=\"290\" height=\"193\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-92075\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Slices of pizza on the counter of Rosa's Fresh Pizza where customers are encouraged to pay it forward. Photo: Elizabeth Fiedler/WHYY\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Wartman says the customer who started it all was inspired by a practice in Italy called \"\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2013/04/25/eu-embraces-suspended-coffee-pay-it-forward-with-a-cup-of-joe/\">suspended coffee\u003c/a>\" where customers purchase an extra cup for someone who can't afford it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pay-it-forward generosity isn't limited to Italian cafes or one Philly pizza shop. Even mega-chains including the bakery and sandwich chain Panera have gotten into the giving act.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://paneracares.org/locations/\">At five \"Panera Cares\" locations\u003c/a> across the country, there are no set menu prices. In a written statement, Panera spokesperson Kate McConnell tells The Salt that the cafes \"provide suggested donation amounts for all menu items to help guide those who would like to 'pay it forward.' \" She says the money collected is used to cover the operating costs of the cafes, \"while also covering the cost of the meals for those who come in and are unable to contribute the suggested donation amount.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other chains' pay-it-forward systems have grown organically. Starbucks Coffee company spokesperson Sanja Gould says the company doesn't have a formal system in place but some customers ask to pay for others and some store partners may encourage customers to do so verbally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_92077\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2015/01/pizza_enl-e8c20e171a874bed213c97937f44826dc4b4784e.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2015/01/pizza_enl-e8c20e171a874bed213c97937f44826dc4b4784e-e1421272597986.jpg\" alt=\"Messages adorn the walls of a Philadelphia pizza shop where customers pay an extra $1 to feed a person who is homeless. Photo: Courtesy of Mason Wartman\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" class=\"size-full wp-image-92077\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Messages adorn the walls of a Philadelphia pizza shop where customers pay an extra $1 to feed a person who is homeless. Photo: Courtesy of Mason Wartman\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"It happens for Starbucks all around the world,\" she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The latte-giving spans a huge range. Gould says some people just offer to pay for the person behind them in line while others \"might load a certain dollar amount onto a Starbucks card and the store partners have it on hand and they keep adding to it as the line goes on.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gould points to an impressive example: \u003ca href=\"http://www.eater.com/2013/12/30/6306591/ct-starbucks-customers-pay-it-forward-1468-times\">more than 1,000 customers at a Connecticut Starbucks\u003c/a> paid it forward on Christmas Eve in 2013.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wartman says the pay-it-forward method at his tiny Philly pizza shop has made him think about customers' motivations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They're just really nice people, you know? Sometimes homeless people buy them for other homeless people.\" He says people want to help but aren't sure what to do.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is a super-easy way, a super-efficient way and a super-transparent way to help the homeless.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wartman doesn't need to advertise, and he is receiving enough \"paid forward\" pizza that he does not have to turn away any of the homeless people who come in. He says word has spread within Philadelphia's homeless community and each day 30 to 40 homeless people come in asking for a free slice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003cem>Copyright 2015 \u003ca href=\"http://www.whyy.org\" target=\"_blank\">WHYY\u003c/a>, Inc.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"A Philadelphia pizza shop has become an ad hoc feeding program for the homeless where customers can pay the $1 slices forward. To date, some 8,400 slices have been bought for the homeless.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1421272908,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":22,"wordCount":763},"headData":{"title":"Pay-It-Forward Generosity at Pizza Place Helps to Feed the Homeless | KQED","description":"A Philadelphia pizza shop has become an ad hoc feeding program for the homeless where customers can pay the $1 slices forward. 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Photo: Elizabeth Fiedler/WHYY\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" class=\"size-full wp-image-92076\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The lunchtime rush at Rosa's Fresh Pizza in Center City Philadelphia where customers pay extra money to buy slices for the homeless. Photo: Elizabeth Fiedler/WHYY\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>by Elizabeth Fiedler, \u003ca href=\"http://www.whyy.org\" target=\"_blank\">WHYY\u003c/a> at \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2015/01/14/377033772/philadelphia-pizza-lovers-pay-it-forward-one-slice-at-a-time\" target=\"_blank\">The Salt at NPR Food\u003c/a> (1/15/15) \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some pizza restaurants decorate the walls with signed photos of minor local celebrities who once stopped by for a slice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At Rosa's Fresh Pizza in Philadelphia the shop is adorned with post-it notes and letters. The messages are from customers who gave $1 so homeless members in the community could get a slice, which cost $1.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The homeless, they come in and say, 'I hear you give out free pizza to homeless people,' \" owner Mason Wartman tells The Salt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The pay-it-forward pizza program started about a year ago, Wartman says, when one paying customer asked if he could buy a slice for a homeless person. \"I said 'Sure.' I took his dollar and ran out and got some post-it notes and put one up to signify that a slice was purchased,\" he recalls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pay-it-forward pizza was born.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the last nine months, Wartman says clients have bought 8,400 slices of pizza for their homeless neighbors. He kept track of the pre-paid slices with post-it notes on the walls until he hit about 500 free slices. Then the accounting system became untenable. He now keeps track at the register.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But his customers — both paying and non-paying — keep sharing their motivations and their thanks in writing. On the post-it notes and papers hung around the shop there are messages like, \"I just want to thank everyone that donated to Rosa's; it gave me a place to eat everyday and the opportunity to get back on my feet. I start a new job tomorrow!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_92075\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 290px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2015/01/pizza-1_enl-36c7409d6a04456a921be823c8e4e236551cdfd5-e1421272673835.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2015/01/pizza-1_enl-36c7409d6a04456a921be823c8e4e236551cdfd5-290x193.jpg\" alt=\"Slices of pizza on the counter of Rosa's Fresh Pizza where customers are encouraged to pay it forward. Photo: Elizabeth Fiedler/WHYY\" width=\"290\" height=\"193\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-92075\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Slices of pizza on the counter of Rosa's Fresh Pizza where customers are encouraged to pay it forward. Photo: Elizabeth Fiedler/WHYY\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Wartman says the customer who started it all was inspired by a practice in Italy called \"\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2013/04/25/eu-embraces-suspended-coffee-pay-it-forward-with-a-cup-of-joe/\">suspended coffee\u003c/a>\" where customers purchase an extra cup for someone who can't afford it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pay-it-forward generosity isn't limited to Italian cafes or one Philly pizza shop. Even mega-chains including the bakery and sandwich chain Panera have gotten into the giving act.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://paneracares.org/locations/\">At five \"Panera Cares\" locations\u003c/a> across the country, there are no set menu prices. In a written statement, Panera spokesperson Kate McConnell tells The Salt that the cafes \"provide suggested donation amounts for all menu items to help guide those who would like to 'pay it forward.' \" She says the money collected is used to cover the operating costs of the cafes, \"while also covering the cost of the meals for those who come in and are unable to contribute the suggested donation amount.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other chains' pay-it-forward systems have grown organically. Starbucks Coffee company spokesperson Sanja Gould says the company doesn't have a formal system in place but some customers ask to pay for others and some store partners may encourage customers to do so verbally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_92077\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2015/01/pizza_enl-e8c20e171a874bed213c97937f44826dc4b4784e.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2015/01/pizza_enl-e8c20e171a874bed213c97937f44826dc4b4784e-e1421272597986.jpg\" alt=\"Messages adorn the walls of a Philadelphia pizza shop where customers pay an extra $1 to feed a person who is homeless. Photo: Courtesy of Mason Wartman\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" class=\"size-full wp-image-92077\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Messages adorn the walls of a Philadelphia pizza shop where customers pay an extra $1 to feed a person who is homeless. Photo: Courtesy of Mason Wartman\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"It happens for Starbucks all around the world,\" she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The latte-giving spans a huge range. Gould says some people just offer to pay for the person behind them in line while others \"might load a certain dollar amount onto a Starbucks card and the store partners have it on hand and they keep adding to it as the line goes on.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gould points to an impressive example: \u003ca href=\"http://www.eater.com/2013/12/30/6306591/ct-starbucks-customers-pay-it-forward-1468-times\">more than 1,000 customers at a Connecticut Starbucks\u003c/a> paid it forward on Christmas Eve in 2013.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wartman says the pay-it-forward method at his tiny Philly pizza shop has made him think about customers' motivations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They're just really nice people, you know? Sometimes homeless people buy them for other homeless people.\" He says people want to help but aren't sure what to do.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is a super-easy way, a super-efficient way and a super-transparent way to help the homeless.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wartman doesn't need to advertise, and he is receiving enough \"paid forward\" pizza that he does not have to turn away any of the homeless people who come in. He says word has spread within Philadelphia's homeless community and each day 30 to 40 homeless people come in asking for a free slice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003cem>Copyright 2015 \u003ca href=\"http://www.whyy.org\" target=\"_blank\">WHYY\u003c/a>, Inc.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/bayareabites/92074/pay-it-forward-generosity-at-pizza-place-helps-to-feed-the-homeless","authors":["byline_bayareabites_92074"],"categories":["bayareabites_3032","bayareabites_4084","bayareabites_10916","bayareabites_1807"],"tags":["bayareabites_3038","bayareabites_14066","bayareabites_8946","bayareabites_443","bayareabites_11279"],"featImg":"bayareabites_92075","label":"bayareabites"},"bayareabites_89559":{"type":"posts","id":"bayareabites_89559","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"bayareabites","id":"89559","score":null,"sort":[1415319248000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"florida-activists-arrested-for-serving-food-to-homeless","title":"Florida Activists Arrested For Serving Food To Homeless","publishDate":1415319248,"format":"aside","headTitle":"Bay Area Bites | KQED Food","labelTerm":{"site":"bayareabites"},"content":"\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_89560\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2014/11/arnoldabbott_enl-e0c1c3c9eedff42f75173960313e7d62ca1e7ea8-e1415318891551.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2014/11/arnoldabbott_enl-e0c1c3c9eedff42f75173960313e7d62ca1e7ea8-e1415318891551.jpg\" alt=\"Homeless advocate Arnold Abbott, 90, director of the nonprofit group Love Thy Neighbor Inc., prepares a salad Wednesday in the kitchen of The Sanctuary Church in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Abbott was recently arrested, along with two pastors, for feeding the homeless in a Fort Lauderdale park. Photo: Lynne Sladky/AP\" width=\"1000\" height=\"690\" class=\"size-full wp-image-89560\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Homeless advocate Arnold Abbott, 90, director of the nonprofit group Love Thy Neighbor Inc., prepares a salad Wednesday in the kitchen of The Sanctuary Church in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Abbott was recently arrested, along with two pastors, for feeding the homeless in a Fort Lauderdale park. Photo: Lynne Sladky/AP\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>by \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/people/348764033/eliza-barclay/archive\" target=\"_blank\">Eliza Barclay\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2014/11/06/362019133/florida-activists-arrested-for-serving-food-to-homeless\" target=\"_blank\">The Salt at NPR Food\u003c/a> (11/6/14)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cities are increasingly getting tough on food distribution programs for the homeless. According to the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/fort-lauderdale/fl-homeless-feeding-citations-folo-20141105-story.html\">Sun Sentinel\u003c/a>, a 90-year-old activist and two pastors from two churches in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., were arrested at a park on Sunday and then again on Wednesday for doing what they've been doing there for years: serving meals to the homeless.