Charity Pratt has been volunteering for the Vermont Foodbank once a week for the last five years. She has volunteered over 360 hours with us! Her dedication to helping us fight hunger is incredible. It’s great to know that we can rely on her every week to be here making a difference in people’s lives. [...]
Photo courtesy of Angelique McAlpine This is a post from Dave Moyer, Community Kitchen Academy Chef Instructor. Community Kitchen Academy (CKA) prepares underemployed and unemployed Vermonters for careers in the food service industry, while rescuing produce, meat and other foods that would otherwise be wasted from grocery stores, restaurants, local farms and food [...]
On May 16th, five students graduated from the Community Kitchen Academy. You can view photos of the day on Flickr. The video below includes remarks from Vermont Foodbank CEO, John Sayles, Chittenden Emergency Food Shelf Director Rob Meehan, Community Kitchen Chef Instructor Jamie Eisenberg, keynote speaker Melissa Pasanen, and two student speakers, Charles Knoll and [...]
On May 16th, five students became Community Kitchen Academy alumni and we sincerely commend and celebrate their hard work! Shane Colford Owen Davies Margarita Gonzalez Charles Knoll Dave Moyer CKA prepares Vermonters for a career in the food service industry and lifelong learning through an intensive program of culinary skills development, career readiness and job [...]
