Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Foodbank and Capstone Community Action are hosting the 15th graduation ceremony for the Community Kitchen Academy (CKA) program in Barre. This 12 week program prepares underemployed and unemployed Vermonters for careers in the food service industry, teaching them new life skills while they transform rescued food into meals for local food shelves and meals sites.
“My experience in the CKA program was phenomenal,” says Alysia Cushman, a CKA student who will be addressing her classmates at their graduation. “It gave me what I was looking for – encouragement!”
Since its inception, Community Kitchen Academy Barre boasts a 91% success rate, which is defined as students graduating and finding employment or going on to further educational opportunities.
When: Thursday, January 31st, 2019, 1:00PM
Where: Old Labor Hall (Across from Capstone), 64 Granite Street, Barre
Featured graduation speakers:
Bob Hildebrand, Dining Services Director, The Abbey Group
Student speaker, Alysia Cushman
Reception to follow featuring hors d’oeuvres from recipes developed by graduating students.
About Community Kitchen Academy
Community Kitchen Academy (CKA) is a statewide program of the Vermont Foodbank that operates in partnership with Capstone Community Action in Barre. The Mission of CKA is to prepare underemployed and unemployed Vermonters for a career in the food service industry and lifelong learning through an intensive program of culinary skills development, career readiness and job placement. Students actively develop and apply new skills by creating wholesome meals for those at risk of hunger using food that has been gathered from within our communities that may otherwise go to waste.