A newsletter for FareStart’s most impactful donors | Volume 5 Issue 3, December 2017 Rising Higher Campaign Update (continued from front cover) If you are already a Rising Higher Campaign Donor, thank you! If you would like to become one by making a special gift to our campaign above and beyond your usual annual support, we welcome your participation and hope to hear from you.
Where Your Donation Will Be Put to Work
15% 10%
36%
19% 20%
Organizational Capacity Building Fundraising & Administration Capital Needs
YOU CAN HELP A FARESTART APPRENTICE RISE UP TO A LIVING WAGE. Your name on a chair or a barstool at our new restaurant, Maslow’s by FareStart, will help an apprentice reach his or her goals and achieve a living wage job. Let us honor your investment in ending poverty.
CIRCLE IMPACT Apprenticeships in Progress
As long as poverty and homelessness exist in our region, FareStart will strive to do more. Rising Higher is the next step.
“The Bar Raiser”
This recognition opportunity is available first to Circle of Impact members who give an additional, extra-ordinary gift to the Rising Higher Campaign of $5,000 for a chair or $10,000 for a barstool. Pledges to Rising Higher are payable over three years.
FareStart needs the whole community to support the successful launch of our new Foodservice Apprenticeship Program, build its capacity, and help transform many more lives every year. The incredible opportunity and support from Amazon has made this new program and our growth possible, and your participation is all that is needed for us to succeed in this next step in fighting poverty in our region.
Retail Design, Opening & Operations 3 yrs Apprenticeship Training & Program Operations
As of November 1, Amazon and other lead donors have contributed 76% of our $6 million goal.
“A Seat at the Table”
With those funds raised, covering our business launches and capacity growth, we now turn to our larger community of generous supporters to put in place the funding necessary for the new Foodservice Apprenticeship Program’s growth and operation for the next three years.
Culinary Apprentice D.J. worked with “The Chef in the Hat” Thierry Rautureau to serve a delicious appetizer to guests at a recent Rising Higher Campaign event.
Your support is needed to help many more in our community to escape poverty!
For more details and information on donating, please visit at farestart.org/rising-higher-campaign or contact us at risinghigher@farestart.org or 206-267-6224. Wednesday, December 6 5 to 7 p.m.
CALENDAR OF UPCOMING FARESTART EVENTS
Community Table by FareStart
■ D ecember 6: Holiday Community Dinner at Community Table by FareStart See invitation at the right
399 Fairview Avenue N. Amazon Houdini North Building
ecember 31: Last day of FareStart’s 25th Anniversary ■ D Annual Giving Campaign
Free buffet, live music, Santa photos & goody bags for kids under 12
anuary 1: Happy 2018! ■ J
RSVP: events@farestart.org
FOR MORE INFORMATION: Michelle McDaniel
Chief Development Officer 206.267.6211 michelle.mcdaniel@farestart.org
Megan Hampson
Director, Mission Advancement 206.787.1512 megan.hampson@farestart.org
Lauren Young
Rising Higher Campaign Manager/ Mission Advancement Officer 206.267.6224 lauren@farestart.org
Erika Van Merr
Mission Advancement Officer 206.267.6223 erika.van.merr@farestart.org
FareStart Circle of Impact supporters are welcome to contact us at any time for information on donations, our Legacy Circle (planned giving), volunteering, scheduling a tour, or for any other questions. Please also visit our website at farestart.org.
Rising Higher Campaign Update
We are happy to report that with the generous investment of our board and a group of lead donors and supporters, we have reached 76% of our goal as of October 31!
FareStart’s five new businesses, which opened in July thanks to our partnership with Amazon, are up and running successfully in the Houdini North building at Fairview Avenue and Harrison Street in South Lake Union, and we are now four months into the Foodservice Apprenticeship Program that was designed to help workers in lowwage jobs escape poverty and move up to a living wage. As of this writing we have 16 apprentices working in our businesses, and our very first apprentice has graduated! One Apprentice’s Perspective “J.” heard about FareStart’s Foodservice Apprenticeship Program from some of his coworkers at a local restaurant, where he had been working ever since he graduated from FareStart’s Adult Culinary Program in 2015.
