An employment exposure program for Portland Metro Area's Opportunity Youth which uses the Food Industry and Trades as a medium for career development.
OUR STORY
Opportunities Kitchen is a vocational and educational program for Portland Metro Area’s disconnected and underserved youth, ages 18-24 years old, where learning, executing skills, accreditation, and job placement is provided within the food industry including: Farming & Production, Food Processing, Distribution, Hospitality, Recycling and the Trades involved in keeping the industry going.
OUR ADVISORS & FRIENDS
Paul Folkestad
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President
Chef Paul Portland
Leather Storrs
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Owner/Chef
Noble Rot
Vitaly Paley
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Owner/Chef
Paley's Place, The Imperial, Headwaters
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Dave Stone
Director
OSU Food Innovation Center
Jonathan Harms
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President
Charitable Partnership Fund
Joe Nunn
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STEAM Coordinator
Concordia University
Dir. FreshStart PDX
Dennis Morrow
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Executive Director
JANUS Youth Program
David McGiverin
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President
Food Northwest
30,000
The estimated number of youth identified as disconnected that are not in school or unemployed in Portland & SW Washington
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