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Summer of Bloom – Find us at Cleveland's Markets and Festivals
FIND BLOOM BAKERY AT CLEVELAND’S MARKETS & EVENTS THIS SUMMER Bloom is participating in the Cleveland Flea, Night Market Cleveland, Tri-C Cleveland Eats and Inaugural Cleveland Metroparks Taste on the Lake May 22, 2018 – CLEVELAND- Bloom Bakery, a social venture of Towards Employment, is setting up shop at the Cleveland Flea, Night Market Cleveland, Cleveland…
Read MoreBloom Bakery Turns 2 and Celebrates a Successful CrowdRise Campaign
BLOOM BAKERY CELEBRATES EMPLOYMENT OF OVER 50 PEOPLE SINCE OPENING ITS DOORS TWO YEARS AGO Plans to build catering and wholesale business will create more opportunities for employment MONDAY APRIL 2 – CLEVELAND – Bloom Bakery, a social venture of Towards Employment, is celebrating two years in business this month. Since 2016, the Bakery has provided…
Read MoreSweet Treats & Second Chances for Bloom Bakery
BLOOM BAKERY LAUNCHES CROWDRISE FUNDRAISER TO EXPAND JOBS AND CAREERS $25,000 goal will allow for expanded wholesale and catering opportunities for the social venture FEBRUARY 20, 2018- CLEVELAND – Bloom Bakery, a social venture of Towards Employment, announced today the launch of their Crowdrise Fundraiser “Sweet Treats and Second Chances” to expand their catering and wholesale…
Read MoreSweet treats and second chances. This holiday season, give the gift of Bloom.
Check out The Holiday Shop at Bloom Bakery for all your gift-giving needs.
Read MoreYouth-Serving Organizations Commit to a New Focus on Racial Equity
Funding from the Annie E. Casey Foundation to support trainings for nonprofits throughout Cleveland CLEVELAND – July 28 – The Annie E. Casey Foundation brought several local and national partners to Cleveland this week to reflect on early lessons and results from its Generation Work initiative, an effort launched in 2015 to increase job…
Read MoreTE on WKYC
On Friday, July 21, Ronnie Cannon and Betty Holnapy were featured on WKYC’s “We the People.” Watch here.
Read MoreTE is named a 2017 Top Workplace
Towards Employment is proud to have been named a 2017 Top Workplace by Cleveland.com and the Plain Dealer. See the full list of winners here.
Read MoreTE is a host site for The Cleveland Foundation Summer Internship Program
The Cleveland Foundation’s summer internship program offers full-time, paid internship opportunities to Fall 2017 college seniors and juniors or Spring 2017 college graduates. The program exposes students to a broad range of public sector endeavors helps students gain knowledge of the Greater Cleveland nonprofit community. TE is one of nineteen Cleveland nonprofit agencies chosen to…
Read MoreWorkAdvance featured in the Plain Dealer
WorkAdvance is featured in today’s article from reporter Olivera Perkins. WA participant, Marvin Ambers is quoted, as is our executive director, Jill Rizika: “When we look at the different components of the WorkAdvance model, there is a sense that these services are available in our community.But what the model showed us is that people ether…
Read MoreNational Workforce Development Pilot Makes Significant Local Impact, Provides Lessons for System Improvements
New report shares how WorkAdvance is redefining workforce development in Northeast Ohio CLEVELAND–November 29, 2016–The Fund for Our Economic Future, Deaconess Foundation and The Raymond John Wean Foundation, along with grantee partner Towards Employment, are pleased to release a local impact report on WorkAdvance, a national pilot tested in Northeast Ohio over the last five years…
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