“FareStart really helped me out of a difficult situation. Being homeless, living in a shelter, not being employed. Cooking has always been my passion, ever since I was a kid. [FareStart] helps with job placement and support after you graduate. It was just a win-win situation for me.” In August, he started working as an apprentice at Community Table by FareStart, one of the new eateries on Amazon’s South Lake Union campus. In the last three months “J.” has had the opportunity to develop professional skills that will help him advance in his career in foodservice.
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Our vision is to empower people with high barriers to employment to become self-sufficient and thrive in living wage jobs. We’ll double our reach over the next 10 years serving 7,000 people across all of our training programs. And we’ll need people like you, along with the entire community, to make our expansion successful.
(Continued on back cover)
Program Highlight: Re-entry FareStart continues to make progress on our strategic goals for all our programs, not only our new Foodservice Apprenticeship program. These goals include: • Growing and enhancing our two-year-old Youth Culinary & Customer Service Training Program in partnership with Seattle Public Schools Interagency Academy. • Making our Adult Culinary Program more accessible to women and custodial parents in poverty by offering a stable schedule track that is compatible with childcare and family needs. • Partnering with Correctional Industries, a program of the Department of Corrections, to bring individuals being released from incarceration directly into FareStart to reduce the risk of recidivism and help make their transition a success.
A LETTER FROM FARESTART’S FIRST EVER RE-ENTRY GRADUATE FareStart began its formal partnership with Correctional Industries in 2014, providing a streamlined entrance for male and female parolees into FareStart’s adult training program with no gaps between release and start time. FareStart has since had 114 such students graduate, and 89% of them secured jobs within three months of graduating. Following are some excerpts from a letter sent to us from “Ken”, our very first enrollee from Correctional Industries:
” “It’s like a great big open door! up and downs, the released, and while there has been It is close to 36 months since I’ve been ry and have moved bake ) large (a at ing work better. I am still trend has always been forward and ey is better, mon The se. is interesting and at times inten to shipping and receiving. The work and out. I am in rial mate of lot a e mov we sized bakery, and and the hours are steady! It is a fair teaches applies to this job. amazed at how often what FareStart program at FareStart and out fairly often, several are in the I see old friends who have just got ilizing to most of us stab very is ram prog structure in the are doing very well. It appears the to free counseling is bed a erything FareStart provides, from recently released from prison…Ev ns when they first mea ne’s anyo nd beyo lly resources, usua support you just cannot get without work can be a ng getti Just le community support group. get out unless they have a very viab on your record! very tough task if you’ve a felony program, some of them gotten out and are doing well in the I really like to see the guys who have they could too! Of that it do through it and decided if I can even tell me that they heard I went returning to the them of hear and ram, prog the don’t do course, I see and hear of the guys that e. renc diffe a make say that FareStart really does joint. Not everyone, but enough to sed guy does not have is not possible, but if a recently relea I will not say life without FareStart r issues. It’s very hard majo have to likely more are think they a good community support base I ng like there is no feeli of trap the thing, and easy to fall into to find a job with a record for one ort it is too easy supp e som out with – do! they rise up – and hope. When those types of issues the easy way to for ing look s, drug drinking, using and selling to slip into old behaviors, such as do!). to easy ly eme (extr , DOC or law either the score, and usually running afoul of le years now. Which I have had my own apartment for a coup Through the support of FareStart, I my car, and am saving can afford to pay for, eat well, have company 401k the gh throu t men retire my money for clothes, and a warm clean , ance program. I have health insur got a girl! even I t! nigh y ever sleep to place and dry e could have While it’s possible that all the abov Start, I have to say, Fare ugh thro g happened without goin ram. prog the ugh thro ed it all start
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An Apprenticeship in Progress (continued from front cover)
“The opportunity for us to grow is amazing. To be here on the front lines as the pioneers of getting this off the ground is phenomenal. Working every day with fellow apprentices as well as the regular staff is great.” J.’s first career goal is to work as a Chef Trainer in FareStart’s Community Meals Kitchen. His longer-term goal is to open his own restaurant and turn his passion for food and cooking into a viable livelihood. He has a cornucopia of ideas around different food and beverage concepts, and believes that FareStart’s Foodservice Apprenticeship Program will help him gain the skills he needs to make these dreams a reality. “Right now I’m in ‘front of house,’ on the line, working with customers, doing prep. Soon I’ll be going to ‘back of house,’ which will be doing more preparation work. Working with meats, recipes, and also working with the inventory.” J. chose to start the Apprenticeship Program because his past experience at FareStart was invaluable, not only getting him off the streets and into a job, but transforming his whole life for the better, allowing him to start setting goals and working toward them. His experience so far has indicated that the Foodservice Apprenticeship Program can help him rise to the next level in his career and take defining strides in his life’s journey, and leave poverty behind for good.
