News of Alumni: Richard Bienvenue ‘66

On May 5, Washington Post columnist John Kelly featured Gonzaga alumnus Richard Bienvenue '66 in his column. Kelly wrote: "Richard Bienvenue was struck by the many well-deserved tributes to hospital workers and first responders: the applause and songs and homemade masks. He felt delivery people should get some love, too. And so he put a cooler and a bowl on the front steps of his home in Northwest Washington." To read the full article, click here

Richard is the founder of Our House, a home and job training program for at-risk young men in Brookeville, Maryland. He has won several awards for his work, including being featured as a CNN hero in 2015. The picture here ran with a profile of Richard and his non-profit that was published in the Christian Science Monitor; you can read it here.



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