Care Company

Programs: The porch: currently 35 students regularly attend our weekly program. Each participant has an excitement and commitment to building relationships with god and others. Included amount these students are young adults (18-22) who participate in a post-high school small group. This group is focused on 1) encouraging the students to grow in their journey of faith, 2) equipping them to become positive role models/leaders at the porch and in their community.

food for life: food for life (ffl) is a culinary training and food education program that teaches unemployed young dc residents (ages 18-23) lacking educational and vocational options how to have productive and healthy lives. Through learning to prepare gourmet dinners for up to 50 customers, this social enterprise ensures that at-risk dc young adults have the skills, training, and social support needed to be successful as individuals and in their community. Food for life takes a comprehensive approach to food by using it as a tool for (1) workforce development, (2) life skills training, (3) healthy lifestyles, and (4)community building. By participating in food for life, students have an opportunity to work hands-on to cook new and innovative meals, learn culinary skills and techniques, dig into food culture and the food industry, explore faith and justice as it connects to food and healthy living and develop life and work readiness skills that will prepare them for life beyond the kitchen. Ffl has one staff member and 20 volunteers who serve in a variety of capacities. In 2013 their first year of programming, 71% of our graduates found employment and an additional 21% are actively searching for work.

urban hands: we had 50 dc area youth, representing diverse ethnic, denominational and socio-economic backgrounds, participate in urban hands last summer. During the week-long camp, the youth served at 15 different service sites(serving approximately 400 people throughout the week) throughout the dc metro area, they learned about biblical issues of justice and mercy facing our city and were empowered to identify areas of need and opportunities to serve in the neighborhoods in which they live.