“I think this is a great place to start. The people here are very understanding, supportive, they have a lot of knowledge and experience under their belts and they are not afraid to give you constructive criticism as well as praise.”
More Apprenticeship Highlights: Maslow’s Culinary Apprenticeships: “D.J.”, who is apprenticing with us while also working at a downtown restaurant, finished the pantry station and has moved to fry. He developed and executed a new butternut squash soup for Maslow’s new fall menu, and also got the chance in October to work one-on-one with Chef Thierry Rautureau—“The Chef in the Hat”—at a Rising Higher fundraising event. He is more comfortable advocating for himself now and his goal is to skill up to a sous chef level position.
1
2
On October 1, over 800 FareStart supporters gathered at the Skybridge in the Washington State Convention Center for the 25th Annual Great Food, Better Lives Gala Auction, which raised over $1.6 million for our mission and work. Thank you to our lead sponsor, Amazon, and to the legions of donors, table captains, attendees, sponsors, chefs and volunteers who made it all possible!
4
5
“S” has moved from prep and is now working on the line and doing pantry. During his apprenticeship he is also working a full time job at Seattle eatery and works long days, as he is supporting family members. He intends to be an executive chef someday. Maslow’s Service Apprenticeships “H” is our very first apprentice graduate! During his apprenticeship his attention to customer service and details and the focus he put into his role as server was exceptional. He handled large parties like a pro and always with a smile. We are very proud to celebrate his certification and his future! A graduate of both our Adult Training Program and now our Foodservice Apprenticeship Program, “H” will use his new skills in a job that will support his continued studies toward a B.S. degree. We expect that he will go very far! Rise Service Apprenticeship After several weeks “on hold” while resolving some challenges with housing and childcare, our Rise apprentice “R” (a graduate of our Youth Barista Program) is back on the job and feels that now her life has stabilized and she is ready and more determined than ever to make this apprenticeship work for her. She also volunteers in the community and is getting her GED! She aims to have her own café one day. We are on track to have a total of 25 enrollments by the end of this year. In 2018, our aim is to enroll 90 or more apprentices in the Culinary and Service training tracks, significantly increasing the number of lives FareStart helps transform each year.
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FareStart CEO Megan Karch greets guests in the ballroom before the live auction.
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FareStart Executive Chef Wayne Johnson went above and beyond to let us auction off his chef pants to benefit our students!
3
FareStart’s multitalented Chef Dan worked with students in the kitchen, was featured in the event video as a FareStart grad, and took the stage to make some remarks during the live auction.
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7 4
Guests at the A1 Timber sponsor table.
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Chef Karianne (middle left) and Diana (middle right) pose with students who worked on the Butternut Squash Skewers appetizers.
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“Blinky rings”, AKA tickets to the raffle!
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FareStart Board Member Julaine Smith (left) and friends.
