Each of Project Renewal's social purpose ventures were created to serve a 'double bottom line' - creating employment opportunities for our clients as well as generating revenue for the organization.

Comfort Foods was started in 1998 to extend our Culinary Arts program as well as capitalize on our years of experience in creating delicious, healthful meals for more than a thousand of our clients each day. Comfort Foods provides training experience for Culinary Arts students and jobs for program graduates while offering low-cost, nutritious meals to shelters, drop-in centers, senior citizen centers and other not-for-profits and catering services for parties and conferences. For more information call Barbara Hughes at 212-533-8400 x 162 or visit our website.

"Comfort Foods caters many of our conferences. They always provide delicious food and great service at a reasonable price." Richard Haymes, Executive Director, NYC Gay & Lesbian Anti-Violence Project.

"Comfort Foods has been wonderful in providing customized meals and meeting unique or special requests. I recommend their services wholeheartedly." Karen Boucher, Kizzy House, Pibly Residential Programs.

"We recently switched to Comfort Foods to improve the quality of our meals. Our residents are delighted with their cooking which has a real home-style taste." Kevin Martin, Director, Bowery Residents Committee, Adult Treatment Shelter.

See what the Clem Richardson of the Daily News wrote about the Culinary Arts Program

See what the Daily News wrote about the Culinary Arts Program

Read a transcript of CNN's Tonight's America, which highlighted the Culinary Arts Program.

Shamrock Construction was created in 1983 as an experimental program that would simultaneously give Project Renewal clients work experience and a paycheck, while generating income for the organization. Among Shamrock's earliest projects was the clean-up of the Brooklyn Army Terminal for the city. Since the success of that collaboration, Shamrock's relationship with the city's Economic Development Corporation has grown exponentially. Currently, Shamrock does area maintenance at locations throughout the city, graffiti removal in all five boroughs, and maintains the piers at South Street Seaport, among other assignments. In addition, Shamrock does all the maintenance and construction work for Project Renewal, including building three medical clinics, a bakery, a darkroom, and office space, as well as maintaining all Project Renewal's buildings. Shamrock also contracts with New York University, Cooper Union and Lenox Hill Shelter.