A Bridge to Employment

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As everyone who lives in the Bay Area is aware, this Labor Day weekend they’re closing the Bay Bridge so they can move a whole section of the double-decker freeway over to insert an equally large bit of roadway over to the new bridge detour.

This is a huge feat of engineering and will disrupt traffic patterns, but it has also brought opportunity to some. Apparently, “participants from St. Anthony’s Employment Program, most of which are homeless or formerly homeless, will be informing the public of the bridge closure through flyers and redirection at key bridge entry points. This is the second Public Information project that St. Anthony’s has done with Caltrans in 2 years.”

United Way partner, St. Anthony’s is well known for their kitchen which serves thousands of meals every day, but they also offer a host of services aimed at helping people get back on their feet. Through computer classes and job readiness programs to name a few, they are able to do more than just help someone once, but can put someone back on the path toward financial stability.

Read more about it here.