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Donations

St. Francis Catholic Kitchen & Jesus Mary Joseph Home is a tax-deductible 501c3 charitable non-profit organization in California and is reliant of both volunteers and donations. Without these donations we would not succeed.  

    Souper Donors

    Upper Crust Pizza 🍕

     The Carollo Family, owners of Upper Crust Pizza and Pasta, have been donating pizza slices for over 40 years to the Soup Kitchen. The kitchen serves pizza slices for lunch on Tuesdays and Fridays. We estimate that over 500,000 slices of pizza have been donated over the years. In 2025 alone over 11,400 slices were served to the those in need in our community.

    🍪PACIFIC COOKIE COMPANY ❤

    Since becoming neighbors to the Soup Kitchen in 1994, Larry and Cara Pearson, owners of the Pacific Cookie Company, have been donating freshly baked cookies every week to be enjoyed by those attending our daily lunches.

    Mt. Hermon Conference Center

    Mt Hermon has been donating food weekly for over 10 years.  These donations are an important staple to our daily soups and side dishes. Mt. Hermon’s Food Purchasing and Storage Coordinater, Taralyn Crill gracouisly accepts our plaque of appreciation.

    In Kind Donations

    Businesses & Restaurants

    One-time and regular gifts of free or discounted food, commodities, services, supplies & equipment help to sustain the mission & programs of St. Francis Catholic Kitchen & Jesus Mary Joseph Home.

      • Alliance Roofing 
      • Big Creek Lumber
      • Carlon’s Fire and Safety Sales & Service / Salinas
      • Chaminade Resort & Spa
      • Chipotle
      • Dignity Health Dominican Hospital
      • Elks Lodge #0824
      • Erik’s DeliCafé
      • Five Star Catering / Watsonville
      • Gino’s Landscaping
      • Grey Bears
      • Kathleen’s Landscape Design
      • Kelly Moore Paints
      • Lighthouse Bank
      • Little Caesar’s Pizza
      • Martinelli’s / Watsonville
      • Meisser Seales Riccabona LLP
      • MPress Digital Printing
      • Mount Hermon Conference Center / Felton
      • Hotel Paradox
      • Pacific Cookie Company
      • Patrick R. Eastman Electric
      • Pure Water of Santa Cruz
      • Safeway at Mission Street
      • San Lorenzo Lumber
      • Santa Cruz Warriors
      •  Front Office volunteer workdays
      • Second Harvest Food Bank / Watsonville
      • Shaffer & Associates / Santa Cruz
      • Starbuck’s / Pacific Av Santa Cruz & 41st Ave Capitola
      • The Honey Bucket Man / Felton
      • Trinity Technologies Inc. / Mark Powers
      • Upper Crust Pizza
      • Warehouse Direct Flooring
      • Watchdog Alarm / Shane Struthers

      Churches & Schools

      Generously given, regular and one-time gifts help to sustain the mission of St. Francis Catholic Kitchen & Jesus Mary Joseph Home.

        • Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints / Bishop’s Storehouse Monthly Commodity Grants
        • Good Shepherd School / Volunteer workdays
        • Holy Cross Church / Parish /Young Families / Allstar Quilters for Kids / Young Ladies Institute (YLI)
        • Holy Cross School / Volunteer workdays
        • Resurrection Catholic Community / Parish / Women’s Guild / Youth Group / Knights of Columbus Council #9580
        • St. Joseph’s Catholic Church / JMJ Angels / Family Ministry
        • St. Michael’s Church / Livermore
        • Serendipity Day Care / Jill Susskind Gifts & gatherings
        • Sisters of Mercy / Sacramento / Children’s learning center furnishings, toys & books
        • Traditional Latin Mass Community / Gifts & gatherings
        • Triple P Parenting / Classes at JMJ
        • UCSC Independent Studies / Kresge College / Class projects & volunteer workdays with Instructor Franklin Williams
        • UCSC Volunteer Center / Kappa Zeta Sorority Art & Baking Classes / Sorority Group Community Days Volunteer workdays / Christmas party with Sammy Slug / Student Internships
        • UCSC VSA / Vietnamese Student Association  / Fundraiser & volunteer workdays
        • Valley Churches United / Annual Christmas gifts for soup kitchen guests

        Other Contributing Organizations

        Those in need who are being served by programs at St. Francis Catholic Kitchen & Jesus Mary Joseph Home deeply appreciate your help!

         

        Fundraisers:
        • Chili’s / Capitola – percent of day’s receipts
        • Chipotle / Capitola – percent of day’s receipts
        • De Laveaga Disc Golf Club – tournament
        • Plantronics’ Legal Department – annual cook-off
        Grants & Awards:
        • Anonymous Family Foundation – funds for milk, socks & rain ponchos
        • FEMA / United Way of Santa Cruz County – Federal Emergency Food and Shelter Program award
        • Rotary Club of Capitola-Aptos – “Service Above Self” award
        • Rotary Club of Santa Cruz Sunrise – Community award
        Faith-based contributions:
        • Camaldoli Hermitage / Big Sur
        • Franciscan Hospitaller Sisters of the Immaculate Conception – San Jose & Los Banos Direct aid to JMJ residents
        • Italian Catholic Federation / ICF at St. Joseph’s of Capitola – 2016 Perlito Funds
        • Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Council of Santa Cruz County – Direct aid to JMJ residents