Evanston, Illinois Round Table Report: “The YWCA Culinary Program is one of 10 recipients nationwide receiving $10,000 to benefit their job-training efforts”
About the YWCA [*]
“The Jacques Pépin Foundation announced that the YWCA Evanston/North Shore received a Winter 2022 Grant, awarded at the end of December. One of 10 recipients this round, YWCA Evanston/North Shore will use their grant to fund its YW Culinary Program, a free, 12-week, paid job-training program designed to prepare students for success in the food-service industry. The program is available to traditionally underrepresented or vulnerable populations, such as women of color, survivors of domestic violence and low-wage workers. In addition to the $10,000 grant, the community kitchen will also receive JPF-branded aprons for their students and a group membership to the Foundation.”
*Quotation above is taken directly from the website cited and is the property of that source. It is meant to inform the reader and to give credit where it is due.
More About the Evanston YWCA and Other Recipients [*]
“YWCA Evanston/North Shore is extremely grateful to receive this funding from the Jacques Pépin Foundation for our YW Culinary program,” says Karen Singer, President and chief executive of YWCA Evanston/North Shore. “It ensures that we can continue to support our students by removing barriers that may have prevented them from reaching their goals, while also diversifying the culinary industry where women of color are traditionally underrepresented.”
In addition to YWCA Evanson/North Shore, Winter 2022 JPF Grants were awarded to HopeWorks Social Enterprises in Everett, Wash.; Episcopal Community Services of San Francisco; Food Jobs Work Foundation in Little Rock, Ark.; Common Table Louisville in Kentucky; Pathlight Home in Orlando, Fla.; Paul’s Place, Inc. Groundwork Kitchen in Baltimore; Hot Bread Kitchen in New York City; Community Servings in Jamaica Plain, Mass.; and Project Renewal in New York City.
Community-based culinary arts training programs are invited to apply to the Jacques Pépin Foundation Grant Program for Community-Based Culinary Arts Training Programs throughout the year and are awarded twice: one in summer and one in winter. Applications for the 2023 Grant Programs open in February.”
*Quotation above is taken directly from the website cited and is the property of that source. It is meant to inform the reader and to give credit where it is due.
