Help Universoul Cafe Recover From a Devastating Break-In.
Over the weekend the Universoul Cafe space was broken into and tens of thousands of dollars in equipment and supplies are gone and the building is heavily damaged, but the work and the need to feed people in our community continues.
Universoul Cafe is one of Sacramento’s leading food recovery organizations. Founded by Tonya Mack in 2019, they do revolutionary work recovering high-quality, unused food from hotels, restaurants, and events—food that would otherwise go to waste—and repurposing it to feed hungry families across the city.
Universoul Cafe has distributed over a million meals since its conception in November 2019 and caters dozens of local events every month providing fresh meals for community partners.
Help Universoul Cafe keep this essential work alive. Donate today.
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Join Us All Summer For Turnip The Beet As We Clean Up and Activate the Lot at 3725 Marysville Blvd.
Turnip the Beat is Universoul Cafe’s vibrant community revitalization and mapping project, held in partnership with the Greater Sacramento Urban League on the empty lot right next door. This is a celebration with purpose, where food is the centerpiece and culture is the soundtrack. Some of Sacramento’s favorite artists will be performing while local chefs serve up free meals that hit like home. It’s joy, flavor, and street-level transformation all rolled into one.
But Turnip the Beat isn’t just a party—it’s a platform. With support from Congressman Ami Bera and a coalition of local partners, we’re connecting residents to the resources they need, signing up families for food services, and hosting the city’s district leaders, organizers, and resource providers right in the heart of the boulevard.