Our Mission: To Keep Kids Off the Streets and Raise our Next Generation of Leaders, CEOs and Entrepreneurs!
Seeing Food Deserts and their associated Poverty, Crime, Unemployment, Chronic Disease and Death go from dingy blight to beautiful Green as Youth Earn and Learn Jobs-for-Kids (YEL-J4K) and Adult Learn and Earn Jobs-for-U (ALE-J4U) move around the country with their Training & Development Programs, MOBILE Fresh Produce Stands, Fruit and Veggie Delivery Service, 5-Day Meal Preps, Community Gardens, Restaurants and Business Services...overtaking the barren Food Deserts and turning them into lush, green Oases of Opportunity where ANYBODY can have access to Fresh Fruits and Vegetables, Healthy Snacks, Meals, Mentorship, Job-Training, Stipends, Employment, Entrepreneurship and Empowerment!
YEL-J4K is a Food Desert Solution that incorporates Food Desert residents into our Solution! We're Keeping Kids Off the Streets and Raising our next Generation of CEOs and Entrepreneurs! Through YEL-J4K and ALE-J4U, we have been able to locally impact Food Deserts, Food Insecurities and Food Waste; provide Mentoring, intergenerational Training & Development (for Youth and Adults) and Career Coaching; and serve Seniors and our Communities. YEL-J4K was established in 2011 and has grown from an eight week program into a Year-Round, interactive, classroom and on-the-job training pre-apprenticeship! We connect Healthy Eating with Helping Youth, Seniors and our Communities. Our goal is to reduce the effects of Food Deserts namely Food Insecurity, Unemployment, Poverty, Crime, Chronic Disease and Mortality. Our Training & Development programs, MOBILE Fresh Produce Stands, 5-Day Meal Preps, Fruit & Veggie Delivery Service, Restaurant and Business Service Divisions (including Yard Care, Administrative Support, Senior Care, Flyer Distribution, Moving Services and Cleaning/Organizing) give our Ambassadors a platform to help the Community, build their self-confidence and marketable skills and earn stipends!