LifeWORKS at the Library

Need to talk with a Career Specialist? Want to learn how to write a killer Résumé? What is a Cover Letter?

Use the following link to let the Napa County Library assist you in finding a job.

http://www.countyofnapa.org/library/lifeworks/

Culinary Training Program

Twenty-five students have successfully graduated from our Culinary School with many finding jobs!  We are pleased to announce that applications for Class Four of the Culinary School are being accepted until Wednesday, March 3^rd. The class begins Monday, March 8^th. Contact Drene Johnson at (707) 253-6100 ext. 102 for applications and more information.

The Culinary School offers a structured hands-on food service training program. It provides mentoring, teaches job and life skills, and challenges students to take charge of their lives. Some of the skills taught at the School include:

• Kitchen Safety & Sanitation
• Equipment & Knife Usage
• Cooking Principles & Techniques
• Produce, Meat, Fish & Supplies
• Stocks, Soups, & Sauces
• Menu Planning & Recipes

Applications for Class Five of the Culinary School will be accepted until June 1, 2010. Class Five begins June 7^th.

Kudos to Chef Michael Paik and the Culinary Training Program!

Chef Michael and the Culinary Training Program are featured in this week's Napa Register!

Excerpt:

"Michael Paik teaches the culinary program through Community Action Napa Valley, or CANV, which gives homeless and low income people an introduction to the food service industry.

Give a man a fish and he eats one time. Teach a man to fish and he eats for a lifetime.

Thinking along similar lines, Michael Paik, a veteran chef, has committed himself to teaching kitchen skills to homeless and other low-income people in Napa County who are having trouble feeding themselves, not to mention putting a roof over their heads. When the students graduate from Paik’s three-month culinary course, they are equipped to get self-supporting, entry level jobs in Napa Valley restaurants."

Read the full article at the Napa Register site...

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Want to hear from you about social issues that maybe impacting you and  your family.  We are seeing increases in families needing housing and more people at the Food Bank.  Foreclosures and loss of jobs are have hit this community and we are anticipating serving more people this year.  Let's hear from you especially if you are in this situation.

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Here at CANV we are back after the holidays and looking forward to a great year.  Our best wishes to our friends and supports for a prosperous year.  All the individuals, families, children, sick, disabled and in need that came to our programs received the services they needed and more.  The Staff , Volunteers and the Community came together to make wishes come true.   We at CANV look forward to a New Year and New Goals.