Numbers and activities listed below are for our fiscal year – July 1, 2011 through June 30, 2012
Total number of meals served in Fiscal Year 2012/2013: 150,336
Hot, homemade meals are served to all who come at no cost to the recipient.
BREAKFAST - 50,179 (ave. of 200 guests/meal)
Breakfast is served Monday through Friday mornings at our downtown site, St. James’ Episcopal Church, 833 W. Wisconsin Avenue. The majority of breakfast guests are adult males; 60-70% homeless. Legal, medical and mental health services are provided on site.
DINNER - 11,694 (ave. of 118 guests/meal)
Dinner is served Monday and Wednesday late afternoon at our south side location, Christian Faith Fellowship Church East, 724 S. Layton Blvd. Dinner guests come from the surrounding neighborhood; diverse in age and ethnic background.
Youth Volunteers in the serving line at the Dinner Program
SATURDAY LUNCH - 26,156 (ave. of 513 guests/Saturday)
Saturday lunch is served at the above two sites and at Our Next Generation Neighborhood Center (ONGNC) , 35th & Lisbon. Guests at ONGNC are primarily African American with 20-30% children. Lunch is also provide on the 4th Saturday of the month at Mt. Carmel Lutheran church, 82nd & Center.
SHELTER MEAL PROGRAM (SMP) - 53,949 meals
The Shelter Meal Program provided three meals every day to residents of three shelters managed by Community Advocates: Women’s Refuge homeless and domestic violence shelters and Autumn West, housing for adult mentally ill. Community Advocates funded the program and the Gathering provided the staffing, food and delivery of services.
Shelter Meal Program Staff Meeting
OUR NEXT GENERATION COLLABORATION - 8,358 meals
This tutoring/mentoring program at 35th & Lisbon – one of our Saturday Lunch sites – serves a light meal four afternoons each week to program participants of middle school and high school age. The Gathering provides the underlying support for these meals.