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The flower shop is a program of the Homeless Alliance and an extension of the Curbside Chronicle, a magazine made for and sold by people experiencing homelessness in OKC.
Ranya Forgotson, director of the Curbside Chronicle, said 10 employees are currently taking part in the flower shop’s job skills program, which lasts about a year, in hopes of preparing employees for the workforce.
“It s kind of meant to be a next step for folks who have been in our Curbside magazine program and done really well, found success, ended their homelessness, moved back into housing and are now looking at more traditional forms of employment,” Forgotson said.
On the Town: Valentine’s treats to help spread the love By: Lillie-Beth Brinkman The Journal Record February 2, 2021
Lillie-Beth Brinkman
While you’re thinking about the perfect Valentine’s Day gift for a loved one, consider ordering flowers or cookies from one of three local nonprofit organizations that have figured out creative ways to help their clients directly while serving the public.
Yummy cookies
The newest such offering is Catalyst Cookies from ReMerge of Oklahoma County, a diversion program that works to help pregnant women and mothers who are facing incarceration transform their lives and stay out of prison.
Catalyst Cookies recently opened to provide home-baked cookies for the community and opportunities for the women in the ReMerge program. They are learning job skills while baking and managing the business, so your purchase invests in their future as well as that of this outstanding nonprofit.