Serving San Diego

LET'S SERVE HOPE, SAN DIEGO

Big Table’s third location launched in San Diego in early 2019. San Diego is home to over 7000 restaurants, 500 hotels and there are roughly 186,000 employed in the industry. The average cost of living for a Single Parent with One Child is $55,000. The average Industry pay for a full-time employee is $28,849. Big Table comes alongside these hardworking individuals when they experience a temporary setback to offer support, encouragement, and hope.

There is so much work to do to care for our San Diego industry workers.

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SAN DIEGO CARE AREA

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A Healthy New Life

My life has been blessed by Big Table. They helped me find housing when I had nowhere to go and they gave me Lyft gift cards so I could get to work and they provided food when I had nothing. Their support changed my life and I feel deep gratitude.

Connie, a night auditor for a local hotel, is incredible at what she does and is loved by hotel guests and co-workers alike. Her previous boss referred Connie to Big Table for housing assistance after leaving a toxic living situation with her daughter in Barrio Logan. Left without any other options, Connie and her unemployed partner were forced to live in a van parked in lots at night. Big Table stepped in covering her cell bill, providing ongoing food assistance, finding ways to encourage her, and sending links for janitorial job listings for her partner as they surfaced. Unfortunately, she suffered another setback with a slow-healing knee injury that took her out of work for a while and racked up some medical bills. A bright light of hope broke through when we helped Connie move into an apartment in Golden Hills thanks to approved Regional Task Force on Homelessness (RTFH) funds. She returned to work this past week, and her partner just got a job as well. As they settle in, Connie is looking forward to getting some critical household purchases with Big Table’s help and she is so grateful for a kitchen where she can cook healthy meals again.

unexpected 20s

Want to get involved right now? Try sharing an Unexpected 20™! This is a great place for individuals and small groups to start partnering with Big Table. Big Table provides small envelopes that you fill with $20 bills and give out when in a restaurant or hotel. Simple and amazingly effective. Look for one person working in a restaurant or hotel invisible to others, or one that is having a bad day. It very well could be someone in the kitchen or behind the scenes. Then give them the Unexpected 20 envelope with a $20 bill inside. Tell them it is simply a gift for them…no strings attached. This is not payment or a tip, it is a gift. After the Unexpected 20 is delivered email us with a story of what you noticed or felt at stories@bigtable.org.

Need envelopes? You can print your own or contact sandiegoinfo@bigtable.org and we’d love to send you some.

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