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The Enterprising Kitchen

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The Enterprising Kitchen (TEK), a nonprofit social enterprise, provides workforce development and support services to lower-income women working toward self-sufficiency and economic independence. Within the context of a business where they manufacture natural soaps and spa products under the brand name Choices from The Enterprising Kitchen, women receive intensive workforce preparation and skills development including: paid employment, work and life skills training, individualized career planning, high school equivalency preparation, technology training and financial planning.

Located in Chicago, TEK enables women who have been unemployed and underemployed to maximize their individual potential and move into sustainable employment after 6 months. Each product includes the mission statement on its label and is signed by the woman who packages it. Through TEK’s social enterprise, participants have the opportunity to work in all aspects of this growing enterprise, including manufacturing, customer service, direct sales, assembly, production as well as shipping and receiving.

The Urban EscapeThe Urban Escape

The Urban Escape set is an elegant, abundant and daring collection of our most sophisticated products. Packed in a custom Fair Trade natural wood box (black), it includes: a 6 oz. cube of glycerin soap, an 8 oz. bottle of shower gel, a 4 oz. bottle of organic body oil, a soy candle, a natural loofah scrub, and 1 packet of bath tea.

Item #: URBESC
MSRP: $40.00

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Helping Hands

Good and Green Products can add new meaning to your incentive programs and are good for business. From gourmet brownies to spa gift sets, utilizing products that were manufactured by a social purpose business creates added value for the sponsoring company and the recipient, while giving back to the community.

Helping Hand Rewards serves as a conduit and a catalyst between social purpose businesses that produce merchandise and incentive companies. Helping Hand Rewards builds relationships between businesses seeking to demonstrate their commitment to supporting socially responsible initiatives and the grassroots organizations that create opportunities for people to improve their lives. The following organizations operate social purpose businesses that manufacture world-class products available for a wide range of incentive programs. Each organization can provide products in bulk or can drop ship directly to customers. 

Last Updated ( Friday, 29 January 2010 10:58 )