After our visit to Manna on Main Street, we jetted west to sunny Phoenix, AZ to facilitate a train-the-trainer workshop for the Starbucks’ Customer Service Excellence Training program. Our national partnership with Starbucks has brought the consulting team to various cities across the country to collaborate with local partners focused on building programming around serving opportunity youth. While in Phoenix, we also connected with a local organization serving youth, Arizona Call-A-Teen Youth Resources. And of course, we wouldn’t have left Phoenix without a visit to Model Member UMOM New Days Center!
We closed out February in Charm City, aka Baltimore, MD! Rising Member Paul’s Place is working through the feasibility stages of launching a restaurant for training opportunity youth in the Pigtown area of the city. The Catalyst Consulting team had the opportunity to meet with local stakeholders and create community alignment on a new job training program. We also enjoyed meeting with other foodservice social enterprise throughout Baltimore at St. Vincent de Paul’s Kidz Place to discuss the ecosystem of foodservice job training as a way to reduce poverty.
Overall, February brought great service opportunities for Catalyst Consulting. We are eager to continue building strong and sustainable businesses and programs with our members and partners.
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