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A CEREMONIAL RESOLUTION
19-320
IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
October 16, 2012
To honor and recognize Mr. Robert L.E. Egger on the 24th anniversary of the founding of DC Central Kitchen, and to declare January 20, 2013 as “Robert Egger Day” in the District of Columbia.
WHEREAS, after volunteering to feed homeless in the District of Columbia, Mr. Egger recognized potential in the city’s underprivileged and decided to develop a system that could feed the homeless and empower them at the same time;
WHEREAS, Mr. Egger proposed a business plan that would safely collect all the surplus food from the city’s restaurants, hotels, and caterers and provide food service training to people on the street who lacked job skills;
WHEREAS, Mr. Egger founded DC Central Kitchen in 1989, which has produced over 25 million meals and empowered over 1,000 graduates to overcome addiction, homelessness, and incarceration through its culinary arts job training;
WHEREAS, DC Central Kitchen’s School Food Program serves 4,200 healthy, locally-sourced meals to 2,000 low-income District of Columbia schoolchildren every day;
WHEREAS, every day, DC Central Kitchen, through its First Helping team, provides warm meals and social services to chronically homeless residents of Wards 7 and 8;
WHEREAS, DC Central Kitchen has hosted 2 U.S. Presidents, visiting heads of state, Ambassadors, Senators, Congressmen and women, Cabinet Secretaries, Mayors, and other dignitaries;
WHEREAS, Mr. Egger was the founding Chair of both the Mayor’s Commission on Nutrition and Street Sense, the District’s “homeless” newspaper;
WHEREAS, Mr. Egger started the Campus Kitchens Project, which carries on hunger relief and student leadership development at 33 campuses across the country, has served over one million meals, and engaged over 25,000 student volunteers;
Whereas, Mr. Egger is recognized as a national leader in the field of social enterprise and a leading voice for the nonprofit sector; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Egger has been named an Oprah Angel, a Washingtonian of the Year, a Point of Light, and one of the Ten Most Caring People in America by the Caring Institute.
RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this resolution may be cited as the “Mr. Robert L. E. Egger Recognition Resolution of 2012”.
Sec. 2. The Council of the District of Columbia recognizes and honors Mr. Robert L.E. Egger for his leadership and dedication to defeat hunger, poverty, and poor health in the metropolitan area, and declares January 20, 2013 as “Robert Egger Day” in the District of Columbia.
Sec. 3. This resolution shall take effect immediately upon the first date of publication in the District of Columbia Register.
