California State Senator Scott Wiener volunteered at Project Open Hand in San Francisco to support the organization’s efforts to provide critical nutrition to the community during the COVID-19 health crisis. Senator Wiener spent his time preparing nutritious to-go meals that were given to seniors and adults with disabilities at our Community Nutrition space located in our headquarters on 730 Polk Street. "We have a lot of people who are food insecure and who have health problems. Project Open Hand plays such a critical role in making sure that people who need healthy food have that nutritious food and can stay healthy, particularly, during COVID-19," Senator Wiener said. "The government can't do it alone. We need our non-profit partners to really make sure people get the help they need."

“For over three decades Project Open Hand has provided nutritious meals for people in San Francisco and Alameda county dealing with serious illnesses. This is what we do, it’s who we are. We are doing all we can to keep up our current level of service and prepare for what will certainly be an increased demand for our meals in the weeks and months to come. It’s part of our DNA. There’s something unique to POH that helped in our response. Maybe that’s the north star of how we were founded, but it reinforced in us that this is why we were created. And we’re not going to back away from this.” Paul Hepfer, CEO, Project Open Hand