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Visionary Leader, Extraordinary Life

Visionary Leader, Extraordinary Life

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October 29th 2012: Marching Out to Meet Change with Robert Egger: Visionary Founder, DC Central Kitchen

Robert Egger stood in the rain, serving food purchased at grocery stores to hungry people when it occurred to him: we can do this better. Since 1989 when Egger opened the nation’s first community kitchen, DC Central Kitchen, the Kitchen has produced more than 23 million meals and helped more than 800 men and women gain full-time employment. A champion of the role that nonprofits play in communities, Egger has become one of the most influential leaders and humanitarians in the world on the subjects of hunger, sustainability, the non-profit sector and the future of America. Don’t miss a conv

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Robert Egger

Robert Egger is the Founder and President of the DC Central Kitchen, the country’s first “community kitchen”, where food donated by hospitality businesses and farms is used to fuel a nationally recognized culinary arts job training program, where unemployed men and women learn marketable skills while donations are converted into balanced meals. The Kitchen operates its own revenue-generating business, Fresh Start Catering, as well as the Campus Kitchens Project, which coordinates similar recycling/meal programs in 30 college or high school based kitchens. In Washington, Robert was the founding Chair of both the Mayor’s Commission on Nutrition and Street Sense, Washington’s “homeless” news
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