We're wishing everyone in the Green Opportunities community a happy and healthy holiday season! Thank you so much for supporting our job training programs this year. With your backing, we prepared hundreds of job seekers for sustainable employment opportunities and advanced our goal of building a stronger, more inclusive local workforce and community. This work is possible because of the incredible contributions of time, money, and talent made by countless individuals, including students, volunteers, partners, employers, and donors. We're looking forward to continuing to work with you in 2019!
2018 Anniversary Year Infographic
GO's work...by the numbers

In recognition of both our 10th anniversary and the end of 2018, we're happy to share a new infographic that showcases the cumulative job training work Green Opportunities has done since our founding, as well as some of the highlights from this calendar year. 

Founded in 2008, GO has graduated over 600 youth and adults from our training programs in our first 10 years, helped job seekers find work with 300+ local employers, and raised over $2.4 million in revenue for our training programs via social enterprise. See more GO stats here.
Learn more about GO's Job Training Programs at Info Session on December 19th

Collage of YouthBuild_ Kitchen Ready and Ready to Work students.

Looking for a new career pathway? Ready to make a change?

Join  Green Opportunities for a Training Program Info Session on Wednesday, December 19, 3:30-4:30 at the Edington Center. 

Come learn about the training and employment pathways offered at GO and how we can help you meet your education and employment goals. We'll give an overview of our YouthBuild, Kitchen Ready, and Peer Support Specialist programs, and you'll have plenty of time to ask questions and meet program staff. GO's tuition-free training programs start in January--don't miss out on your chance to apply! RSVP to let us know you're coming. 

Can't make it to the Info Session? Fill out a short online questionnaire   to let a member of our recruitment staff know that you're interested in our programs.
Introducing Meal Punch Cards & Expanded Hours for Southside Community Kitchen

Clockwise_ Meal punch cards_ chefs plating meals in Southside Kitchen_ guests in dinign room_ and Chef Hayette

Meal Punch Cards: We're excited to introduce new  Southside Kitchen Community Meal Passports! Passports can be pre-purchased for $25 from GO staff members, and each passport is redeemable for 5 delicious meals in our community kitchen, so you don't have to have cash on hand each time you join us for lunch. Passports make great stocking stuffers and gifts for the foodies and social justice supporters in your life!

Expanded Hours: We're also pleased to share that our community kitchen is now open to the public five days/week. Lunch is served Monday-Thursday, 12-1 p.m., and breakfast is available on Fridays from 10-11 a.m., with menus posted in advance on our website.
Screenhot of GO_s new StoryShare video entitled _Looking back at GO_s early years_

In recognition of our organization's 10th anniversary, we sat down with Green Opportunities co-founders, Dan Leroy and DeWayne Barton, to talk about what inspired them to start GO, and what the early days here were like. In our latest StoryShare video, Dan and DeWayne discuss why they created an organization that worked at the intersection of environment, economy, and social justice issues in order to tackle local issues, as well as the important role that hope plays in transforming our student's lives. 

We're grateful to the awesome team at Amplified Media for producing our StoryShare video series.

Shop local and sustainable this holiday season! Our up-cycled cutting boards are a one-of-a kind gift for family and friends. Each cutting board is handcrafted by GO's YouthBuild students with reclaimed wood from the Edington Center gymnasium. Each item is unique and features the mark of our young woodworkers-in-training. 

Two dimensions are available, 9" x 12" ($35) and 9" x 16" ($45). Cutting boards are available for purchase at the Edington Center, Monday-Friday. Email Davis Jones to arrange a pick-up time. 
In case you missed it...

"Spotlight On: Green Opportunities"
The Laurel of Asheville showcased GO's work, past and present, in their October issue. "Over the years, the industry has changed, the landscape has changed and our trainings have changed, but the heart of Green Opportunities has remained the same. We meet people where they are and help them move forward." - J Hackett, Executive Director. Read the full article here. 


GO Grads in the News!
Hanan Shabazz participated in the first cycle of the GO Kitchen Ready training program back in 2012, then worked as a teaching chef for the program for many years.  These days, she's part of the all-star culinary team that recently opened  Benne on Eagle , John Fleer's new soul food restaurant on The Block. Several other GO graduates are working in the kitchen as well. The restaurant was profiled last month in the Citizen-Times. Read the article here. 
Your year-end donation  will help us continue to build a just, inclusive economy in Asheville as we support and prepare motivated job seekers from across our community for sustainable employment pathways. 

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