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Steps to Success
We measure success one life at a time. And ultimately, our hope is to enable as many people as we can to find steady jobs, and a steady life. But there are many steps to [...]
CookWell FAQs
How did the idea for this project originate? A: CookWell, and the Lawrenceville Job-Training Partnership (LJTP), came to be as a result of the Presbyterian Church of Lawrenceville’s strategic planning process in 2014-17. Q: [...]
Celebration Lunch for Cycle 1
CookWell held its very first graduation celebration (and final exam meal) on Friday, January 25. Over 40 persons, many friends from our partners and from The Presbyterian Church of Lawrenceville, attended. On the menu: seared [...]
Chef Frank Wins NJ State Salsa Cook-Off
Chef Frank, celebrating his victory Last Friday, our CookWell trainees had a crash course in how to prepare forty pounds of mango salsa in under four hours. It was a lesson in patience, with each [...]
What is the Lawrenceville Job-Training Partnership?
The Lawrenceville Job-Training Partnership (LJTP) is a collaboration, begun in 2018 by the Presbyterian Church of Lawrenceville, to provide job training for returning citizens. LJTP's initial job-training program was called CookWell. CookWell was a [...]