FareStart

FareStart is a Nonprofit organization in Seattle, Washington, USA that provides restaurant industry job training for the disadvantaged and homeless.[1] FareStart originally started as a for-profit provider of meals to homeless shelters under the name Common Meals, but became a non-profit in 1992.[2] Common Meals was established in 1988 by David Lee.[3]

FareStart
Founded1988 (1988)
FounderDavid Lee
Type501(c)(3)
FocusHomelessness
Coordinates47.615193°N 122.337471°W / 47.615193; -122.337471
Area served
Seattle, Washington, USA
ServicesVocational education, job placement
Websitefarestart.org
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Notes

  1. "Angela Stowell is the new CEO of Seattle's FareStart". The Seattle Times. 2018-07-11. Retrieved 2020-05-11.
  2. Prinzing, Debra (March 1, 1998). "FareStart expands its job-training menu". Puget Sound Business Journal. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
  3. Humphrey, Clark (2007). Seattle's Belltown. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7385-4816-6.

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