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Oct. 22, the city's commissioners \u003ca href=\"http://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/fort-lauderdale/fl-lauderdale-homeless-feeding-sites-20141021-story.html\">passed a measure\u003c/a> that requires feeding sites to be more than 500 feet away from each other and 500 feet from residential properties. Only one group is allowed to share food with the homeless per city block.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As we \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2014/10/22/more-cities-are-making-it-illegal-to-hand-out-food-to-the-homeless/\">reported\u003c/a> in October, a report by the National Coalition for the Homeless found that since 2010, there has been a 47 percent increase in the number of cities that have passed or introduced legislation to restrict food sharing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The measures tend to take one of two forms: new rules on the use of public property (as Fort Lauderdale has done) and new food-safety regulations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Arnold Abbott, the 90-year-old Fort Lauderdale activist, began offering food to the homeless living on the city's beaches in the 1990s. Then he formed his own nonprofit, \u003ca href=\"http://lovethyneighbor.org/\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"in-body-link\">Love Thy Neighbor,\u003c/a> and has continued to serve food twice weekly to the homeless at the beach and in a park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"These are the poorest of the poor. They have nothing; they don't have a roof over their heads,\" Abbot said Wednesday. He added that a police officer ordered him to drop the plate of food he was holding, as if it were a weapon, the AP reported.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If convicted, the \u003cem>Sun Sentinel\u003c/em> says, Abbott could receive a sentence of 60 days in jail or a fine of $500.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I know I will be arrested again, I'm prepared for that,\" \u003ca href=\"http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/11/04/0-year-old-among-first-charged-under-fort-lauderdale-strict-rules-against/\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"in-body-link\">Abbott told Fox News\u003c/a>. \"I am my brother's keeper, and what they are doing is just heartless. They are trying to sweep the poorest of the poor under the rug.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Copyright 2014 \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/\" target=\"_blank\">NPR\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Activists in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., were arrested twice this week for giving out food to the homeless in a park. Arnold Abbott, 90, says he will continue to serve the food even if he's arrested again.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1415319248,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":12,"wordCount":399},"headData":{"title":"Florida Activists Arrested For Serving Food To Homeless | KQED","description":"Activists in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., were arrested twice this week for giving out food to the homeless in a park. Arnold Abbott, 90, says he will continue to serve the food even if he's arrested again.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"Florida Activists Arrested For Serving Food To Homeless","datePublished":"2014-11-07T00:14:08.000Z","dateModified":"2014-11-07T00:14:08.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"disqusIdentifier":"89559 http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/?p=89559","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2014/11/06/florida-activists-arrested-for-serving-food-to-homeless/","disqusTitle":"Florida Activists Arrested For Serving Food To Homeless","nprByline":"Eliza Barclay","nprStoryId":"362019133","nprApiLink":"http://api.npr.org/query?id=362019133&apiKey=MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004","nprHtmlLink":"http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2014/11/06/362019133/florida-activists-arrested-for-serving-food-to-homeless?ft=3&f=362019133","nprRetrievedStory":"1","nprPubDate":"Thu, 06 Nov 2014 15:12:00 -0500","nprStoryDate":"Thu, 06 Nov 2014 12:28:00 -0500","nprLastModifiedDate":"Thu, 06 Nov 2014 15:12:05 -0500","path":"/bayareabites/89559/florida-activists-arrested-for-serving-food-to-homeless","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_89560\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2014/11/arnoldabbott_enl-e0c1c3c9eedff42f75173960313e7d62ca1e7ea8-e1415318891551.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2014/11/arnoldabbott_enl-e0c1c3c9eedff42f75173960313e7d62ca1e7ea8-e1415318891551.jpg\" alt=\"Homeless advocate Arnold Abbott, 90, director of the nonprofit group Love Thy Neighbor Inc., prepares a salad Wednesday in the kitchen of The Sanctuary Church in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Abbott was recently arrested, along with two pastors, for feeding the homeless in a Fort Lauderdale park. Photo: Lynne Sladky/AP\" width=\"1000\" height=\"690\" class=\"size-full wp-image-89560\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Homeless advocate Arnold Abbott, 90, director of the nonprofit group Love Thy Neighbor Inc., prepares a salad Wednesday in the kitchen of The Sanctuary Church in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Abbott was recently arrested, along with two pastors, for feeding the homeless in a Fort Lauderdale park. Photo: Lynne Sladky/AP\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>by \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/people/348764033/eliza-barclay/archive\" target=\"_blank\">Eliza Barclay\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2014/11/06/362019133/florida-activists-arrested-for-serving-food-to-homeless\" target=\"_blank\">The Salt at NPR Food\u003c/a> (11/6/14)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cities are increasingly getting tough on food distribution programs for the homeless. According to the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/fort-lauderdale/fl-homeless-feeding-citations-folo-20141105-story.html\">Sun Sentinel\u003c/a>, a 90-year-old activist and two pastors from two churches in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., were arrested at a park on Sunday and then again on Wednesday for doing what they've been doing there for years: serving meals to the homeless.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Oct. 22, the city's commissioners \u003ca href=\"http://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/fort-lauderdale/fl-lauderdale-homeless-feeding-sites-20141021-story.html\">passed a measure\u003c/a> that requires feeding sites to be more than 500 feet away from each other and 500 feet from residential properties. Only one group is allowed to share food with the homeless per city block.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As we \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2014/10/22/more-cities-are-making-it-illegal-to-hand-out-food-to-the-homeless/\">reported\u003c/a> in October, a report by the National Coalition for the Homeless found that since 2010, there has been a 47 percent increase in the number of cities that have passed or introduced legislation to restrict food sharing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The measures tend to take one of two forms: new rules on the use of public property (as Fort Lauderdale has done) and new food-safety regulations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Arnold Abbott, the 90-year-old Fort Lauderdale activist, began offering food to the homeless living on the city's beaches in the 1990s. Then he formed his own nonprofit, \u003ca href=\"http://lovethyneighbor.org/\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"in-body-link\">Love Thy Neighbor,\u003c/a> and has continued to serve food twice weekly to the homeless at the beach and in a park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"These are the poorest of the poor. They have nothing; they don't have a roof over their heads,\" Abbot said Wednesday. He added that a police officer ordered him to drop the plate of food he was holding, as if it were a weapon, the AP reported.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If convicted, the \u003cem>Sun Sentinel\u003c/em> says, Abbott could receive a sentence of 60 days in jail or a fine of $500.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I know I will be arrested again, I'm prepared for that,\" \u003ca href=\"http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/11/04/0-year-old-among-first-charged-under-fort-lauderdale-strict-rules-against/\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"in-body-link\">Abbott told Fox News\u003c/a>. \"I am my brother's keeper, and what they are doing is just heartless. They are trying to sweep the poorest of the poor under the rug.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Copyright 2014 \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/\" target=\"_blank\">NPR\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/bayareabites/89559/florida-activists-arrested-for-serving-food-to-homeless","authors":["byline_bayareabites_89559"],"categories":["bayareabites_3032","bayareabites_10028","bayareabites_10916","bayareabites_2035"],"tags":["bayareabites_13916","bayareabites_73","bayareabites_13915","bayareabites_3038","bayareabites_10921"],"featImg":"bayareabites_89560","label":"bayareabites"},"bayareabites_89192":{"type":"posts","id":"bayareabites_89192","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"bayareabites","id":"89192","score":null,"sort":[1414029632000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"more-cities-are-making-it-illegal-to-hand-out-food-to-the-homeless","title":"More Cities Are Making It Illegal To Hand Out Food To The Homeless","publishDate":1414029632,"format":"aside","headTitle":"Bay Area Bites | KQED Food","labelTerm":{"site":"bayareabites"},"content":"\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_89193\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2014/10/homelessfood_wide-933c67b9420c54f467eac1229d7a7c027e2b565c-e1414029550525.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2014/10/homelessfood_wide-933c67b9420c54f467eac1229d7a7c027e2b565c-e1414029550525.jpg\" alt=\"The homeless and others in need enjoy lunch at the Los Angeles Mission on Nov. 23, 2011, in celebration of Thanksgiving. Legislation to ban organizations from serving food to homeless people in public places has been proposed in Los Angeles. Photo: Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" class=\"size-full wp-image-89193\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The homeless and others in need enjoy lunch at the Los Angeles Mission on Nov. 23, 2011, in celebration of Thanksgiving. Legislation to ban organizations from serving food to homeless people in public places has been proposed in Los Angeles. Photo: Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>by Eliza Barclay, \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2014/10/22/357846415/more-cities-are-making-it-illegal-to-hand-out-food-to-the-homeless\" target=\"_blank\">The Salt at NPR Food\u003c/a> (10/22/14) \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you don't have a place to live, getting enough to eat clearly may be a struggle. And since homelessness in the U.S. \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/11/21/246589487/number-of-homeless-declines-again-but-gains-arent-universal\">isn't going away\u003c/a> and is even rising in some cities, more charitable groups and individuals have been stepping up the past few years to share food with these vulnerable folks in their communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But just as more people reach out to help, cities are biting back at those hands feeding the homeless.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to a \u003ca href=\"http://nationalhomeless.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Food-Sharing2014.pdf\">report\u003c/a> released Monday by the National Coalition for the Homeless, 21 cities have passed measures aimed at restricting the people who feed the homeless since January 2013. In that same time, similar legislation was introduced in more than 10 cities. Combined, these measures represent a 47 percent increase in the number of cities that have passed or introduced legislation to restrict food sharing since the coalition last counted in 2010.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The latest city to crack down is Fort Lauderdale, Fla. According to the \u003cem>Sun Sentinel,\u003c/em> the city's commissioners \u003ca href=\"http://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/fort-lauderdale/fl-lauderdale-homeless-feeding-sites-20141021-story.html\">passed a measure\u003c/a> early Wednesday that will require feeding sites to be more than 500 feet away from each other, with only one allowed per city block. They'll also have to be at least 500 feet from residential properties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://nationalhomeless.org/about-us/who-we-are/\">Michael Stoops\u003c/a>, director of community organizing for the coalition and the editor of the report, says that as cities have felt more pressure to make economic development and tourism priorities, they've decided that food sharing programs — especially those that happen in public spaces and draw dozens, if not hundreds of people — are problematic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We consider measures like the one in Fort Lauderdale to be criminalizing being homeless or helping the homeless,\" says Stoops.