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Since 2004, Amos House (AH) has launched a thriving school lunch business and a private catering business. Both serve as a training ground for AH clients enrolled in ACE – the Amos Culinary Education Program – a culinary arts job-training program. SVPRI has been instrumental in developing and implementing the business plan, serving as a sounding board to help AH think through staffing, marketing and pricing. Among the accomplishments SVPRI has helped AH achieve:
• AH has graduated 189 men and women from the program, and 60 percent have secured food service jobs.
• AH serves 1,000 school age children every weekday and provides permanent jobs for four ACE graduates. Its two divisions employ a business manager, 14 ACE graduates, an executive chef and a sous chef, a marketing professional, and a general manager.
• SVPRI worked with AH to refine its business plan such that AH could accept loan capital from SVPRI – two $15,000 loans. AH anticipates beginning repayment on these loans by June 2008.
Quite simply, it is not likely that we would have a business, let alone the successful business that we have, if it were not for the dedication and guidance that we have received from our SVPRI partners. Eileen Hayes, Executive Director Amos House
Our SVPRI partners brought valuable experience in business management that allowed us to develop a viable business plan. They used their resources and their network to help us grow the business and provided enormous help in the decision making process along the way. Eileen Hayes, Executive Director Amos House