FareStart
FareStart is a nonprofit organization in Seattle, Washington, US, that provides restaurant industry job training for the disadvantaged and homeless.[1] FareStart originally started as a for-profit provider of meals to homeless shelters under the name Common Meals, but became a non-profit in 1992.[2] Common Meals was established in 1988 by David Lee.[3]
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| Founded | 1988 |
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| Founder | David Lee |
| Type | 501(c)(3) |
| Focus | Homelessness |
| Coordinates | 47.615193°N 122.337471°W |
Area served | Seattle, Washington, US |
| Services | Vocational education, job placement |
| Website | farestart |
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Notes
- "Angela Stowell is the new CEO of Seattle's FareStart". The Seattle Times. 2018-07-11. Retrieved 2020-05-11.
- Prinzing, Debra (March 1, 1998). "FareStart expands its job-training menu". Puget Sound Business Journal. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - Humphrey, Clark (2007). Seattle's Belltown. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7385-4816-6.
References
- Bomann, Mieke; American News Service (May 2, 1999), "Homeless And Ex-Addicts Staff Chic Bistro In Seattle", Albany Times Union, Albany, New York: George Randolph Hearst III – via HighBeam (subscription required) , archived from the original on January 25, 2013, retrieved October 27, 2012
- Johnson, Gene (September 1, 2011), Seattle program teaches homeless to feed hungry, Associated Press – via HighBeam (subscription required) , archived from the original on January 25, 2013, retrieved October 27, 2012
- Jungerhans, Robert (Fall 2008), "Soup Kitchen Confidential", Stanford Social Innovation Review, vol. 6, no. 4, archived from the original on 2016-03-08
- Talvi, Silja J. A. (December 26, 2000), "A Recipe for Redemption ; Program Helps Homeless Gain Skills That Win Jobs", The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Publishing Society, archived from the original on March 8, 2016
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