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And yet, Stoops argues that the measures will ultimately be ineffective in addressing the real problem: homelessness itself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Cities' hope is that restricting sharing of food will somehow make [the] homeless disappear and go away,\" Stoops tells The Salt. \"But I can promise you that even if these ordinances are adopted, it's not going to get rid of homelessness.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The measures that restrict food distribution tend to take one of two forms: new rules on the use of public property and new food-safety regulations. Salt Lake City, for example, now requires that anyone preparing and serving food to the homeless get a food handler's permit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In some cities, like Charlotte, N.C., it's not the local government that pressures the food groups to relocate or limit their programs — it's community groups practicing \"not in my backyard\" politics, or NIMBYism, according to the coalition's report. (The coalition notes that its report focuses on cities it has been able to track, but that many more cities may have anti-homeless-feeding legislation that the coalition may not be aware of.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.marbutconsulting.com/About_Us.html\">Robert Marbut\u003c/a>, a consultant based in San Antonio, helps cities and counties deal with the problem of homelessness. He says he falls somewhere in the middle in this debate. While he's opposed to criminalization, he thinks \"street feeding\" programs that distribute food in parks and under bridges can do more harm than good.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Street feeding is one of the worst things to do, because it keeps people in homeless status,\" he says. \"I think it's very unproductive, very enabling, and it keeps people out of recovery programs.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead, he thinks food sharing programs should only be located near what he calls the \"core areas of recovery\": mental health, substance abuse and job readiness services. Otherwise, he says, homeless people may spend more time pursuing food than the services that will help them get back on their feet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stoops says that he agrees there should be options for the homeless to eat meals indoors — with heat and air conditioning at shelters, churches and other sites. But he points out that those programs can't meet the full scope of needs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Not everyone wants to go to a shelter or a meal program. In the best of all worlds, the homeless agencies get out of the office and go with ministry programs to bring services to where people are,\" he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Copyright 2014 \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/\" target=\"_blank\">NPR\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Lots of groups and individuals try to help the homeless in their communities by offering them food. But a report finds that cities are increasingly passing measures to restrict these efforts.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1414029632,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":19,"wordCount":756},"headData":{"title":"More Cities Are Making It Illegal To Hand Out Food To The Homeless | KQED","description":"Lots of groups and individuals try to help the homeless in their communities by offering them food. But a report finds that cities are increasingly passing measures to restrict these efforts.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"More Cities Are Making It Illegal To Hand Out Food To The Homeless","datePublished":"2014-10-23T02:00:32.000Z","dateModified":"2014-10-23T02:00:32.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"disqusIdentifier":"89192 http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/?p=89192","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2014/10/22/more-cities-are-making-it-illegal-to-hand-out-food-to-the-homeless/","disqusTitle":"More Cities Are Making It Illegal To Hand Out Food To The Homeless","nprByline":"Eliza Barclay","nprStoryId":"357846415","nprApiLink":"http://api.npr.org/query?id=357846415&apiKey=MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004","nprHtmlLink":"http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2014/10/22/357846415/more-cities-are-making-it-illegal-to-hand-out-food-to-the-homeless?ft=3&f=357846415","nprRetrievedStory":"1","nprPubDate":"Wed, 22 Oct 2014 16:30:00 -0400","nprStoryDate":"Wed, 22 Oct 2014 14:05:00 -0400","nprLastModifiedDate":"Wed, 22 Oct 2014 16:30:33 -0400","path":"/bayareabites/89192/more-cities-are-making-it-illegal-to-hand-out-food-to-the-homeless","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_89193\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2014/10/homelessfood_wide-933c67b9420c54f467eac1229d7a7c027e2b565c-e1414029550525.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2014/10/homelessfood_wide-933c67b9420c54f467eac1229d7a7c027e2b565c-e1414029550525.jpg\" alt=\"The homeless and others in need enjoy lunch at the Los Angeles Mission on Nov. 23, 2011, in celebration of Thanksgiving. Legislation to ban organizations from serving food to homeless people in public places has been proposed in Los Angeles. Photo: Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" class=\"size-full wp-image-89193\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The homeless and others in need enjoy lunch at the Los Angeles Mission on Nov. 23, 2011, in celebration of Thanksgiving. Legislation to ban organizations from serving food to homeless people in public places has been proposed in Los Angeles. Photo: Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>by Eliza Barclay, \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2014/10/22/357846415/more-cities-are-making-it-illegal-to-hand-out-food-to-the-homeless\" target=\"_blank\">The Salt at NPR Food\u003c/a> (10/22/14) \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you don't have a place to live, getting enough to eat clearly may be a struggle. And since homelessness in the U.S. \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/11/21/246589487/number-of-homeless-declines-again-but-gains-arent-universal\">isn't going away\u003c/a> and is even rising in some cities, more charitable groups and individuals have been stepping up the past few years to share food with these vulnerable folks in their communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But just as more people reach out to help, cities are biting back at those hands feeding the homeless.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to a \u003ca href=\"http://nationalhomeless.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Food-Sharing2014.pdf\">report\u003c/a> released Monday by the National Coalition for the Homeless, 21 cities have passed measures aimed at restricting the people who feed the homeless since January 2013. In that same time, similar legislation was introduced in more than 10 cities. Combined, these measures represent a 47 percent increase in the number of cities that have passed or introduced legislation to restrict food sharing since the coalition last counted in 2010.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The latest city to crack down is Fort Lauderdale, Fla. According to the \u003cem>Sun Sentinel,\u003c/em> the city's commissioners \u003ca href=\"http://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/fort-lauderdale/fl-lauderdale-homeless-feeding-sites-20141021-story.html\">passed a measure\u003c/a> early Wednesday that will require feeding sites to be more than 500 feet away from each other, with only one allowed per city block. They'll also have to be at least 500 feet from residential properties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://nationalhomeless.org/about-us/who-we-are/\">Michael Stoops\u003c/a>, director of community organizing for the coalition and the editor of the report, says that as cities have felt more pressure to make economic development and tourism priorities, they've decided that food sharing programs — especially those that happen in public spaces and draw dozens, if not hundreds of people — are problematic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We consider measures like the one in Fort Lauderdale to be criminalizing being homeless or helping the homeless,\" says Stoops.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And yet, Stoops argues that the measures will ultimately be ineffective in addressing the real problem: homelessness itself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Cities' hope is that restricting sharing of food will somehow make [the] homeless disappear and go away,\" Stoops tells The Salt. \"But I can promise you that even if these ordinances are adopted, it's not going to get rid of homelessness.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The measures that restrict food distribution tend to take one of two forms: new rules on the use of public property and new food-safety regulations. Salt Lake City, for example, now requires that anyone preparing and serving food to the homeless get a food handler's permit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In some cities, like Charlotte, N.C., it's not the local government that pressures the food groups to relocate or limit their programs — it's community groups practicing \"not in my backyard\" politics, or NIMBYism, according to the coalition's report. (The coalition notes that its report focuses on cities it has been able to track, but that many more cities may have anti-homeless-feeding legislation that the coalition may not be aware of.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.marbutconsulting.com/About_Us.html\">Robert Marbut\u003c/a>, a consultant based in San Antonio, helps cities and counties deal with the problem of homelessness. He says he falls somewhere in the middle in this debate. While he's opposed to criminalization, he thinks \"street feeding\" programs that distribute food in parks and under bridges can do more harm than good.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Street feeding is one of the worst things to do, because it keeps people in homeless status,\" he says. \"I think it's very unproductive, very enabling, and it keeps people out of recovery programs.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead, he thinks food sharing programs should only be located near what he calls the \"core areas of recovery\": mental health, substance abuse and job readiness services. Otherwise, he says, homeless people may spend more time pursuing food than the services that will help them get back on their feet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stoops says that he agrees there should be options for the homeless to eat meals indoors — with heat and air conditioning at shelters, churches and other sites. But he points out that those programs can't meet the full scope of needs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Not everyone wants to go to a shelter or a meal program. In the best of all worlds, the homeless agencies get out of the office and go with ministry programs to bring services to where people are,\" he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Copyright 2014 \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/\" target=\"_blank\">NPR\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/bayareabites/89192/more-cities-are-making-it-illegal-to-hand-out-food-to-the-homeless","authors":["byline_bayareabites_89192"],"categories":["bayareabites_1962","bayareabites_3032","bayareabites_10028","bayareabites_10916","bayareabites_2035"],"tags":["bayareabites_3038","bayareabites_248","bayareabites_13902","bayareabites_10921"],"featImg":"bayareabites_89193","label":"bayareabites"},"bayareabites_87553":{"type":"posts","id":"bayareabites_87553","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"bayareabites","id":"87553","score":null,"sort":[1410890876000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"fighting-hunger-with-food-smarts-honoring-hunger-action-month","title":"Fighting Hunger with Food Smarts & Honoring Hunger Action Month","publishDate":1410890876,"format":"aside","headTitle":"Bay Area Bites | KQED Food","labelTerm":{"site":"bayareabites"},"content":"\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_87557\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 610px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2014/09/leahs_pantry_group.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2014/09/leahs_pantry_group.jpg\" alt=\"Photo courtesy of Leah’s Pantry\" width=\"610\" height=\"407\" class=\"size-full wp-image-87557\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo courtesy of Leah’s Pantry\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Post by Brie Mazurek,\u003c/em> \u003ca href=\"http://www.cuesa.org/article/fighting-hunger-food-smarts\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cem>CUESA\u003c/em>\u003c/a> \u003cem>(9/12/2014)\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a city that has nearly 30 farmers markets and the most restaurants per capita nationwide, it may be hard to believe that thousands of adults don’t have access to healthy, nutritious food. Recent reports estimate that as many as \u003ca href=\"http://www.spur.org/blog/2014-01-28/ending-hunger-san-francisco-2020\" target=\"_blank\">225,000 people\u003c/a> are food insecure in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“San Francisco is a small city, but it’s even smaller for residents that are living in really impoverished circumstances,” says Adrienne Markworth, founder of \u003ca href=\"http://leahspantrysf.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Leah’s Pantry\u003c/a>. “They may not go more than a block or two from their SRO (single-room occupancy) hotel or public housing development, where there’s little access to grocery stores or farmers markets and just corner stores with limited fresh fruits and vegetables.