Muffin People

Sponsored by the Men's Club, the Muffin People are a group of parishioners who have for 19 years collect baked goods and food donations from our local stores, including including Lunardi’s, Safeway, Starbucks, Trader Joe’s, Diablo Foods and Whole Foods, to help feed the less fortunate in Oakland. The group meets on the last Wednesday of every other month at 7 p.m. 

 The food is delivered daily to several Oakland agencies that serve the needs of the poor, including:
 

• A Friendly Place/Manor….a drop in center and residence run by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet for homeless women. Bathing, laundry, and telephone facilities are provided, as well as the donated food.
• St. Mary’s Center….a multi-service center for the poor and homeless in downtown Oakland. The services include daily drop in food service, weekly food bags, dinners twice a week, day care and winter time shelter and food for homeless people, and help in obtaining available public services
• San Pablo Senior Residence….a residential center for the elderly who are in need of supplementary food.
• The Mary Ann Wright Foundation….a daily distribution of food is made to poor people who come to the warehouse in the West Oakland neighborhood. Donated food and clothing is also sent to disaster areas here and abroad.
• St. Vincent de Paul Dining Room….a free dining room that daily serves a hot meal to about 750 poor and homeless people in downtown Oakland.

The ministry we provide is well known in the poorer sections of Oakland that we serve. By becoming a part of this ministry, you will be able to share in the satisfaction we receive through the simple gesture of providing food to the less fortunate.  Our ministry survives through the kind donations we receive from our parishioners.