Credit: Scott Dreger
Photo Credit: Scott Dreger
Ian Layman, a former Hart Community Homes foster child, joined the Navy before finding his way back to Monkey Business Café in Fullerton, where he now runs the front of the restaurant.
Credit: Scott Dreger
Photo Credit: Scott Dreger
Jesse Flores, a former Hart Community Homes foster child, stands outside the Monkey Business Café with founder Cari Hart-Bunevith. Flores returned to the café as a mentor.
Credit: Scott Dreger
Photo Credit: Scott Dreger
The staff at Monkey Business Café in Fullerton are all foster teens or at-risk youth who get restaurant training to help them live as self-sufficient adults.
Credit: Scott Dreger
Photo Credit: Scott Dreger
This Trees of Thanks mural on a wall at Monkey Business Café in Fullerton acknowledges the businesses and groups who have helped its mission to give foster teens and at-risk youth life and work skills.
A Café That’s More Than Just Food
Edison International supports Monkey Business Café in Fullerton, a nonprofit restaurant whose mission is to help foster kids become self-sufficient young adults.
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