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Seniors, disabled adults, children, and homeless people are especially vulnerable. Due to the high cost of living in San Francisco, even people living above the poverty level may have trouble making ends meet. CalFresh (California’s food stamp program) is underutilized by thousands of eligible individuals, and 12% of San Francisco residents rely on food pantries according a \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfdph.org/dph/files/mtgsGrps/FoodSecTaskFrc/docs/FSTF-AssessmentOfFoodSecurityInSF-2013.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">recent assessment\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Long Distances, Small Spaces\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_87556\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 250px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2014/09/leahs_pantry_class.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2014/09/leahs_pantry_class.jpg\" alt=\"Photo courtesy of Leah’s Pantry\" width=\"250\" height=\"375\" class=\"size-full wp-image-87556\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo courtesy of Leah’s Pantry\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In 2006, Markworth started organizing workshops to help homeless women prepare healthy food for their children. She recognized that, despite the fact there were food banks and other services that provide fresh food to low-income individuals and families, closing the food gap also meant ensuring that they had the skills, capacity, and tools to put that food to use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If they don’t know how to process that butternut squash that they just got for free, it’s not helpful to them,” she says. “You have to get it into their bellies.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Leah’s Pantry now works statewide to provide nutrition and culinary education for seniors, adults, and children through homeless shelters, public housing, food pantries, and social service agencies, but the organization remains strongly rooted in San Francisco’s Tenderloin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For SRO residents, barriers to food access occur on many levels. Individuals may have to travel outside their neighborhood to find fresh food and often lack transportation to do so. Seniors and disabled individuals may be challenged by mobility issues. And at home, residents may not have their own kitchen, cooking equipment, or even a sink or full-size fridge, making food storage and preparation difficult. Processed snacks are an easy go-to. They may not be healthy, but they’re readily accessible, have a long shelf life, and require no preparation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With nutrition, kitchen safety, and budget in mind, \u003cstrong>Leah’s Pantry’s Food Smarts\u003c/strong> classes empower individuals to cook from scratch with limited resources, equipment, and space. “We’re trying to break down some of those functional barriers,” says Markworth. “It’s about finding that balance of creating safe, successful ways to integrate more cooking, and making sure people have the resources and materials to do it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Building Kitchen Confidence\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_87558\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 250px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2014/09/leahs_pantry_knives.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2014/09/leahs_pantry_knives.jpg\" alt=\"Photo courtesy of Leah’s Pantry\" width=\"250\" height=\"323\" class=\"size-full wp-image-87558\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo courtesy of Leah’s Pantry\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Engaging individuals on a personal level is key, which is why all Food Smarts classes begin with participants discussing their family food history, including what foods they ate as a child. “That’s what gets people’s imaginations revved up,” says Markworth. “They remember the taste of that sweet potato pie that they grew up eating.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Classes help participants think in terms of simple recipes and three-day meal plans, so that when they buy a head of celery, they can feel confident it will all be put to good use. “When cooking from scratch, there are all these elements of risk that can potentially waste resources that someone might not have,” she says. “A lot of them have precious little energy to try something new and different. We don’t want them to feel like they’re a failure if they’re trying.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This fall, the organization is working with Heart of the City Farmers Market to launch \u003ca href=\"https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-tenderloin-cooking-school-cookbook/\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cem>The Tenderloin Cooking School: Smart Meals for Small Spaces\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, a collection of stories and simple, inexpensive recipes from Tenderloin residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Capturing stories about food and even food insecurity is important work,” says Markworth. “It’s not just stats. Looking at hunger issue from a human story perspective will speak to all of us that are engaged in food justice and food equity.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Nourishing Communities\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_87555\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 250px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2014/09/leahs_pantry_chopping.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2014/09/leahs_pantry_chopping.jpg\" alt=\"Photo courtesy of Leah’s Pantry\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" class=\"size-full wp-image-87555\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo courtesy of Leah’s Pantry\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In the broader Bay Area, \u003ca href=\"https://18reasons.org/cooking-matters\" target=\"_blank\">18 Reasons’ Cooking Matters\u003c/a> program (an offshoot of the national \u003ca href=\"http://www.nokidhungry.org/programs\" target=\"_blank\">Share Our Strength program\u003c/a>) also offers six-week nutrition classes in schools, community centers, health centers, and housing sites to get low-income parents, kids, teens, and seniors cooking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Program director Emily Geis says she generally encounters three main issues in her work educating people about from-scratch cooking: the perceived cost of fresh foods, time limitations, and lack of know-how. To tackle these hurdles, volunteer instructors guide participants in nutrition and meal planning, as well as the basics and benefits of shopping seasonally, properly storing fruits and vegetables, buying in bulk, and utilizing leftovers to minimize waste. The group also takes a field trip to a grocery store or farmers market to strategize on how to stretch their food dollar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Each class concludes with making and enjoying a meal together. “That’s the exciting thing,” says Geis. “Our participants are able to see that we made a delicious, filling, healthy meal in less than 45 minutes, and they think to themselves, ‘I could do this at home.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the curriculum is only one essential ingredient in the classes. By sharing their wide range of cooking knowledge and food experiences with each other, participants nourish and empower the whole group.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Sometimes we’ll have someone who has never cut an onion in their life, and then we’ll have someone else who is seventy years old and been cooking all of her life, who can share her knowledge with the rest of the class,” says Geis. “We meet everybody where they’re at, then work together to learn.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Events\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Join CUESA in honoring \u003ca href=\"http://hungeractionmonth.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Hunger Action Month\u003c/a>. Learn more about local hunger issues at our \u003ca href=\"http://www.cuesa.org/event/feeding-san-francisco\" target=\"_blank\">Feeding San Francisco\u003c/a> discussion Tuesday, September 16. Saturday, September 20, come to the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market for \u003ca href=\"http://www.cuesa.org/event/waste-not-want-not-day\" target=\"_blank\">Waste Not, Want Not Day\u003c/a> to meet local organizations like Cooking Matters, find out how you can reduce food waste at home, and participate in CUESA's fresh produce drive.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Recent reports estimate that as many as 225,000 people are food insecure in San Francisco. Learn about the efforts of Leah's Pantry that provides Food Smarts classes for residents coping with food insecurity. Honor Hunger Action Month by attending events discussing hunger in the Bay Area.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1410891114,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":21,"wordCount":1138},"headData":{"title":"Fighting Hunger with Food Smarts & Honoring Hunger Action Month | KQED","description":"Recent reports estimate that as many as 225,000 people are food insecure in San Francisco. Learn about the efforts of Leah's Pantry that provides Food Smarts classes for residents coping with food insecurity. Honor Hunger Action Month by attending events discussing hunger in the Bay Area.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"Fighting Hunger with Food Smarts & Honoring Hunger Action Month","datePublished":"2014-09-16T18:07:56.000Z","dateModified":"2014-09-16T18:11:54.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"disqusIdentifier":"87553 http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/?p=87553","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2014/09/16/fighting-hunger-with-food-smarts-honoring-hunger-action-month/","disqusTitle":"Fighting Hunger with Food Smarts & Honoring Hunger Action Month","path":"/bayareabites/87553/fighting-hunger-with-food-smarts-honoring-hunger-action-month","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_87557\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 610px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2014/09/leahs_pantry_group.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2014/09/leahs_pantry_group.jpg\" alt=\"Photo courtesy of Leah’s Pantry\" width=\"610\" height=\"407\" class=\"size-full wp-image-87557\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo courtesy of Leah’s Pantry\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Post by Brie Mazurek,\u003c/em> \u003ca href=\"http://www.cuesa.org/article/fighting-hunger-food-smarts\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cem>CUESA\u003c/em>\u003c/a> \u003cem>(9/12/2014)\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a city that has nearly 30 farmers markets and the most restaurants per capita nationwide, it may be hard to believe that thousands of adults don’t have access to healthy, nutritious food. Recent reports estimate that as many as \u003ca href=\"http://www.spur.org/blog/2014-01-28/ending-hunger-san-francisco-2020\" target=\"_blank\">225,000 people\u003c/a> are food insecure in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“San Francisco is a small city, but it’s even smaller for residents that are living in really impoverished circumstances,” says Adrienne Markworth, founder of \u003ca href=\"http://leahspantrysf.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Leah’s Pantry\u003c/a>. “They may not go more than a block or two from their SRO (single-room occupancy) hotel or public housing development, where there’s little access to grocery stores or farmers markets and just corner stores with limited fresh fruits and vegetables.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Seniors, disabled adults, children, and homeless people are especially vulnerable. Due to the high cost of living in San Francisco, even people living above the poverty level may have trouble making ends meet. CalFresh (California’s food stamp program) is underutilized by thousands of eligible individuals, and 12% of San Francisco residents rely on food pantries according a \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfdph.org/dph/files/mtgsGrps/FoodSecTaskFrc/docs/FSTF-AssessmentOfFoodSecurityInSF-2013.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">recent assessment\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Long Distances, Small Spaces\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_87556\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 250px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2014/09/leahs_pantry_class.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2014/09/leahs_pantry_class.jpg\" alt=\"Photo courtesy of Leah’s Pantry\" width=\"250\" height=\"375\" class=\"size-full wp-image-87556\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo courtesy of Leah’s Pantry\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In 2006, Markworth started organizing workshops to help homeless women prepare healthy food for their children. She recognized that, despite the fact there were food banks and other services that provide fresh food to low-income individuals and families, closing the food gap also meant ensuring that they had the skills, capacity, and tools to put that food to use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If they don’t know how to process that butternut squash that they just got for free, it’s not helpful to them,” she says. “You have to get it into their bellies.