JC Orton, the Coordinator of Night on the Streets-Catholic Worker, won the Jefferson Award for Public Service on September 3, 2009 in recognition for coordinating the Berkeley-based nonprofit serving over 100,000 meals to the homeless since 1997.
CBS Channel 5 News interviewed JC Orton and other Catholic Workers on September 3, 2009 for their segment on JC Orton, which aired on CBS 5 and KCBS in Northern California in late September, 2009.
Click here to listen to the radio segment.
Below are photos from the CBS5 filming:
Cameraman is inside the Catholic Worker van, getting a shot of JC handing out food in Berkeley.
JC is helping coordinate resources for the homeless in Berkeley.
JC Orton talks with Mr. G about setting up a bank account to manage his finances.
"Bottleneck" is interviewed about how JC has helped him and many others in Berkeley.
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