Here’s an uplifting, good news story to start the Labor Day weekend – good works and a great program. Pray for more of these across the country!
Seattle’s FareStart program has trained thousands in the food industry
SEATTLE — When he spent his days smoking crack and helping women sell themselves, Brandon Hicks had little occasion to ponder an herbed goat-cheese tartine.
But here he was in the kitchen of FareStart, a Seattle nonprofit that specializes in turning around lives like his, carefully weighing dollops of a savory cheese mixture onto small slabs of baked dough to be served with arugula and roasted cherry tomatoes. Before long, hundreds of diners would begin arriving at the restaurant for a fixed-menu dinner overseen by a guest chef, Seth Caswell of Seattle restaurant emmer&rye.
Full story: http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/44372112/ns/today-good_news/t/homeless-hopeless-feeding-hungry/