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Leah’s Pantry now works statewide to provide nutrition and culinary education for seniors, adults, and children through homeless shelters, public housing, food pantries, and social service agencies, but the organization remains strongly rooted in San Francisco’s Tenderloin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For SRO residents, barriers to food access occur on many levels. Individuals may have to travel outside their neighborhood to find fresh food and often lack transportation to do so. Seniors and disabled individuals may be challenged by mobility issues. And at home, residents may not have their own kitchen, cooking equipment, or even a sink or full-size fridge, making food storage and preparation difficult. Processed snacks are an easy go-to. They may not be healthy, but they’re readily accessible, have a long shelf life, and require no preparation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With nutrition, kitchen safety, and budget in mind, \u003cstrong>Leah’s Pantry’s Food Smarts\u003c/strong> classes empower individuals to cook from scratch with limited resources, equipment, and space. “We’re trying to break down some of those functional barriers,” says Markworth. “It’s about finding that balance of creating safe, successful ways to integrate more cooking, and making sure people have the resources and materials to do it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Building Kitchen Confidence\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_87558\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 250px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2014/09/leahs_pantry_knives.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2014/09/leahs_pantry_knives.jpg\" alt=\"Photo courtesy of Leah’s Pantry\" width=\"250\" height=\"323\" class=\"size-full wp-image-87558\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo courtesy of Leah’s Pantry\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Engaging individuals on a personal level is key, which is why all Food Smarts classes begin with participants discussing their family food history, including what foods they ate as a child. “That’s what gets people’s imaginations revved up,” says Markworth. “They remember the taste of that sweet potato pie that they grew up eating.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Classes help participants think in terms of simple recipes and three-day meal plans, so that when they buy a head of celery, they can feel confident it will all be put to good use. “When cooking from scratch, there are all these elements of risk that can potentially waste resources that someone might not have,” she says. “A lot of them have precious little energy to try something new and different. We don’t want them to feel like they’re a failure if they’re trying.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This fall, the organization is working with Heart of the City Farmers Market to launch \u003ca href=\"https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-tenderloin-cooking-school-cookbook/\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cem>The Tenderloin Cooking School: Smart Meals for Small Spaces\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, a collection of stories and simple, inexpensive recipes from Tenderloin residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Capturing stories about food and even food insecurity is important work,” says Markworth. “It’s not just stats. Looking at hunger issue from a human story perspective will speak to all of us that are engaged in food justice and food equity.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Nourishing Communities\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_87555\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 250px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2014/09/leahs_pantry_chopping.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2014/09/leahs_pantry_chopping.jpg\" alt=\"Photo courtesy of Leah’s Pantry\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" class=\"size-full wp-image-87555\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo courtesy of Leah’s Pantry\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In the broader Bay Area, \u003ca href=\"https://18reasons.org/cooking-matters\" target=\"_blank\">18 Reasons’ Cooking Matters\u003c/a> program (an offshoot of the national \u003ca href=\"http://www.nokidhungry.org/programs\" target=\"_blank\">Share Our Strength program\u003c/a>) also offers six-week nutrition classes in schools, community centers, health centers, and housing sites to get low-income parents, kids, teens, and seniors cooking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Program director Emily Geis says she generally encounters three main issues in her work educating people about from-scratch cooking: the perceived cost of fresh foods, time limitations, and lack of know-how. To tackle these hurdles, volunteer instructors guide participants in nutrition and meal planning, as well as the basics and benefits of shopping seasonally, properly storing fruits and vegetables, buying in bulk, and utilizing leftovers to minimize waste. The group also takes a field trip to a grocery store or farmers market to strategize on how to stretch their food dollar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Each class concludes with making and enjoying a meal together. “That’s the exciting thing,” says Geis. “Our participants are able to see that we made a delicious, filling, healthy meal in less than 45 minutes, and they think to themselves, ‘I could do this at home.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the curriculum is only one essential ingredient in the classes. By sharing their wide range of cooking knowledge and food experiences with each other, participants nourish and empower the whole group.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Sometimes we’ll have someone who has never cut an onion in their life, and then we’ll have someone else who is seventy years old and been cooking all of her life, who can share her knowledge with the rest of the class,” says Geis. “We meet everybody where they’re at, then work together to learn.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Events\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Join CUESA in honoring \u003ca href=\"http://hungeractionmonth.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Hunger Action Month\u003c/a>. Learn more about local hunger issues at our \u003ca href=\"http://www.cuesa.org/event/feeding-san-francisco\" target=\"_blank\">Feeding San Francisco\u003c/a> discussion Tuesday, September 16. Saturday, September 20, come to the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market for \u003ca href=\"http://www.cuesa.org/event/waste-not-want-not-day\" target=\"_blank\">Waste Not, Want Not Day\u003c/a> to meet local organizations like Cooking Matters, find out how you can reduce food waste at home, and participate in CUESA's fresh produce drive.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/bayareabites/87553/fighting-hunger-with-food-smarts-honoring-hunger-action-month","authors":["5484"],"categories":["bayareabites_109","bayareabites_12276","bayareabites_50","bayareabites_3032","bayareabites_1245","bayareabites_1246","bayareabites_1875"],"tags":["bayareabites_13313","bayareabites_3038","bayareabites_248","bayareabites_13808","bayareabites_13807"],"featImg":"bayareabites_87557","label":"bayareabites"},"bayareabites_84592":{"type":"posts","id":"bayareabites_84592","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"bayareabites","id":"84592","score":null,"sort":[1405097884000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"from-shelters-to-startups-chefs-program-helps-homeless-by-cooking-for-tech-companies","title":"From Shelters to Startups: CHEFS Program Helps Homeless by Cooking for Tech Companies ","publishDate":1405097884,"format":"aside","headTitle":"Bay Area Bites | KQED Food","labelTerm":{"site":"bayareabites"},"content":"\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_84598\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2014/07/lead-photo.safia-bubakar-hands-a-plate-of-food-to-a-zendesk-employee.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2014/07/lead-photo.safia-bubakar-hands-a-plate-of-food-to-a-zendesk-employee.jpg\" alt=\"CHEFS student Safia Bubakar serves a meal to Zendesk employees. Photo: Angela Johnston\" width=\"1000\" height=\"666\" class=\"size-full wp-image-84598\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">CHEFS student Safia Bubakar serves a meal to Zendesk employees. Photo: Angela Johnston\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On a Monday afternoon at tech company \u003ca href=\"http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/2012/04/yammer-signs-big-lease-in-twitter.html?page=all\">Yammer’s\u003c/a> headquarters on Market Street, engineers and programmers take a break from their desks, or the pinball machines and air hockey tables in the corner, and line up for snacks in the kitchen. They fill their plates with roast beef sliders with arugula, horseradish sauce and Parmesan cheese; sausage and leek quiches; and miniature blueberry cream cheese tarts. These bites aren’t prepared by a resident chef (Yammer doesn’t have one), instead they are created and served by homeless culinary students in transition, hoping for a shot in the food industry. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_84597\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2014/07/Yammer-employees-line-up-to-get-snacks-.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2014/07/Yammer-employees-line-up-to-get-snacks-.jpg\" alt=\"Yammer employees line up to get snacks. Photo: Angela Johnston\" width=\"1000\" height=\"666\" class=\"size-full wp-image-84597\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yammer employees line up to get snacks. Photo: Angela Johnston\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The students are part of a six month, three-phase program called \u003ca href=\"http://ecs-sf.org/programs/chefs.html\">CHEFS\u003c/a>, or Conquering Homelessness through Employment in Food Services, operated by Episcopal Community Services. They learn everything from basic sanitation and safety in the kitchen, to knife skills, nutrition, and how to make different stocks and sauces. They also cater for various businesses around the city like Yammer, who uses CHEFS about once a month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_84602\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2014/07/Safia-Bubakar-preps-lunch-for-Zendesk1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2014/07/Safia-Bubakar-preps-lunch-for-Zendesk1000.jpg\" alt=\"Safia Bubakar preps a catered lunch for Zendesk. Credit: Angela Johnston\" width=\"1000\" height=\"665\" class=\"size-full wp-image-84602\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Safia Bubakar preps a catered lunch for Zendesk. Credit: Angela Johnston\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It’s an opportunity I never thought I’d get,” says Safia Bubakar, who found out about CHEFS from the shelter she was staying in. Today, Bubakar made caramelized onion, mushroom, and brie crostinis for Yammer employees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> When I visited \u003ca href=\"http://www.zendesk.com/\">Zendesk\u003c/a> for their CHEFS catered lunch, Bubakar was there, serving a long line of employees barbeque chicken, veggie chili, and rice pilaf. “I knew how to cook but I didn’t know why things turned out they way they do or why sauces break.” She tells me she wants to open an Asian fusion restaurant in San Francisco someday. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_84599\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 500px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2014/07/CHEFS-instructor-Mike-Sullivan-observes-Safia-Bubakar-g.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2014/07/CHEFS-instructor-Mike-Sullivan-observes-Safia-Bubakar-g.jpg\" alt=\"CHEFS instructor Mike Sullivan observes Safia Bubakar. Credit Angela Johnston\" width=\"500\" class=\"size-full wp-image-84599\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">CHEFS instructor Mike Sullivan observes Safia Bubakar. Credit Angela Johnston\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At the end of the program, students get internships at well-known restaurants around the Bay Area like Nopa, Mission Pie, Boulevard, Kokkari and Zut. Many of them even secure jobs there after graduating. More than 75% of students graduate with steady employment and a place to live. The program is now in its 17th year and has had over 50 graduating classes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More recently, CHEFS has begun to cater meals for tech companies that have moved into the mid-market and Tenderloin neighborhoods after receiving big tax incentives from the city. In order to receive a payroll tax cut, companies need to form community benefit agreements, or \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgsa.org/index.aspx?page=5480\">CBAs\u003c/a>, contracts with the city that show how they’ll contribute to their new neighborhood. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Software company Zendesk was the first to add CHEFS to their \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgsa.org/modules/showdocument.aspx?documentid=8285\">CBA\u003c/a> back in 2011. Zoosk, Zynga and Yammer followed. According to their annual community benefit agreements report, \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgsa.org/modules/showdocument.aspx?documentid=9685\">last year\u003c/a> Zendesk spent just under $100,000 in donations and hiring local businesses. $3,500 of that went to CHEFS.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Homeless San Franciscans serving tech workers lunch is an interesting juxtaposition. Critics of the mid-market tech revitalization argue that it's the the tech companies that are driving up rent and contributing to even more homelessness. But CHEFS culinary training manager Al Leddy says this is an effective way to bridge the gap between rich companies moving into poor neighborhoods like the Tenderloin, and the existing residents, many of whom are in shelters, transitional housing, or living on the street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_84600\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2014/07/Al-Leddy-explains-the-snacks-his-CHEFS-students-made-for-Yammer1.