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WHO WE ARE

OUR MISSION

Our focus is supporting women with low income who are navigating barriers to employment and are motivated to transform their lives. Through our innovative nonprofit social enterprise, we prepare program participants for quality jobs that offer not just employment but pathways to opportunity, growth, and family-sustaining wages.

Our goal is that each woman who walks through our doors leaves with the tools and support needed to create a better future for herself, her family, and her community.

OUR VALUES

Together We Bake is guided by our values of Empowerment, Collaboration, Respect, Honesty, The Hustle, and Quality. 

OUR VISION

We help women recognize, demonstrate, and actualize the strength, talent, and confidence they already have within themselves. We believe that every woman possesses the power to transform her life, and we know that employment is a key pathway to that transformation.

Our Program

Our program is centered around a small baking business through which women actively learn and participate in food production, food safety education, and business administration. We also teach empowerment and life-skills classes to help women develop self-confidence, healthy coping strategies, and a strong support network as they move toward self-sufficiency. Each woman graduates job-ready and empowered. Upon passing the ServSafe exam, they also receive a nationally-recognized ServSafe certificate, resulting in preferential hiring and higher wages.

Together We Bake typically has four sessions per year (Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall). Each session is 8-10 weeks long and runs on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 9:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. If you are interested in becoming a Team Member, please click here. 

Spanish-Speaking Program: Together We Bake piloted a new program for Spanish-speaking women in Summer 2023! The expansion of Together We Bake's programming is helping meet the need in our community of Spanish-speaking women who otherwise would not be able to participate in our program. 

Future Spanish-speaking sessions are TBD. Please contact Together We Bake's Program Manager, Lisbeth, if you are interested in becoming a Team Member.

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Our Backstory

Co-founders Stephanie Wright and Tricia Sabatini first became friends through their children at Douglas MacArthur Elementary School. Their friendship grew as they became running partners and co-coached Girls on the Run. In 2011, while training for the Marine Corp Marathon, Tricia and Stephanie shared their dreams of helping women in their community. Stephanie has a background in social work and Tricia was operating a small baking business out of her home, so they decided to combine their strengths and create an innovative program to help women in need of a second chance. Over many miles and hours of training, the concept of Together We Bake was born.

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