CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
October 9, 1997 | JULIO V. CANO, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Some call them guardian angels, others a safety net or simply people who care. By whatever name, for 27 years Share Our Selves has been providing emergency food, funds and shelter to the poor and homeless. Through the help of volunteers and private donors, the organization has toiled with little fanfare. Now its work on retrieving surplus food from restaurants and markets has caught the attention of Foodchain, a national network of hunger relief programs.