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2014/07/Al-Leddy-explains-the-snacks-his-CHEFS-students-made-for-Yammer1.jpg\" alt=\"Al Leddy explains the snacks his CHEFS students made for Yammer employees. Credit: Angela Johnston\" width=\"1000\" height=\"653\" class=\"size-full wp-image-84600\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Al Leddy explains the snacks his CHEFS students made for Yammer employees. Credit: Angela Johnston\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It's definitely working,” Leddy says. “The students get to come in, they get to meet people that work in high tech, and most importantly they're treated with respect, which goes a long way for them.” It’s extremely important, he says, to create this initial connection. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The food is just outstanding,” says Cristina Akimoff, the community liaison in charge of maintaining Yammer’s relationship with the neighborhood and nonprofits like CHEFS.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Akimoff says she would like to have CHEFS come in more consistently; weekly or twice a month, rather than once a month for an event. Part of that would involve restructuring Yammer’s community benefit agreement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I'd really like to narrow it down so that we're not stretched so thin, so we can really hone in on two or three really great organizations like CHEFS and make a big impact there instead of tiny impacts in a bunch of different places,” Akimoff says. This has been a common critique of the mid-market community benefits agreements - parachuting into a nonprofit for a day, serving breakfast, or reading to kids, and then moving on to the next one. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_84661\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2014/07/A-Yammer-employee-adds-some-stuffed-mushrooms-to-her-plate.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2014/07/A-Yammer-employee-adds-some-stuffed-mushrooms-to-her-plate.jpg\" alt=\"A Yammer employee adds some stuffed mushrooms to her plate. Credit: Angela Johnston\" width=\"1000\" height=\"666\" class=\"size-full wp-image-84661\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Yammer employee adds some stuffed mushrooms to her plate. Credit: Angela Johnston\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>With CHEFS, in some cases, you can already see a small impact. Mobile gaming company \u003ca href=\"http://zynga.com/\">Zynga\u003c/a> has hired a few homeless \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6gTu9iHiGs\">CHEFS graduates\u003c/a> to work in the startup’s massive kitchen, assisting their in-house butcher, baker, and brewer. A few weeks ago, the current class took a field trip to Zynga’s kitchen to hear from the former CHEFS students who now work there. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But for the people who actually live, and cook breakfast, lunch and dinner in the mid-market and Tenderloin neighborhoods, a nutritious, and filling meal is still difficult to come by. There isn’t a \u003ca href=\"http://newamericamedia.org/2014/03/a-fresh-food-oasis-in-san-franciscos-tenderloin.php\">full service grocery store\u003c/a> in the Tenderloin. The district has the city’s highest concentration of convenience stores -- places more likely to sell potato chips and alcohol than apples and whole wheat bread. And according to the San Francisco Department of Public Health, the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfdph.org/dph/files/mtgsGrps/FoodSecTaskFrc/docs/AChangingLandscape-FoodSecurityintheTenderloin.pdf\">ratio of unhealthy to healthy food\u003c/a> retailers here is 97% to 3%. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although some tech companies have vowed to help fix this food desert problem in their new neighborhoods, data shows that most nonprofit programs are unable to sufficiently meet the current food and nutrition needs of the city and the Tenderloin. \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfmfoodbank.org/sites/default/files/documents/OurWork/coping_with_accelerating_food_needs_2012_final.pdf\">A 2012 study\u003c/a> conducted by Stanford and the San Francisco Food Bank estimates that there were over 63 million “missing” meals, or unmet food need, in San Francisco in 2010. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We're just one ripple in the giant pond. We are very clear that we aren’t here to be heroes. We aren’t here to have the big solution that answers everything. We just want to be the person that helps the person in front of us and show people that we value the talent that they are literally bringing to our table,” says Tiffany Apczynski, a community liaison with Zendesk and the first person to bring CHEFS to a tech company kitchen. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_84603\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2014/07/Safia-Bubakar-serves-a-meal-to-Zendesk-employees1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2014/07/Safia-Bubakar-serves-a-meal-to-Zendesk-employees1000.jpg\" alt=\"Safia Bubakar serves a meal to an employee at Zendesk. Credit: Angela Johnston\" width=\"1000\" height=\"666\" class=\"size-full wp-image-84603\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Safia Bubakar serves a meal to an employee at Zendesk. Credit: Angela Johnston\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Back at Yammer, Victoria (who did not want to give her last name), a student halfway through the program, lays down the final tray of stuffed mushrooms on the stainless steel counters. She tells me when she graduates from CHEFS she’d much rather cook for a startup than a restaurant because they pay better. The program has managed to give her and other people in transition more opportunities to get out of shelters and out of poverty, but there’s still bigger issues created by the tech boom, she says. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If we could get more affordable housing so that the people who become chefs could afford housing in the city they work in, now that would be solving something.”\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"The CHEFS program in San Francisco has been training homeless people to work in kitchens for the past 17 years, with the hope of eventually finding them employment in high-profile restaurants around the city. Now, CHEFS students are cooking for tech workers in San Francisco’s mid-market neighborhood as part of tech companies fulfilling their Community Benefit Agreements (CBAs). The goal is to create positive and supportive relationships between tech companies and the existing community.\r\n\r\n","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1405268914,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":20,"wordCount":1266},"headData":{"title":"From Shelters to Startups: CHEFS Program Helps Homeless by Cooking for Tech Companies | KQED","description":"The CHEFS program in San Francisco has been training homeless people to work in kitchens for the past 17 years, with the hope of eventually finding them employment in high-profile restaurants around the city. Now, CHEFS students are cooking for tech workers in San Francisco’s mid-market neighborhood as part of tech companies fulfilling their Community Benefit Agreements (CBAs). The goal is to create positive and supportive relationships between tech companies and the existing community.\r\n\r\n","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"From Shelters to Startups: CHEFS Program Helps Homeless by Cooking for Tech Companies ","datePublished":"2014-07-11T16:58:04.000Z","dateModified":"2014-07-13T16:28:34.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"disqusIdentifier":"84592 http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/?p=84592","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2014/07/11/from-shelters-to-startups-chefs-program-helps-homeless-by-cooking-for-tech-companies/","disqusTitle":"From Shelters to Startups: CHEFS Program Helps Homeless by Cooking for Tech Companies ","path":"/bayareabites/84592/from-shelters-to-startups-chefs-program-helps-homeless-by-cooking-for-tech-companies","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_84598\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2014/07/lead-photo.safia-bubakar-hands-a-plate-of-food-to-a-zendesk-employee.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2014/07/lead-photo.safia-bubakar-hands-a-plate-of-food-to-a-zendesk-employee.jpg\" alt=\"CHEFS student Safia Bubakar serves a meal to Zendesk employees. Photo: Angela Johnston\" width=\"1000\" height=\"666\" class=\"size-full wp-image-84598\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">CHEFS student Safia Bubakar serves a meal to Zendesk employees. Photo: Angela Johnston\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On a Monday afternoon at tech company \u003ca href=\"http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/2012/04/yammer-signs-big-lease-in-twitter.html?page=all\">Yammer’s\u003c/a> headquarters on Market Street, engineers and programmers take a break from their desks, or the pinball machines and air hockey tables in the corner, and line up for snacks in the kitchen. They fill their plates with roast beef sliders with arugula, horseradish sauce and Parmesan cheese; sausage and leek quiches; and miniature blueberry cream cheese tarts. These bites aren’t prepared by a resident chef (Yammer doesn’t have one), instead they are created and served by homeless culinary students in transition, hoping for a shot in the food industry. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_84597\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2014/07/Yammer-employees-line-up-to-get-snacks-.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2014/07/Yammer-employees-line-up-to-get-snacks-.jpg\" alt=\"Yammer employees line up to get snacks. Photo: Angela Johnston\" width=\"1000\" height=\"666\" class=\"size-full wp-image-84597\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yammer employees line up to get snacks. Photo: Angela Johnston\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The students are part of a six month, three-phase program called \u003ca href=\"http://ecs-sf.org/programs/chefs.html\">CHEFS\u003c/a>, or Conquering Homelessness through Employment in Food Services, operated by Episcopal Community Services. They learn everything from basic sanitation and safety in the kitchen, to knife skills, nutrition, and how to make different stocks and sauces. They also cater for various businesses around the city like Yammer, who uses CHEFS about once a month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_84602\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2014/07/Safia-Bubakar-preps-lunch-for-Zendesk1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2014/07/Safia-Bubakar-preps-lunch-for-Zendesk1000.jpg\" alt=\"Safia Bubakar preps a catered lunch for Zendesk. Credit: Angela Johnston\" width=\"1000\" height=\"665\" class=\"size-full wp-image-84602\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Safia Bubakar preps a catered lunch for Zendesk. Credit: Angela Johnston\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It’s an opportunity I never thought I’d get,” says Safia Bubakar, who found out about CHEFS from the shelter she was staying in. Today, Bubakar made caramelized onion, mushroom, and brie crostinis for Yammer employees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> When I visited \u003ca href=\"http://www.zendesk.com/\">Zendesk\u003c/a> for their CHEFS catered lunch, Bubakar was there, serving a long line of employees barbeque chicken, veggie chili, and rice pilaf. “I knew how to cook but I didn’t know why things turned out they way they do or why sauces break.” She tells me she wants to open an Asian fusion restaurant in San Francisco someday. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_84599\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 500px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2014/07/CHEFS-instructor-Mike-Sullivan-observes-Safia-Bubakar-g.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2014/07/CHEFS-instructor-Mike-Sullivan-observes-Safia-Bubakar-g.jpg\" alt=\"CHEFS instructor Mike Sullivan observes Safia Bubakar. Credit Angela Johnston\" width=\"500\" class=\"size-full wp-image-84599\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">CHEFS instructor Mike Sullivan observes Safia Bubakar. Credit Angela Johnston\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At the end of the program, students get internships at well-known restaurants around the Bay Area like Nopa, Mission Pie, Boulevard, Kokkari and Zut. Many of them even secure jobs there after graduating. More than 75% of students graduate with steady employment and a place to live. The program is now in its 17th year and has had over 50 graduating classes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More recently, CHEFS has begun to cater meals for tech companies that have moved into the mid-market and Tenderloin neighborhoods after receiving big tax incentives from the city. In order to receive a payroll tax cut, companies need to form community benefit agreements, or \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgsa.org/index.aspx?page=5480\">CBAs\u003c/a>, contracts with the city that show how they’ll contribute to their new neighborhood. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Software company Zendesk was the first to add CHEFS to their \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgsa.org/modules/showdocument.aspx?documentid=8285\">CBA\u003c/a> back in 2011. Zoosk, Zynga and Yammer followed. According to their annual community benefit agreements report, \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgsa.org/modules/showdocument.aspx?documentid=9685\">last year\u003c/a> Zendesk spent just under $100,000 in donations and hiring local businesses. $3,500 of that went to CHEFS.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Homeless San Franciscans serving tech workers lunch is an interesting juxtaposition. Critics of the mid-market tech revitalization argue that it's the the tech companies that are driving up rent and contributing to even more homelessness. But CHEFS culinary training manager Al Leddy says this is an effective way to bridge the gap between rich companies moving into poor neighborhoods like the Tenderloin, and the existing residents, many of whom are in shelters, transitional housing, or living on the street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_84600\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2014/07/Al-Leddy-explains-the-snacks-his-CHEFS-students-made-for-Yammer1.