RSYP’s Culinary Dinner Puts Fundraising on the Menu
If the meal at the annual culinary celebration for the Railroad Street Youth Project is any indication, the culinary arts world is in good hands. On Monday, Dec. 3 at Crissey Farm in Great Barrington, Mass., the menu — mashed potato cake with smoked trout, grilled beef strip loin and chocolate cake among the plates — was planned and prepared by students in the Railroad Street Apprenticeship Program. Founded in 2006, the program’s mission is to empower young people by supporting youth-inspired projects that promote responsibility, self worth and intergenerational communication. More than 200 young people have participated in one of RSYP’s many Apprenticeship programs, and the student chefs, mentored by leading restaurant professionals in the Berkshires, showed off the skills they’ve learned that just might lead to a fine job opportunity. The “front of house” was packed with supporters, who, via an auction, raised $60,000 (including the $25,000 match from an anonymous donor), which will go a long way in supporting RSYP programming.
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