关于我们
我们致力于为三谷社区产生积极影响。我们知道贫困和饥饿确实存在，尽管它们经常被忽视。我们的组织致力于包容、多元化、公平、开放和自由（“IDEAL”）。我们努力确保社区中没有人挨饿。通过我们的各种计划和举措，我们为成千上万面临粮食不安全的个人和家庭提供膳食和支持。通过解决饥饿的根本原因，我们的目标是为每个人创造更光明的未来。加入我们，共同履行抗击饥饿、改变邻居生活的使命。
Our Mission
Equitable access to nutritious food today, while building a food secure tomorrow.
Our Vision
Open Heart Kitchen will work with Community Partners to meet the most basic needs of vulnerable people in our community by empowering them to build better futures.
Our Guiding Principles
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Dignity – Every person deserves to be treated with dignity and respect.
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Innovation – Ending hunger requires innovative solutions.
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Advocacy – Ending hunger requires action to create systemic change.
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Collaboration – Hunger is linked to numerous issues and the only way to solve hunger is to work with partners to address issues of health, housing, and employment.
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2025 Impact
836,863
Meals worth of groceries distributed from the Open Heart Food Bank to it's nine Partner Agencies across the Tri-Valley.
114,379
Nourishing prepared meals provided to food-insecure Tri-Valley households through the Community Meal Program.
36,964
Senior Meal Program meals served to 707 clients age 60+. The program serves social lunches every weekday in all three Tri-Valley cities.
21,229
Hours volunteered by 1,071 dedicated community members. This includes preparing and serving meals, assisting shelter guests, and more.
10,415
Nights of rest for 185
unhoused folks at Open Heart Refuge. 10,276 meals (dinner and breakfast) were served to shelter guests.
Our Story
Founded in 1995 as a small, grassroots effort to address hunger in Livermore, Open Heart Kitchen serves free meals and groceries at multiple locations in Dublin, Livermore and Pleasanton, California.
Guests come from all walks of life, and Open Heart Kitchen has become a safety net to those facing challenging times. Open Heart Kitchen served more than 408,000 meals in 2024.
