Programs · What we ship

Hot meals. Translation hotline. STEM.

Four operator-grade programs running today: daily hot meals at St. John's, the (262) 6UNIQUE translation hotline, STEM workshops for Newark youth, and open-source infrastructure for the kitchen.

12,000Meals served annually
4Live programs
3Languages on hotline
Active build

Soup Kitchen Ops Dashboard

Open-source operations dashboard for St. John's Soup Kitchen Newark. Tracks meals served, volunteer hours, inventory, and donation flow. Tablet-first, offline-capable, runs on Cloudflare Workers at near-zero cost.

  • Real-time meal counter visible from the serving line
  • Volunteer check-in via QR code (no app install)
  • Inventory low-stock alerts via SMS
  • Weekly impact report auto-generated

View on GitHub →

Pilot Q3 2026

AI Translation Hotline

SMS + voice hotline that translates intake questions in real time across Spanish, Haitian Creole, Portuguese, Arabic, and ASL (via video). Designed for the volunteer who has 30 seconds to communicate with a non-English-speaking client at the door.

  • SMS-first — works on any phone
  • No app, no signup, no data retention
  • Local LLM fallback if API unavailable
  • Free for partner soup kitchens nationwide

Request pilot access →

Planning

STEM Workshops for Newark Youth

Monthly Saturday workshops at Newark Public Library teaching middle-schoolers to ship real software with AI. Not coding bootcamp — product-shipping bootcamp. By the end of one session, every kid has a working website on a custom domain.

  • Free, no application, walk-in welcome
  • Devices loaned, returned at session end
  • Founders, designers, engineers as mentors
  • Project showcase every quarter

Mentor a workshop →

Long-horizon

Presidential Dignity Dining Hall

A future capital project: a dining hall in Newark engineered around dignity instead of triage. Real tables. Real chairs. Real silverware. A space where the meal feels like a meal, not a handout. Funded entirely by major gifts — never operating donations.

  • Architect-designed, community-built
  • Zero operating cost to St. John's
  • Open kitchen with culinary jobs program
  • Naming opportunities for major donors

Major gift inquiries →

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