Guests at our Hot Meal Programs are mainly multi-generational families - parents, school-aged children, grandparents, aunts and uncles - earning less than $18,000 annually. Consider that housing alone can cost upwards of $14,000 annually, and the desperate need for food support is clear. Individuals are also welcomed at these programs.

Guests at our Weekend Box Lunch Program are low-income kids who qualify for meal assistance at school. About half are Hispanic. All come from families earning less than $18,000 annually.

Guests at our Ridgeview Senior Meal Program are low-income seniors 62 years and older who live at Ridgeview Commons or in neighboring communities.

Read some of our guests' stories

The number of people living below the poverty line in the Tri-Valley has increased by 27% since 1990