Boyle: Homeboy Industries produces 17,000 meals weekly without layoffs
Father Gregory Boyle · How I Built Resilience: Father Gregory Boyle of Homeboy Industries · Nov 19, 2020 · at 17:33
Father Gregory Boyle discusses how Homeboy Industries adapted its food enterprises during pandemic shutdowns through municipal and relief contracts.
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“17,000 meals a week, which is just, I think we're up to like 200,000 meals so far. And, you know, that's really kept us alive and we haven't laid off anybody.”
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