Circle of Impact Newsletter - Volume 5 Issue 3 | 3
Program Highlight: Re-entry FareStart continues to make progress on our strategic goals for all our programs, not only our new Foodservice Apprenticeship program. These goals include: • Growing and enhancing our two-year-old Youth Culinary & Customer Service Training Program in partnership with Seattle Public Schools Interagency Academy. • Making our Adult Culinary Program more accessible to women and custodial parents in poverty by offering a stable schedule track that is compatible with childcare and family needs. • Partnering with Correctional Industries, a program of the Department of Corrections, to bring individuals being released from incarceration directly into FareStart to reduce the risk of recidivism and help make their transition a success.
A LETTER FROM FARESTART’S FIRST EVER RE-ENTRY GRADUATE FareStart began its formal partnership with Correctional Industries in 2014, providing a streamlined entrance for male and female parolees into FareStart’s adult training program with no gaps between release and start time. FareStart has since had 114 such students graduate, and 89% of them secured jobs within three months of graduating. Following are some excerpts from a letter sent to us from “Ken”, our very first enrollee from Correctional Industries:
” “It’s like a great big open door! up and downs, the released, and while there has been It is close to 36 months since I’ve been ry and have moved bake ) large (a at ing work better. I am still trend has always been forward and ey is better, mon The se. is interesting and at times inten to shipping and receiving. The work and out. I am in rial mate of lot a e mov we sized bakery, and and the hours are steady! It is a fair teaches applies to this job. amazed at how often what FareStart program at FareStart and out fairly often, several are in the I see old friends who have just got ilizing to most of us stab very is ram prog structure in the are doing very well. It appears the to free counseling is bed a erything FareStart provides, from recently released from prison…Ev ns when they first mea ne’s anyo nd beyo lly resources, usua support you just cannot get without work can be a ng getti Just le community support group. get out unless they have a very viab on your record! very tough task if you’ve a felony program, some of them gotten out and are doing well in the I really like to see the guys who have they could too! Of that it do through it and decided if I can even tell me that they heard I went returning to the them of hear and ram, prog the don’t do course, I see and hear of the guys that e. renc diffe a make say that FareStart really does joint. Not everyone, but enough to sed guy does not have is not possible, but if a recently relea I will not say life without FareStart r issues. It’s very hard majo have to likely more are think they a good community support base I ng like there is no feeli of trap the thing, and easy to fall into to find a job with a record for one ort it is too easy supp e som out with – do! they rise up – and hope. When those types of issues the easy way to for ing look s, drug drinking, using and selling to slip into old behaviors, such as do!). to easy ly eme (extr , DOC or law either the score, and usually running afoul of le years now. Which I have had my own apartment for a coup Through the support of FareStart, I my car, and am saving can afford to pay for, eat well, have company 401k the gh throu t men retire my money for clothes, and a warm clean , ance program. I have health insur got a girl! even I t! nigh y ever sleep to place and dry e could have While it’s possible that all the abov Start, I have to say, Fare ugh thro g happened without goin ram. prog the ugh thro ed it all start
2 | Circle of Impact Newsletter - Volume 5 Issue 3
An Apprenticeship in Progress (continued from front cover)
“The opportunity for us to grow is amazing. To be here on the front lines as the pioneers of getting this off the ground is phenomenal. Working every day with fellow apprentices as well as the regular staff is great.” J.’s first career goal is to work as a Chef Trainer in FareStart’s Community Meals Kitchen. His longer-term goal is to open his own restaurant and turn his passion for food and cooking into a viable livelihood. He has a cornucopia of ideas around different food and beverage concepts, and believes that FareStart’s Foodservice Apprenticeship Program will help him gain the skills he needs to make these dreams a reality. “Right now I’m in ‘front of house,’ on the line, working with customers, doing prep. Soon I’ll be going to ‘back of house,’ which will be doing more preparation work. Working with meats, recipes, and also working with the inventory.” J. chose to start the Apprenticeship Program because his past experience at FareStart was invaluable, not only getting him off the streets and into a job, but transforming his whole life for the better, allowing him to start setting goals and working toward them. His experience so far has indicated that the Foodservice Apprenticeship Program can help him rise to the next level in his career and take defining strides in his life’s journey, and leave poverty behind for good.
