From Pennsylvania-A church in Scranton is getting into the bakery business. It is who the bakery will employ that makes this project unique.
St. Luke's Episcopal Church has been on Wyoming Avenue in downtown Scranton since 1852. Its basement hasn't been occupied for at least the last 15 years of its storied history, but the church has plans to turn the space into a commercial bakery.
It won't be a revenue source for the church. Instead, it will be a nonprofit that hires only former convicts.
"We've got to work through the stereotypes so that we can start welcoming folks back into society that really want to come back and support themselves and their families," said Helen Wolf.
They're modeling the bakery on a similar nonprofit in California. The idea is to provide jobs and training to former convicts who are having trouble getting back into the workforce.
More here-
https://wnep.com/2019/11/18/scranton-church-launching-bakery-to-help-former-prisoners/
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