Operation Come Home (French: Opération Rentrer Au Foyer) is an employment, education and support centre for homeless and at-risk youth in Ottawa, Ontario.
The restaurants were provided with a tax receipt, the youth gained some spending money and work experience.
Youth received hands-on experience working on a farm that produced vegetables and herbs for local restaurants and individual customers.
It began as a catering service that provides home cooked meals to subscribers in the Ottawa-area Mondays and Wednesdays.
They do office lunches and parties as well as larger events, including the Operation Come Home Poor Chefs competition every February.
[9] The ArtWorks program employs youth to make jewelry and clothing out of recycled materials, and has other activity components such as photography and poetry.
Participants spent 24 hours living outside in the middle of January to simulate the experience of homelessness and to attract attention.
The number was calculated based on the amount the average youth at Operation Come Home received from the Ontario Works program.
[12] In 2018 the champion was Kris Kshonze[13] A semi-annual event and fundraising breakfast that features guest speakers.
Speakers in the past have been George Chuvalo, Dennis Hull, Theoren Fleury and Ashley Cyr[14] An annual event, held at the Sala San Marco Banquet Hall, where the proceeds go to Operation Come Home and another charity chosen by the organizers.