From Barcelona to the Ballot Box: Chef Vanessa’s Journey to American Citizenship
Vanessa Lanier—Now, she can add another significant achievement to that list: becoming an American citizen.
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Oct 16, 2023
New Beginnings
“I couldn’t imagine getting clean. I always knew I deserved better, but I had no self-esteem. I was afraid of the unknown.” Courtney...
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Oct 13, 2023
A father’s love grows GRACE
Careful chopping and cheerful chatter fill the classroom kitchen at Second Harvest Food Bank as participants in GRACE learn knife safety...
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Sep 20, 2023
Bishop shines a light on Providence
Dressed in her crisp white monogrammed chef’s jacket Bishop, 29, is busy in her role as Culinary Lead at Providence Catering , where she...
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Apr 19, 2023
The Journey... in Five Chapters
Providence students come form all walk of life. Some who enroll want to learn new skills and make new connections after a job loss. Some...
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Jan 1, 2023
Embracing What's Next
Chef Cherisha (Cookie) Williams fills her days with food. She caters formal dinners for couples, hosts events for small groups, teaches...
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Aug 30, 2022
Sharing Love at Fleming Street
The pandemic and a pineapple upside-down cake pushed Quinta Ellis, an educator, to pursue her dream of opening a restaurant, even though...
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Aug 17, 2022
A Healthy Tool
Make the healthy choice the easy choice at food pantries—that’s a key goal for Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest NC's Nutrition...
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Jul 25, 2022
Catching Up with Providence
Fratellis – a popular, local steakhouse, is home to a number of Providence graduates, and on one thing they all agree: A key ingredient...
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Jan 4, 2022
Commemorating 40 Years of Service
From humble beginnings in the early 1980s, Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest NC (originally known as the Food Bank of Northwest NC),...
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Nov 15, 2021
15 Years Later, Providence Still Changing Lives Through Food
Meals that matter Brian DePaulis stared at Wake Correctional Center’s walls in Raleigh and Dianah Bethel eyed another garage door to be...
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Apr 6, 2021
Food for 15,000? No problem.
"Food for 15,000? No problem!" That’s what students from Providence Culinary Training will be saying after they have successfully...
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Jan 14, 2021
Second Harvest’s Providence at Tanglewood
Happy Updates In this New Year: The new ProvidenceWS.org website is live and provides a visually stunning, one-stop view of all that...
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Dec 22, 2020
Family. Food. Fellowship
These are the words Providence Culinary Training (PCT) graduate Shereen Gomaa lives by and what guides the work of the non-profit she...
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Jul 16, 2020
The Journey Home
Ag \ ri \ pre\ neur\ ship Referring to entrepreneurship in agriculture. Defined by the spirit of entrepreneurs who are creative, take...
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May 8, 2020
Between Beauty and the Beast, We Walk the Line
Chef Vanessa Lanier of Second Harvest’s Providence shares her experiences as a chef and on the frontlines at HEARD Collaborative Café,...
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Jan 16, 2020
The Student Becomes the Teacher
Meet Terrell Anistead, graduate of Second Harvest's Providence Culinary Training, CC 37-2016, and rising star in Winston-Salem's food scene.
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Nov 25, 2019
100 Graduations... and counting.
Second Harvest’s Providence Culinary Training graduations are uniquely wonderful events. At the request of Providence’s founder, Chef Jeff B
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Oct 9, 2019
Through Giving, We Grow: Steven and Steve Jones
If you stop by Second Harvest Food Bank’s Providence Culinary Training, chances are you will see Steven Jones. Steven, 23, is handsome...
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Sep 30, 2019
The Possibilities Are Endless for Providence Culinary Training Graduate Charles Jarvis
Charles Jarvis, a graduate of Providence Culinary Training, says there are a million ways to make a dish-- and a life.
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