Farms!

Staff of the Kitchen of Champions represented SVDP and its WasteNot Electronics Recycling program at the Jack London Square Farmers' Market this past weekend. We have a booth there where you can drop off e-waste and get information about some of the wonderful programs at St. Vincent de Paul of Alameda County. Please visit their web site for more info: http://www.svdp-alameda.org/wastenotse.php

We are also currently doing some information gathering to work much closer with local farms. Here is a photo from the Terre Bella Family Farm in Sunol. Headquartered in Pleasanton, most of their produce is grown in Sunol.

SVdP Welcomes Moreau Catholic to the Campus

Moreau High spent the day volunteering in our Free Dining Room, working alongside our culinary trainees and long-term volunteers. We look forward to the next time they share their enthusiasm and great work ethic! Hayward in the house!

Fiscal Impact of Kitchen of Champions

Fun facts:
-75% of ex-felons go back to prison within 2 years
-Incarceration costs $51,000/year per prisoner for California taxpayers
-60 ex-felons going back to prison would cost California taxpayers $3,050,820/year
-60 ex-felons who go through the Kitchen of Champions and gain employment pay $252,000 in taxes/year
-The net impact for California taxpayers for 60 Kitchen of Champions trainees gaining employment after graduation is $3,302,820 million dollars every year and counting.
-We have placed 62 graduates in the past year.