Work Options

School is back in session, which means The Helping Hen Café is back to serving you 5 days a week! 🐔❤️

Stop by, grab some breakfast or lunch, and support our culinary students while you’re here! 👩🏾‍🍳👨🏾‍🍳

We’re making progress!

A HUGE thank you to everyone who has donated so far to our campaign!

Because of your generosity, we’ve collected:

20 chef coats
11 pairs of black chef pants
6 pairs of black slip-resistant shoes

There’s still plenty of time to donate and help us remove one more barrier for future food service professionals.

Can’t donate items? Financial donations are also welcome and will help us purchase additional items for our students. Visit https://www.coloradogives.org/donate/WorkOptions to contribute.

And please share this post with your networks! The more people who know, the more students we can help.

Together, we’re using our networks and communities to .

Every great chef starts somewhere.

We're launching Outfit the Future, a community clothing drive with one goal: Outfit 50 Future Chefs. Donate gently used chef apparel and help our students begin their culinary careers with confidence.

📍 Donations accepted August 3–September 30.

Together, we can turn your outgrown chef coat into someone else's first opportunity. ❤️

Please Contact us via our Facebook account or reach out to Program Manager Brittany Jones at [email protected] to coordinate drop off

We're honored to be among the organizations selected for support through Caring for Denver's Care Over Incarceration initiative.
This investment helps us continue providing culinary job training, employment support, case management, and wraparound services that create pathways to stability and well-being for individuals who have been impacted by the justice system and other barriers to employment.
Thank you to Caring for Denver Foundation for investing in community-based solutions that prioritize healing, opportunity, and lasting change. We're honored to be among the organizations selected for support through Caring for Denver's Care Over Incarceration initiative.
This investment helps us continue providing culinary job training, employment support, case management, and wraparound services that create pathways to stability and well-being for individuals who have been impacted by the justice system and other barriers to employment.
Thank you to Caring for Denver Foundation for investing in community-based solutions that prioritize healing, opportunity, and lasting change

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