one of those people was, john fenner. fenner, had never attended the job training program, but he the spirit and mission of the kitchen as well as anyone who held that certificate i was tore up from the floor up, he told the kitchen interviewer. in 2022. drug addiction had cost him his marriage and home before marrying, ali recruited him from a recovery program in 1999. he had never dishes before, but he found that he liked it. he never left. for more than 20 years. fenner was the kitchen's indomitable dishwasher turning down any promotion? robert egger, mike curtin, andy fink brought his way and setting every attendance record the organization ever had. john fenner is the happiest man i know, says curtin. he is always here, always smiling, always positive. he takes his vacation in the summer and around the holidays and never calls out in between. when the pipes and systems of the shelter had begun to fail, fenner was the undaunted leader of efforts to get the space cleaned and reset. so meal preparation could resume safe