D.C Central Kitchen uses food as a tool to strengthen their community. Through job training, meal distribution, and supporting local food systems, DC Central Kitchen is building long-term solutions to the interconnected problems of poverty, hunger, and homelessness. Each year, more than 14,000 volunteers work side-by-side with the men and women of our Culinary Job Training program, preparing more than 4,500 meals a day, 365 days a year. Volunteer activities include chopping, sorting and vacuum-sealing fresh produce that we get from local farms; mixing salads; portioning meals; de-boning meat; baking healthy snacks; and sorting cans.
D. C. Central Kitchen provides a comprehensive continuum of care to the people it serves. First, it provides breakfast, outreach, and counseling services to chronically homeless people living on the streets. Next it recycle 3,000 pounds of food each day, converting it into 4,500 meals distributed to 100 shelters, transitional homes, and rehabilitation clinics throughout the DC area. These partner agencies then refer clients to our Culinary Job Training program, where they receive the tools to start new careers. Then it completes the empowerment process by employing our graduates in our full-service catering company or by placing them in full-time jobs at restaurants and hotels throughout the region. Today, we are expanding our operations, partnering with local farmers to procure fresh produce and begin new revenue-generating social enterprises.
Bus will depart from the 24th Street entrance, lobby level, Marriott Wardman Park Hotel.
(It is necessary to sign up for the service project in advance. If space is available, you may board the bus at departure.)