“I think this is a great place to start. The people here are very understanding, supportive, they have a lot of knowledge and experience under their belts and they are not afraid to give you constructive criticism as well as praise.”
More Apprenticeship Highlights: Maslow’s Culinary Apprenticeships: “D.J.”, who is apprenticing with us while also working at a downtown restaurant, finished the pantry station and has moved to fry. He developed and executed a new butternut squash soup for Maslow’s new fall menu, and also got the chance in October to work one-on-one with Chef Thierry Rautureau—“The Chef in the Hat”—at a Rising Higher fundraising event. He is more comfortable advocating for himself now and his goal is to skill up to a sous chef level position.
1
2
On October 1, over 800 FareStart supporters gathered at the Skybridge in the Washington State Convention Center for the 25th Annual Great Food, Better Lives Gala Auction, which raised over $1.6 million for our mission and work. Thank you to our lead sponsor, Amazon, and to the legions of donors, table captains, attendees, sponsors, chefs and volunteers who made it all possible!
4
5
“S” has moved from prep and is now working on the line and doing pantry. During his apprenticeship he is also working a full time job at Seattle eatery and works long days, as he is supporting family members. He intends to be an executive chef someday. Maslow’s Service Apprenticeships “H” is our very first apprentice graduate! During his apprenticeship his attention to customer service and details and the focus he put into his role as server was exceptional. He handled large parties like a pro and always with a smile. We are very proud to celebrate his certification and his future! A graduate of both our Adult Training Program and now our Foodservice Apprenticeship Program, “H” will use his new skills in a job that will support his continued studies toward a B.S. degree. We expect that he will go very far! Rise Service Apprenticeship After several weeks “on hold” while resolving some challenges with housing and childcare, our Rise apprentice “R” (a graduate of our Youth Barista Program) is back on the job and feels that now her life has stabilized and she is ready and more determined than ever to make this apprenticeship work for her. She also volunteers in the community and is getting her GED! She aims to have her own café one day. We are on track to have a total of 25 enrollments by the end of this year. In 2018, our aim is to enroll 90 or more apprentices in the Culinary and Service training tracks, significantly increasing the number of lives FareStart helps transform each year.
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FareStart CEO Megan Karch greets guests in the ballroom before the live auction.
2
FareStart Executive Chef Wayne Johnson went above and beyond to let us auction off his chef pants to benefit our students!
3
FareStart’s multitalented Chef Dan worked with students in the kitchen, was featured in the event video as a FareStart grad, and took the stage to make some remarks during the live auction.
3
7 4
Guests at the A1 Timber sponsor table.
5
Chef Karianne (middle left) and Diana (middle right) pose with students who worked on the Butternut Squash Skewers appetizers.
6
“Blinky rings”, AKA tickets to the raffle!
7
FareStart Board Member Julaine Smith (left) and friends.
Circle of Impact Newsletter - Volume 5 Issue 3 | 3
A newsletter for FareStart’s most impactful donors | Volume 5 Issue 3, December 2017 Rising Higher Campaign Update (continued from front cover) If you are already a Rising Higher Campaign Donor, thank you! If you would like to become one by making a special gift to our campaign above and beyond your usual annual support, we welcome your participation and hope to hear from you.
Where Your Donation Will Be Put to Work
15% 10%
36%
19% 20%
Organizational Capacity Building Fundraising & Administration Capital Needs
YOU CAN HELP A FARESTART APPRENTICE RISE UP TO A LIVING WAGE. Your name on a chair or a barstool at our new restaurant, Maslow’s by FareStart, will help an apprentice reach his or her goals and achieve a living wage job. Let us honor your investment in ending poverty.
CIRCLE IMPACT Apprenticeships in Progress
As long as poverty and homelessness exist in our region, FareStart will strive to do more. Rising Higher is the next step.
