Winter Nights Shelter – The Winter Nights Program provides a clean, safe, and warm facility at night and a daytime services center during winter for homeless families with children. The program will serve up to 30 persons at any given time. Congregations throughout central and east Contra Costa provide space, meals, and volunteers. Bedding will be provided, and professional staff will supervise the shelter 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Rubicon Bakery – Started in 1993, Rubicon was created as a social enterprise to help rebuild lives by employing, training, and supporting people who need a second chance. Many long-term employees came to Rubicon from life on the streets, from prisons or with substance abuse problems. They have turned their lives around. Rubicon offers our employees training, fair wages, health insurance, and most importantly a way to get their lives back on track. That’s why we say, “Treat Yourself, Transform Lives.