Project Open Hand's mission is to meet community nutrition needs through programs for people living with HIV/AIDS, the homebound critically ill, and seniors. Project Open Hand provides meals/groceries for people with symptomatic HIV/AIDS or breast cancer, meals for homebound/critically ill people under the age of 60 and congregate lunches for people over 60 years of age in San Francisco and Alameda counties.
Project Open Hand was founded in San Francisco in 1985, by Ruth Brinker, a retired meal service manager, who began preparing meals for 7 people living with AIDS. The first grassroots response to the nutritional needs of people with AIDS in the nation, Project Open Hand continues to be a model for similar organizations around the world. In 1989, Project Open Hand started serving people with AIDS in Alameda County. In 1998, Project Open Hand furthered its reach and began serving congregate lunches to seniors at various sites throughout San Francisco and Alameda counties. At the beginning of 2000, Project Open Hand expanded its services to provide ‘meals with love’ to people who are homebound/seriously ill with any illness.
- Location: San Francisco, CA 94109
- Visit the website: openhand.org