Our Daily Bread: A Thirty-Five Year Story
The story of Our Daily Bread (ODB) began in the 1970s in the kitchen of the rectory of the National Shrine of the Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary on Cathedral Street. [...]
Moving Forward and Up
Antonio Hammond completed his Capstone event to become "job ready" and enters a six-month program that prepares individuals to work as laboratory associates in various fields. “It had been almost seven years since I worked [...]
More Blessed To Give Than Receive
Monte is just one of a handful of volunteers who regularly volunteer to serve meals that they themselves rely on as their main source of food each day. Monte is blessed to be living today [...]
Michelle’s Story
When Michelle came into the Our Daily Bread Employment Center, she was nine months pregnant, distressed, angry and with feet so swollen her shoes could barely be removed. She had exhausted all known options in [...]
Learning the Skills to Find Employment
The optimism in the room was palpable as Our Daily Bread Employment Center’s (ODBEC) Work4Success program graduated its fifty-second class. Each student accepted a certificate with pride from this program at ODBEC, a program of [...]
Keith’s Story
Behind the scenes at the Our Daily Bread Employment Center, residents of Christopher Place Employment Academy unassumingly give of themselves each day to support each other and the operations of the Our Daily Bread Employment [...]