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2014/07/Al-Leddy-explains-the-snacks-his-CHEFS-students-made-for-Yammer1.jpg\" alt=\"Al Leddy explains the snacks his CHEFS students made for Yammer employees. Credit: Angela Johnston\" width=\"1000\" height=\"653\" class=\"size-full wp-image-84600\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Al Leddy explains the snacks his CHEFS students made for Yammer employees. Credit: Angela Johnston\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It's definitely working,” Leddy says. “The students get to come in, they get to meet people that work in high tech, and most importantly they're treated with respect, which goes a long way for them.” It’s extremely important, he says, to create this initial connection. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The food is just outstanding,” says Cristina Akimoff, the community liaison in charge of maintaining Yammer’s relationship with the neighborhood and nonprofits like CHEFS.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Akimoff says she would like to have CHEFS come in more consistently; weekly or twice a month, rather than once a month for an event. Part of that would involve restructuring Yammer’s community benefit agreement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I'd really like to narrow it down so that we're not stretched so thin, so we can really hone in on two or three really great organizations like CHEFS and make a big impact there instead of tiny impacts in a bunch of different places,” Akimoff says. This has been a common critique of the mid-market community benefits agreements - parachuting into a nonprofit for a day, serving breakfast, or reading to kids, and then moving on to the next one. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_84661\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2014/07/A-Yammer-employee-adds-some-stuffed-mushrooms-to-her-plate.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2014/07/A-Yammer-employee-adds-some-stuffed-mushrooms-to-her-plate.jpg\" alt=\"A Yammer employee adds some stuffed mushrooms to her plate. Credit: Angela Johnston\" width=\"1000\" height=\"666\" class=\"size-full wp-image-84661\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Yammer employee adds some stuffed mushrooms to her plate. Credit: Angela Johnston\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>With CHEFS, in some cases, you can already see a small impact. Mobile gaming company \u003ca href=\"http://zynga.com/\">Zynga\u003c/a> has hired a few homeless \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6gTu9iHiGs\">CHEFS graduates\u003c/a> to work in the startup’s massive kitchen, assisting their in-house butcher, baker, and brewer. A few weeks ago, the current class took a field trip to Zynga’s kitchen to hear from the former CHEFS students who now work there. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But for the people who actually live, and cook breakfast, lunch and dinner in the mid-market and Tenderloin neighborhoods, a nutritious, and filling meal is still difficult to come by. There isn’t a \u003ca href=\"http://newamericamedia.org/2014/03/a-fresh-food-oasis-in-san-franciscos-tenderloin.php\">full service grocery store\u003c/a> in the Tenderloin. The district has the city’s highest concentration of convenience stores -- places more likely to sell potato chips and alcohol than apples and whole wheat bread. And according to the San Francisco Department of Public Health, the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfdph.org/dph/files/mtgsGrps/FoodSecTaskFrc/docs/AChangingLandscape-FoodSecurityintheTenderloin.pdf\">ratio of unhealthy to healthy food\u003c/a> retailers here is 97% to 3%. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although some tech companies have vowed to help fix this food desert problem in their new neighborhoods, data shows that most nonprofit programs are unable to sufficiently meet the current food and nutrition needs of the city and the Tenderloin. \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfmfoodbank.org/sites/default/files/documents/OurWork/coping_with_accelerating_food_needs_2012_final.pdf\">A 2012 study\u003c/a> conducted by Stanford and the San Francisco Food Bank estimates that there were over 63 million “missing” meals, or unmet food need, in San Francisco in 2010. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We're just one ripple in the giant pond. We are very clear that we aren’t here to be heroes. We aren’t here to have the big solution that answers everything. We just want to be the person that helps the person in front of us and show people that we value the talent that they are literally bringing to our table,” says Tiffany Apczynski, a community liaison with Zendesk and the first person to bring CHEFS to a tech company kitchen. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_84603\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2014/07/Safia-Bubakar-serves-a-meal-to-Zendesk-employees1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2014/07/Safia-Bubakar-serves-a-meal-to-Zendesk-employees1000.jpg\" alt=\"Safia Bubakar serves a meal to an employee at Zendesk. Credit: Angela Johnston\" width=\"1000\" height=\"666\" class=\"size-full wp-image-84603\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Safia Bubakar serves a meal to an employee at Zendesk. Credit: Angela Johnston\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Back at Yammer, Victoria (who did not want to give her last name), a student halfway through the program, lays down the final tray of stuffed mushrooms on the stainless steel counters. She tells me when she graduates from CHEFS she’d much rather cook for a startup than a restaurant because they pay better. The program has managed to give her and other people in transition more opportunities to get out of shelters and out of poverty, but there’s still bigger issues created by the tech boom, she says. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If we could get more affordable housing so that the people who become chefs could afford housing in the city they work in, now that would be solving something.”\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/bayareabites/84592/from-shelters-to-startups-chefs-program-helps-homeless-by-cooking-for-tech-companies","authors":["5568"],"categories":["bayareabites_109","bayareabites_752","bayareabites_4084","bayareabites_1875"],"tags":["bayareabites_14744","bayareabites_3038","bayareabites_13553","bayareabites_2322"],"featImg":"bayareabites_84596","label":"bayareabites"},"bayareabites_52225":{"type":"posts","id":"bayareabites_52225","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"bayareabites","id":"52225","score":null,"sort":[1355249932000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"curry-without-worry-soul-pleasing-food-for-the-hungry-and-the-curious","title":"Curry Without Worry: Soul-Pleasing Food for the Hungry and the Curious ","publishDate":1355249932,"format":"aside","headTitle":"Bay Area Bites | KQED Food","labelTerm":{"site":"bayareabites"},"content":"\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_52442\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 560px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/12/1_Curry-Without-Worry560.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/12/1_Curry-Without-Worry560.jpg\" alt=\"Curry Without Worry feeds approximately 250 every Tuesday night at the UN Plaza.\" title=\"Curry Without Worry feeds approximately 250 every Tuesday night at the UN Plaza.\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" class=\"size-full wp-image-52442\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Curry Without Worry feeds approximately 250 every Tuesday night at the UN Plaza.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>My neighbor, Catherine Lyons, would often stop by with a big bag of day old pastries from \u003ca href=\"http://laboulangebakery.com/\">La Boulange Bakery\u003c/a>. Almond croissants and palmiers, even a day old, are still quite good. After eating myself into a carb and sugar coma a few times, I started waving her away. “You are a terrible person,” I would yell at her, but quickly cave in to something sugary. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As it turned out, she wasn’t such a terrible person. These day-old pastries were bound for \u003ca href=\"http://currywithoutworry.org/\">Curry Without Worry\u003c/a>, a small non-profit organization that she volunteers with. The group provides a free dinner at the U.N. Plaza near the Civic Center every Tuesday night. Despite the baked goods set out for dessert, it’s one of the healthiest meals around. Volunteers ladle out rice, and then top it with a nine-bean soup, a specialty from Nepal, along with curried vegetables, spicy achar, or tomato and timur chutney and homemade whole-wheat flatbread. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_52443\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 560px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/12/2_Curry-560.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/12/2_Curry-560.jpg\" alt=\"Shrawan Nepali serves bowls of nine-bean soup to the volunteers in the test kitchen before they all head out to serve the food.\" title=\"Shrawan Nepali serves bowls of nine-bean soup to the volunteers in the test kitchen before they all head out to serve the food.\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" class=\"size-full wp-image-52443\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shrawan Nepali serves bowls of nine-bean soup to the volunteers in the test kitchen before they all head out to serve the food.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The founder of Curry Without Worry, Shrawan Nepali, has shoulder length salt and pepper hair, brown eyes that sparkle like he’s about to break into a smile, and a lightness to him, as if he seems to defy gravity. He played drums and sang while the food was served and then took breaks to walk around and shake hands and thank people for coming. They feed approximately 250 people in San Francisco, and 300 in Katmandu, Nepal every Tuesday night. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kerry Adams, a man waiting in line, told me, “Not only is the food here healthy and tasty, but Shrawan and everyone else working is so polite that you walk away with good manners. And if you want, you can volunteer.”\u003cbr>\nShrawan’s last name is Nepali, which is given to children who grow up in orphanages in Nepal. He had little self-pity when it came to his fate, and explained, “The orphanage was wonderful. We were like a family where I had 50 brothers.” While in the orphanage, he met volunteers for the Peace Corps who sponsored him to come to the United States for college in North Carolina. After earning a degree in economics at Warren Wilson College, he moved to San Francisco and started working as an accountant. He then earned an MBA from Lincoln University, which was once based in San Francisco, but is now in Oakland. While he was doing well financially, he felt that he was missing his purpose in life and he wanted to make a difference in other peoples’ lives. So he started the \u003ca href=\"http://www.ama-foundation.org/\">Ama Foundation\u003c/a> in 2001 in order to open an orphanage in Nepal. It is now home to 50 orphans in Katmandu. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He also loved to cook, and so bought the restaurant, “Taste of the Himalayas” in San Francisco. Then he decided that he wanted to give back. “I want to show my gratitude to this beautiful city.” As well, he was shocked that even here, people went hungry and ate from garbage cans. \u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“I read that one out of five adults in San Francisco go hungry. And one out of every four children are in danger of hunger here,” he said. “Coming from a developing country to a world class city like San Francisco, this surprised me.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>With a group friends and a sympathetic security guard who worked at the UN Plaza, he served his first meal in December of 2006 to about 50 people. Currently, to comply with health codes, he rents a commercial kitchen to prepare the food, but then sets up under a tent at 5:30 pm every Tuesday night, rain or shine. A long line has often formed by the time the volunteers start serving. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shrawan estimated that about 60 percent of the people fed were homeless, and 40 percent students, city workers and tourists or travelers. \u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“This is a great way for the have’s and have not’s to interact,” he explained. “They wait in line together and enjoy each other’s company. And I play soul pleasing music. It’s a healing experience.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The people waiting in line were diverse. Some looked like they had been down on their luck for some time, and carried their belongings in a cart, while others wore sporty ski jackets and hand knitted hats; some were handicapped and others wheeling bikes. A few carried to-go containers for shut in family members. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alisha Pelton certainly did not look homeless. She was in her early twenties and had a healthy glow. \u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“I live nearby, and with high rents and student loans to pay off, I don’t have much of a budget left over for food,” she said. “So I often meet friends down here for dinner on Tuesdays.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>It also has made it onto the backpacker circuit and a young, international crowd lined up for curry. Gisel Mociño, a student visiting from Mexico City, explained that while she really liked the curry, she still kind of missed the street food in her hometown. