What We Do

These are the numbers for what we do, but our outreach extends beyond meals and outreach in Berkeley, California. We protest injustice, such as the School of the America's at Ft. Benning, Georgia, Guantanamo Bay, and issues of torture.

We advocate for healthcare for neglected populations, helping non-native English speakers and the mentally ill fill out forms for Medicare, Medi-Cal, or Social Security benefits, and we provide countless other health-related and mail and tax services to these neglected populations. We provide a free ambulatory service for blind, elderly, and handicap homeless, driving them to and from the hospital.

We make regular visits to mental hospitals and prisons to transport homeless to make sure they get into supportive housing, drug rehab centers, or paired up with a social worker and health center if they’re going back to the street.

We try to go the extra distance at our weekly meals by providing wholesome foods and vegetables, instead of "empty calories" from cheap sodas and potato chips, to make people healthier to fend off disease and diabetes.

What we often provide are the bare essentials--the blanket, the sleeping bag, a shelter night, but what we try to do is invest these actions with meaning and love, to dignify those we serve.

See the following links for more about our effort: