In Harmony with Hope Award 2009 Winner - Robert Egger

Twenty years ago, Robert Egger founded the DC Central Kitchen and turned the food bank model on its head. Instead of providing a simple handout, Egger uses food as a vehicle for change: clients become employed cooks through the Kitchen's Culinary Jobs Training Program; college students learn about service and business in the Campus Kitchens Project; and 4,500 of DCs hungry are fed as the Kitchen recycles more than one ton of food every day. The Kitchen also provides street outreach and nutrition education for at-risk kids. Today, Egger also works to galvanize the nonprofit industry through V3, pushing for reform and a place on the national stage. www.dccentralkitchen.org

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