Seeking Adult Staff 

Cookie Cart is gearing up for the busy holiday season!  Please help spread the word about our opening for a temporary adult sales assistant.  Follow this link to view the position posting. 

Whether you have an obligation to do community service or complete volunteer hours for work or school, or you just have some free time on your hands, Cookie Cart is the place for an awesome volunteer experience! You can work directly alongside the 14-17 year-olds who operate the bakery, helping to scoop dough, pack cookies or wash dishes. Even if you don't want to work with teens, we have opportunities for you. It's a great chance to learn more about Cookie Cart, experience a commercial bakery, or just meet some new people. Opportunities available for 2-10 hours/week, Monday-Friday from 9:00 am - 7:00 pm. Email Leah Jasper if you're interested at ljasper@cookiecart.org.

Thank you!  

If you attended Cookie Cart's Annual Chefs' Dinner last year, you know this is an event not to be missed!  Local chefs' from the Arts Institute International, along with Chef Pat Weber, work together to create a brilliant, fall-inspired menu, served as a five-course dinner and wine-paring. Hors D'ouevres are served during the silent auction, which contains a variety of items from local vendors including dining, spa and relaxation, entertainment and sports.  

This is a chance to hear from current and former youth employees of Cookie Cart on their experience in the youth employment training program. In addition, Cookie Cart is proud to be presenting the second Sister Jean Thuerauf Community Service Award to one of our partner organizations.

November 13th, 2011 - 5:30 pm

Art Institutes International

For more information on tickets, silent auction donations and sponsorship, please contact Anna Bregier, (612) 521.0855 x106, abregier@cookiecart.org. Seating is limited so reserve your tickets today!   

Cookie Cart's adult bakery staff have chosen Sua Yang as October's "Rising Star" of the month!  While Sua has only been a youth employee at Cookie Cart for 6 months, he has gone from being "just a rookie" to being a responsible team member who is always on time and working hard.   Program Director, Ms. Richardson, has seen Sua become more comfortable around his peers and asking more questions at work. He is currently participating in Cookie Cart's 360 Degree Program. 

Click here to read Sua Yang's Rising Star Profile.   

So far this year, Cookie Cart has been able to give 83 youth from North Minneapolis their first paid-job experience.  This is an important opportunity to experience successful employment during a time where unemployment rates among youth are higher than they have ever been.  In addition, teenagers like Sua Yang, this month's Rising Star, are building resumes, learning responsibility and gaining confidence by participating in Cookie Cart's classroom programs. You can help us reach our goal of employing 120 youth this year by making a donation of $25 today. Remember, all donations to the Cookie Cart are tax deductable.

Cookie Cart is gearing up for the busy holiday season.  In order to make enough cookies and continue to offer experiential employment training, we will be hiring 25+ new teens to work in the bakery.  In fact, over the next two weeks, we'll be conducting interviews with teens every day. We always have more applicants than we do positions, so we want to make sure job seekers are R.E.A.D.Y. - Responsible, Energetic, maintain Academic Achievement, Dedicated and have a "Yes" attitude.

The need for Cookie Cart's employment training program has grown over the years. Nearly all teens who apply for a job have no previous work experience, making it difficult to get a job. Cookie Cart offers a first paid-job experience along with job skills including advanced work-readiness preparation and customer service training. Interested applicants, ages  14-16, should visit the Cookie Cart bakery in person to request a job application - Monday-Friday between 3pm-6pm.   

Cookie Cart, 1119 West Broadway Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55411.

Cookie Cart would like to welcome two new members to our adult team.

Leah Jasper, joins Cookie Cart as the  Bakery Program Manager.  Leah  supervises 50 youth employees and manages the daily bakery operations. She has lived in the community for four years and considers North Minneapolis her home. She plans on staying to watch her youth succeed in high school and college and looks forward to throwing confetti in the air at graduation celebrations. While living here, she has been involved with Urban Homeworks, Project for Pride in Living, Minneapolis Parks & Recreation and Sanctuary Covenant Church.  

In her free time, Leah enjoys anything that involves food. Her favorite cookie is English Toffee.

In addition, Cookie Cart has recently added a Grants Manager, Marit Mechels. Her experience includes ten years of fundraising, relationship building and grants management at a local youth mentoring program, where she was responsible for a portfolio of corporate, foundation and government funders.

In her free time, Marit enjoys spending time with her family and 12 year old beagle Lilly, cooking, reading and watching movies. Her favorite cookie is Peanut Butter Chocolate Chunk.

We couldn't do it without you!

Matt, Ann, Katie, Taronda, Leah, Anna and Marit  

and Cookie Cart youth employees