In 1985, Ruth Brinker, a grandmother and retired food service worker at the time, started cooking and delivering nutritious meals to San Francisco gay men debilitated by HIV/AIDS. Over the following ...

Nonprofit Project Open Hand says weekend meal service would be cut, affecting thousands of vulnerable residents CEO warns city’s $3M cut will have ripple effects on public health SAN FRANCISCO - ...

A straight ally will soon become the new chief executive officer of Project Open Hand, a nonprofit that provides nutritious meals to critically ill people and seniors. Mountain View resident Paul ...

Dining Out For Life benefits two local nonprofits: the San Francisco AIDS Foundation and Project Open Hand, which provides meals to seniors and adults with disabilities. Organizers aim to raise ...

Project Open Hand is proud to present the 2025 Hand to Hand Gala on Friday, September 12, 2025, from 6 p.m. to 10 pm at a brand-new venue: the stunning San Francisco Design Center Galleria. This ...

Project Open Hand, the free food and meal delivery service for people with HIV, AIDS and homebound seniors and critically ill patients, is seeking volunteers for its Oakland-based Alameda County ...

Prince Edward and Duchess Sophie Were Nearly Given Prince William As San Francisco faces a massive budget shortfall, proposed cuts to nonprofit funding could force Project Open Hand to scale back ...

When Michael Edwards-Pruitt founded Open Hand in 1988, he wanted to cook and deliver meals to his friends who were dying from AIDS and, thus, too sick to cook for themselves. The project began in the ...