Larry and Darla Groves
Director and Supervisor of BLOC Café Kitchen
Larry has always dreamed of opening a restaurant, and Darla
is a wife, mother, and nurse. We have been married for 27 years and working
together at the BLOC Café since it opened. We found out about a kitchen that
wasn’t being used, and Larry wanted to start using it to provide people in
Price Hill with free, healthy meals. He started talking with places like
Kroger, Dunkin, and GFS about donating food products and finally opened the
BLOC Café Kitchen in January 2010. He is out in Price Hill every day of the
week, giving out food and taking calls to help those in need. During the
Thanksgiving Luncheon, one of our biggest collaborative efforts, Larry helps to
bring our donors together to provide food and resources for thousands in the
community. Darla oversees the volunteers and gives them jobs assisting with the
meals. We love to give people second and third chances to do good and meaningful
work and make sure the Kitchen is full of smiles.
"My food,” said Jesus, “is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work." - John 4:34
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