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_52445\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 560px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/12/3_Curry-Without-Worry560.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/12/3_Curry-Without-Worry560.jpg\" alt=\"Mayek Querales (left) and Gisel Mociño (right) are college students visiting from Mexico City. \" title=\"Mayek Querales (left) and Gisel Mociño (right) are college students visiting from Mexico City. \" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" class=\"size-full wp-image-52445\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mayek Querales (left) and Gisel Mociño (right) are college students visiting from Mexico City. \u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>While most of the diners seemed very content, there were a few suggestions, like a man who yelled out to Shrawan, “If you served iced chai with this, that would be the bomb!” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rafael Pizarro, who lived in an SRO not far from the UN Plaza gave his take on it, “I live on a fixed income, so this is really helpful. Not too far away from here, some nuns are serving sausages. So you can choose this vegetarian meal, or meat one. Some people do both.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_52446\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 560px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/12/4_Curry-Without-Worry560.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/12/4_Curry-Without-Worry560.jpg\" alt=\"My neighbor Catherine Lyons ladling achar over the curry, rice and nine-bean soup while Shrawan Nepali chats with people in the background.\" title=\"My neighbor Catherine Lyons ladling achar over the curry, rice and nine-bean soup while Shrawan Nepali chats with people in the background.\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" class=\"size-full wp-image-52446\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">My neighbor Catherine Lyons ladling achar over the curry, rice and nine-bean soup while Shrawan Nepali chats with people in the background.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The winter night grew chillier, and volunteers continued to ladle out nine-bean soup. Scents of coriander, turmeric, cardamom and bay filled the air. Murmurs of “thank you” and responses of “namaste” were passed between patrons and volunteers. The line grew shorter, but still people were beckoned by the music and warm food. My neighbor Catherine ladled achar or tomato chutney onto people’s plates. \u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“I think that we are so fortunate and that everyone should give back,” she said. “I volunteer here because food is fun for me. And I love the music.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The goal for \u003ca href=\"http://currywithoutworry.org/\">Curry Without Worry\u003c/a> is to continue to feed the needy in San Francisco, and in Katmandu, where most of the people served are street children and the elderly and handicapped. In San Francisco, it takes an estimated $1.00-$2.00 to feed each person, and in Katmandu, the cost is 50 cents. So this holiday season, please feel free to volunteer on a Tuesday evening or donate money to them so they can continue to feed people. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Information:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://currywithoutworry.org/\">Curry Without Worry\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nTwitter: \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/currywow\">@CurryWoW\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nFacebook: \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/Curry-Without-Worry/207424749284087\">Curry Without Worry\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"The goal for Curry Without Worry is to continue to feed the needy in San Francisco, and in Katmandu, where most of the people served are street children and the elderly and handicapped. 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Almond croissants and palmiers, even a day old, are still quite good. After eating myself into a carb and sugar coma a few times, I started waving her away. “You are a terrible person,” I would yell at her, but quickly cave in to something sugary. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As it turned out, she wasn’t such a terrible person. These day-old pastries were bound for \u003ca href=\"http://currywithoutworry.org/\">Curry Without Worry\u003c/a>, a small non-profit organization that she volunteers with. The group provides a free dinner at the U.N. Plaza near the Civic Center every Tuesday night. Despite the baked goods set out for dessert, it’s one of the healthiest meals around. Volunteers ladle out rice, and then top it with a nine-bean soup, a specialty from Nepal, along with curried vegetables, spicy achar, or tomato and timur chutney and homemade whole-wheat flatbread. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_52443\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 560px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/12/2_Curry-560.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/12/2_Curry-560.jpg\" alt=\"Shrawan Nepali serves bowls of nine-bean soup to the volunteers in the test kitchen before they all head out to serve the food.\" title=\"Shrawan Nepali serves bowls of nine-bean soup to the volunteers in the test kitchen before they all head out to serve the food.\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" class=\"size-full wp-image-52443\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shrawan Nepali serves bowls of nine-bean soup to the volunteers in the test kitchen before they all head out to serve the food.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The founder of Curry Without Worry, Shrawan Nepali, has shoulder length salt and pepper hair, brown eyes that sparkle like he’s about to break into a smile, and a lightness to him, as if he seems to defy gravity. He played drums and sang while the food was served and then took breaks to walk around and shake hands and thank people for coming. They feed approximately 250 people in San Francisco, and 300 in Katmandu, Nepal every Tuesday night. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kerry Adams, a man waiting in line, told me, “Not only is the food here healthy and tasty, but Shrawan and everyone else working is so polite that you walk away with good manners. And if you want, you can volunteer.”\u003cbr>\nShrawan’s last name is Nepali, which is given to children who grow up in orphanages in Nepal. He had little self-pity when it came to his fate, and explained, “The orphanage was wonderful. We were like a family where I had 50 brothers.” While in the orphanage, he met volunteers for the Peace Corps who sponsored him to come to the United States for college in North Carolina. After earning a degree in economics at Warren Wilson College, he moved to San Francisco and started working as an accountant. He then earned an MBA from Lincoln University, which was once based in San Francisco, but is now in Oakland. While he was doing well financially, he felt that he was missing his purpose in life and he wanted to make a difference in other peoples’ lives. So he started the \u003ca href=\"http://www.ama-foundation.org/\">Ama Foundation\u003c/a> in 2001 in order to open an orphanage in Nepal. It is now home to 50 orphans in Katmandu. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He also loved to cook, and so bought the restaurant, “Taste of the Himalayas” in San Francisco. Then he decided that he wanted to give back. “I want to show my gratitude to this beautiful city.” As well, he was shocked that even here, people went hungry and ate from garbage cans. \u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“I read that one out of five adults in San Francisco go hungry. And one out of every four children are in danger of hunger here,” he said. “Coming from a developing country to a world class city like San Francisco, this surprised me.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>With a group friends and a sympathetic security guard who worked at the UN Plaza, he served his first meal in December of 2006 to about 50 people. Currently, to comply with health codes, he rents a commercial kitchen to prepare the food, but then sets up under a tent at 5:30 pm every Tuesday night, rain or shine. A long line has often formed by the time the volunteers start serving. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shrawan estimated that about 60 percent of the people fed were homeless, and 40 percent students, city workers and tourists or travelers. \u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“This is a great way for the have’s and have not’s to interact,” he explained. “They wait in line together and enjoy each other’s company. And I play soul pleasing music. It’s a healing experience.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The people waiting in line were diverse. Some looked like they had been down on their luck for some time, and carried their belongings in a cart, while others wore sporty ski jackets and hand knitted hats; some were handicapped and others wheeling bikes. A few carried to-go containers for shut in family members. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alisha Pelton certainly did not look homeless. She was in her early twenties and had a healthy glow. \u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“I live nearby, and with high rents and student loans to pay off, I don’t have much of a budget left over for food,” she said. “So I often meet friends down here for dinner on Tuesdays.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>It also has made it onto the backpacker circuit and a young, international crowd lined up for curry. Gisel Mociño, a student visiting from Mexico City, explained that while she really liked the curry, she still kind of missed the street food in her hometown. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_52445\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 560px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/12/3_Curry-Without-Worry560.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/12/3_Curry-Without-Worry560.jpg\" alt=\"Mayek Querales (left) and Gisel Mociño (right) are college students visiting from Mexico City. \" title=\"Mayek Querales (left) and Gisel Mociño (right) are college students visiting from Mexico City. \" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" class=\"size-full wp-image-52445\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mayek Querales (left) and Gisel Mociño (right) are college students visiting from Mexico City. \u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>While most of the diners seemed very content, there were a few suggestions, like a man who yelled out to Shrawan, “If you served iced chai with this, that would be the bomb!” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rafael Pizarro, who lived in an SRO not far from the UN Plaza gave his take on it, “I live on a fixed income, so this is really helpful. Not too far away from here, some nuns are serving sausages. So you can choose this vegetarian meal, or meat one. Some people do both.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_52446\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 560px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/12/4_Curry-Without-Worry560.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/12/4_Curry-Without-Worry560.jpg\" alt=\"My neighbor Catherine Lyons ladling achar over the curry, rice and nine-bean soup while Shrawan Nepali chats with people in the background.\" title=\"My neighbor Catherine Lyons ladling achar over the curry, rice and nine-bean soup while Shrawan Nepali chats with people in the background.\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" class=\"size-full wp-image-52446\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">My neighbor Catherine Lyons ladling achar over the curry, rice and nine-bean soup while Shrawan Nepali chats with people in the background.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The winter night grew chillier, and volunteers continued to ladle out nine-bean soup. Scents of coriander, turmeric, cardamom and bay filled the air. Murmurs of “thank you” and responses of “namaste” were passed between patrons and volunteers. The line grew shorter, but still people were beckoned by the music and warm food. My neighbor Catherine ladled achar or tomato chutney onto people’s plates. \u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“I think that we are so fortunate and that everyone should give back,” she said. “I volunteer here because food is fun for me. And I love the music.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The goal for \u003ca href=\"http://currywithoutworry.org/\">Curry Without Worry\u003c/a> is to continue to feed the needy in San Francisco, and in Katmandu, where most of the people served are street children and the elderly and handicapped. In San Francisco, it takes an estimated $1.00-$2.00 to feed each person, and in Katmandu, the cost is 50 cents. So this holiday season, please feel free to volunteer on a Tuesday evening or donate money to them so they can continue to feed people. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Information:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://currywithoutworry.org/\">Curry Without Worry\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nTwitter: \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/currywow\">@CurryWoW\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nFacebook: \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/Curry-Without-Worry/207424749284087\">Curry Without Worry\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/bayareabites/52225/curry-without-worry-soul-pleasing-food-for-the-hungry-and-the-curious","authors":["5371"],"categories":["bayareabites_109","bayareabites_3032","bayareabites_90"],"tags":["bayareabites_10896","bayareabites_3038","bayareabites_1045","bayareabites_1336"],"featImg":"bayareabites_52466","label":"bayareabites"}},"programsReducer":{"possible":{"id":"possible","title":"Possible","info":"Possible is hosted by entrepreneur Reid Hoffman and writer Aria Finger. 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