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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CELEBRATING A SMILE

Big Table has made a huge difference in my life. You literally brought my smile back!

Jessica is both a waitress and single mother of two children trying to make ends meet after recently coming out of a difficult marriage. Her family came first and as a result of a lack of funding and insurance, she neglected some major dental issues. At the point of her referral, Jessica was missing several teeth and had active infections that were painful and scary.

Our care partners helped us with both the required dentistry and endodontic work needed to bring back Jessica’s smile (literally and figuratively). We encouraged her through the long, extensive process. After several crowns, a root canal, and two bridges, she is now no longer in pain and has a newfound confidence she never thought she’d have. To celebrate securing a fresh new waitressing job, we were excited to provide Jessica’s family gift certificates to a local restaurant. Jessica is entering into such a season of gratitude and her smile is bigger than ever.

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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