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ALAMN COOKIE CART COMMUNITY SERVICE EVENT RECAP On Tuesday, April 12, 2016, ALAMN members and business partners had a great time working alongside the teen employees at the Cookie Cart bakery, located at 1119 W. Broadway Ave. in Minneapolis. This was our first time directly supporting the Cookie Cart with our gift of volunteer hours. It was met by great enthusiasm by both the ALAMN members and business partners, as well as the staff and employees on location. They are looking forward to partnering with us again in the future. Cookie Cart was started in 1988 by Sister Jean as a safe, secure and engaging space for North Minneapolis’ youth. She saw the need to engage the neighborhood’s young people in educational and empowering activities. The Cookie Cart provides teens 15 to 18 years old with lasting and meaningful work, life and leaderships skills through experience and training in this urban nonprofit bakery. The bakery is a classroom that teaches essential employment skills; managing their work schedules, taking direction from supervisors, efficient task completion and other problem solving skills. There are other classroom learning opportunities for the teens as part of the program. Some of these include: customer service training, employer expectations, resume and cover letter writing & financial literacy training. Thank you to the following volunteers who helped in the bakery by scooping dough for several hours alongside the teen employees, while helping them practice their interpersonal skills:
If you are interested in helping support this great program either in person, or by purchasing their cookies, you can contact them at 612-521-0855 or [email protected]. Watch the Verdict and the ALAMN Website for our next Cookie Cart event and for other 2016 volunteer events and drives.
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