“The Bar Raiser”
This recognition opportunity is available first to Circle of Impact members who give an additional, extra-ordinary gift to the Rising Higher Campaign of $5,000 for a chair or $10,000 for a barstool. Pledges to Rising Higher are payable over three years.
FareStart needs the whole community to support the successful launch of our new Foodservice Apprenticeship Program, build its capacity, and help transform many more lives every year. The incredible opportunity and support from Amazon has made this new program and our growth possible, and your participation is all that is needed for us to succeed in this next step in fighting poverty in our region.
Retail Design, Opening & Operations 3 yrs Apprenticeship Training & Program Operations
As of November 1, Amazon and other lead donors have contributed 76% of our $6 million goal.
“A Seat at the Table”
With those funds raised, covering our business launches and capacity growth, we now turn to our larger community of generous supporters to put in place the funding necessary for the new Foodservice Apprenticeship Program’s growth and operation for the next three years.
Culinary Apprentice D.J. worked with “The Chef in the Hat” Thierry Rautureau to serve a delicious appetizer to guests at a recent Rising Higher Campaign event.
Your support is needed to help many more in our community to escape poverty!
For more details and information on donating, please visit at farestart.org/rising-higher-campaign or contact us at risinghigher@farestart.org or 206-267-6224. Wednesday, December 6 5 to 7 p.m.
CALENDAR OF UPCOMING FARESTART EVENTS
Community Table by FareStart
■ D ecember 6: Holiday Community Dinner at Community Table by FareStart See invitation at the right
399 Fairview Avenue N. Amazon Houdini North Building
ecember 31: Last day of FareStart’s 25th Anniversary ■ D Annual Giving Campaign
Free buffet, live music, Santa photos & goody bags for kids under 12
anuary 1: Happy 2018! ■ J
RSVP: events@farestart.org
FOR MORE INFORMATION: Michelle McDaniel
Chief Development Officer 206.267.6211 michelle.mcdaniel@farestart.org
Megan Hampson
Director, Mission Advancement 206.787.1512 megan.hampson@farestart.org
Lauren Young
Rising Higher Campaign Manager/ Mission Advancement Officer 206.267.6224 lauren@farestart.org
Erika Van Merr
Mission Advancement Officer 206.267.6223 erika.van.merr@farestart.org
FareStart Circle of Impact supporters are welcome to contact us at any time for information on donations, our Legacy Circle (planned giving), volunteering, scheduling a tour, or for any other questions. Please also visit our website at farestart.org.
Rising Higher Campaign Update
We are happy to report that with the generous investment of our board and a group of lead donors and supporters, we have reached 76% of our goal as of October 31!
FareStart’s five new businesses, which opened in July thanks to our partnership with Amazon, are up and running successfully in the Houdini North building at Fairview Avenue and Harrison Street in South Lake Union, and we are now four months into the Foodservice Apprenticeship Program that was designed to help workers in lowwage jobs escape poverty and move up to a living wage. As of this writing we have 16 apprentices working in our businesses, and our very first apprentice has graduated! One Apprentice’s Perspective “J.” heard about FareStart’s Foodservice Apprenticeship Program from some of his coworkers at a local restaurant, where he had been working ever since he graduated from FareStart’s Adult Culinary Program in 2015.
“FareStart really helped me out of a difficult situation. Being homeless, living in a shelter, not being employed. Cooking has always been my passion, ever since I was a kid. [FareStart] helps with job placement and support after you graduate. It was just a win-win situation for me.” In August, he started working as an apprentice at Community Table by FareStart, one of the new eateries on Amazon’s South Lake Union campus. In the last three months “J.” has had the opportunity to develop professional skills that will help him advance in his career in foodservice.
(Continued on page 2)
Our vision is to empower people with high barriers to employment to become self-sufficient and thrive in living wage jobs. We’ll double our reach over the next 10 years serving 7,000 people across all of our training programs. And we’ll need people like you, along with the entire community, to make our expansion successful.
(Continued on back cover)