Jesus Cares 2020 Ministries

12/26/2025

Sixty-five patrons braved the wind, hail and rain to enjoy Christmas breakfast at Jesus Cares 2020 Community Kitchen yesterday.

12/25/2025

“For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.” (Isaiah 9:6)

12/24/2025

Jesus Cares 2020 Ministries was blessed to host Redwood Gospel Mission for Christmas brunch.

12/20/2025

The bounty that the shoppers at Lucky Supermarket in Montgomery Village have blessed us with is so humbling. This grocery cart full of rice, pinto beans and other needed food items will bless the 100 or so patrons we serve Monday–Friday.

Learn more: https://JesusCares2020.org

12/07/2025

The new roof on Jesus Cares 2020 Community Kitchen was completed Friday. We deeply thank Bill and Cindy Gallaher for making this possible. We’re so grateful to North Coast Roofing for doing an emergency patch on the leaky roof before the fall rains, allowing us to operate until the replacement. (Samuel Ojebola photo)

12/06/2025

Blessings are overflowing! Thank you, shoppers at Lucky Supermarkets at Montgomery Village. You have again given us what we need to feed more than 100 people in downtown Santa Rosa five days a week. Here's what was in the donation box today.

Here's how you can get involved: https://JesusCares2020.org

11/27/2025

We thank all the volunteers who came out very early this morning to serve 73 people, giving them a hot meal and a warm Thanksgiving blessing.
Check out what went into blessing so many hearts. Here's how you can get involved with meals five days a week: https://JesusCares2020.org

11/27/2025

We’re getting ready to host about 150 for Thanksgiving breakfast this morning. We’re thankful for all the volunteers! Happy Thanksgiving!

11/22/2025

We want to thank all the shoppers of the Lucky Supermarkets store in Santa Rosa's Montgomery Village for their generosity in providing this much food so quickly for the recently reopened downtown Community Kitchen. We are serving over 500 meals a week now, and more volunteers are stepping up to help. We thank the workers at the store who suggested this box be placed there.

10/24/2025

The Press Democrat follows up on the Oct 1 return of meals five days a week after 18 months.
https://www.pressdemocrat.com/2025/10/20/a-santa-rosa-soup-kitchen-is-back-serving-meals-18-months-after-it-closed/

“I think it’s everything to just have people that are struggling know that there are other people that care about them, about their needs and it goes a long way,” Executive Director Sam Ojebola sai…

10/01/2025

Jesus Cares 2020 Community Kitchen reopens for lunch today for the first time since it closed in March 2024. Meals are served Monday–Friday, 1–3 p.m.

08/31/2025

The open house and fundraiser for the Jesus Cares 2020 Community Kitchen in Santa Rosa's Railroad Square on Friday was a success. We raised $8,000 via donations, monthly commitments, and auction and raffle items (special thank-you to that team).

Volunteers are needed for meal preparation and distribution on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons (call 707-907-1377 or visit the sign-up form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSemgt8KnJaZMzvekDT2iNrqybnfPm4p9RDrUGlDYjEvKtJiTQ/viewform)

And when the dining room reopens Oct. 1, we'll need meal prep, foodservice and clean-up teams Monday through Friday (call 707-771-0523 or visit https://jesuscares2020.org)

And a special thank-you to those who have stepped up to make this resource and reopening effort possible:

PARTNERS
Hallel Fellowship
Redwood Gospel Mission (thanks for the open house appetizers)
Sonoma Applied Village Services (SAVS)
Catholic Charities
Crumbl Cookies
Trader Joe’s
Center for Volunteer & Nonprofit Leadership (CVNL)

BUSINESSES
Lavish & Sons Painting (epoxy flooring and interior painting)
Gray Wolf Painting, Mike Chavez Painting (painting support)
Sherwin-Williams (paint donations)
North Bay Platinum Plumbing (all plumbing work)
LoDolce Electric (electrical work)
New Era Garden Care (landscaping & yard restoration)
Rising Star Contraction (restroom renovation)
AG Visual Media (media & advertising)
The BNI Referral Champion
Chris Sserwamukoko (ceiling tiles)
Allsigns (event banners)

VOLUNTEERS
Clarita Sol
Steve Curtis
Mary Cook
Alex Cook
Paul Pavel
Ramon Sanchez
Allen Danley
Viktor & May Callejas
Annie Darrimon
JohnKennedy Kamiti & Esther Gacegu
Gary Quackenbush
Jeff & Tammy Quackenbush
Uba Baltazar
Supria Gadi
Paul Heidecker
Larry Kates
Ann Hertel
Rose Poppe
Debra Daniel
SAVS: Ventura, Fatima, Kaya, Alicia, Taylor, Amelia, Kamilah, Abril, Andrew, Arpana and Allan

NEIGHBORS & BUSINESS OWNERS
Steve Hummel
Jason Farthing