We’re Hiring!
We’re looking for two part-time individuals who like to cook, bake and give back while they’re doing it. If you think you might want to become a part of Hope 101’s newest program, The Cookery, please send us an email at www.executivedirector@hope101.com. To learn a little bit more about the bigger picture, keep reading!
Coming Soon!
More than a food establishment, we are a grab & go social enterprise.
The Cookery is collaborative enterprise between Hope 101 Ministry, Family of God Community Church, Newaygo United Methodist Church, St. Mark’s and Love INC., Newaygo. The Cookery will provide baked goods and meals to those experiencing food insecurity. It also provides culinary skills training for participants and gives access to flexible part-time jobs that work around childcare, schooling, and other barriers to employment. The food produced and distributed by The Cookery will be available at no cost to anyone in need within the Newaygo County community. There will be no intake process required, if you’re hungry, we’ll feed you.
What outcomes are we planning to provide with The Cookery?
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- We will provide bakery staples and family sized entrees to those experiencing food insecurity.
- We’ll be offering freshly baked bread and celebration cakes prepared and distributed at the Newaygo United Methodist Church.
- We’ll be cooking at the Family of God Community Church to offer healthy center of the table grab and go meals to help time crunched, financially burdened households and Rooms of Refuge guests.
- We will provide part-time jobs flexible jobs to those in our program or community looking to build their culinary job skills.
- Both our bakery and meal kitchen will produce food offered to the community for donation or given freely with love to those who are experiencing food insecurity.
- Home baker incubator: The Cookery will provide a narrow base of baked goods and meals so that we can assist home bakers by showcasing and distributing their products along with ours. This will increase the breadth of products our community can access while giving our many valued home bakers exposure, SafeServe education and business incubator start up assistance.
