 It's not a soup kitchen. The big difference between DC Central Kitchen and the soup kitchen is that we're not really focused on feeding. We're focused on empowerment. The DC Central Kitchen, a community kitchen, uses recycled foods such as excess produce from local farms to prepare healthy meals for those in need. A few of its outreach programs include Healthy Corners, where they provide affordable fresh produce to 30 of DC's corner stores, and the Healthy School Food Program, where low-income students in DC gain access to healthy meals. Our big program is our culinary job training program, so 14 weeks we take men and women who are unemployed, many of them recently out of prison, and we put them through this intensive program where they learn life skills and knife skills, and then when they come out they have their food handlers license, and we help find them jobs in the culinary industry, and we employ many of them. One culinary student who has faced challenges with the law in the past is now rekindling his love for cooking. I always love cooking. I used to cook a lot of my grandmothers, and she passed away, so I fell out of love with cooking, but trying to find that passion again. Another student shared his goals for after graduation. One day, you know, I'll be able to own my own business, be able to own my own business and be good at it. DC Central Kitchen dishes out 5,000 meals daily. In Washington, Brittany Exum, BUNU Service.