Andre Green, food services coordinator for Berkeley’s Food & Housing Project, talks about serving Thanksgiving to the homeless, cooking from the heart, and why he cares.
Berkeley Food & Housing Project
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Donations sought so no one goes hungry on Thanksgiving
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Berkeley food programs short on funds as demand rises
Berkeley Food Pantry, which supplies emergency groceries to hundreds of hungry people, is in dire needs of funds.
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Natasha Boissier forages fruit, feeds hungry
North Berkeley Harvest volunteers Dan Alpert and Sarah Pyle with founder Natasha Boissier (far right)./Photo: Sarah Henry Driving around North Berkeley with Natasha Boissier is an educational experience. Where others see a quiet residential area she sees streets lined with potential pickings and delights when she spots prospective bounty or familiar fruit. Boissier is a […]
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Berkeleyans show generosity of spirit for local causes
BHF says Berkeley residents are generous by nature. Photo: Keoki Seu. Over the next few days more than 850 Berkeley families will find a Holiday gift in their mailboxes — a check from the Berkeley Holiday Fund, an organization which has been providing such welcome surprises for an impressive 98 years. Co-chair Linda Williams describes the […]
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After 40 years, Berkeley homeless group looks ahead
Volunteer Betty Peters serves meals for the Berkeley Food and Housing Project. By Rachel Gross Margaret, a 52-year-old Bay Area native and a current resident of the North County Women’s Shelter in Berkeley, says she’s “new to being homeless.” After divorcing an abusive husband, she has spent the past two years without a permanent home, sleeping at motels, on […]
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Dining passport designed to boost restaurant business
“Come for the Culture, Stay for the Food” ring any bells with readers? That’s the new slogan for this gown town courtesy of Visit Berkeley, whose job it is to boast about our fair city’s appeal to potential visitors. Berkeley boosters are making a big push to promote this small city’s culinary chops. On Wednesday, […]