{"id":635,"date":"2014-04-05T20:00:33","date_gmt":"2014-04-05T20:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/resources.wepc.org\/?page_id=635"},"modified":"2014-04-05T20:00:33","modified_gmt":"2014-04-05T20:00:33","slug":"positive-vibe-foundation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/resources.wepc.org\/?page_id=635","title":{"rendered":"Positive Vibe Foundation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/resources.wepc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Vibe_Foundation.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-654 alignright\" alt=\"Vibe_Foundation\" src=\"http:\/\/resources.wepc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Vibe_Foundation-300x140.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/resources.wepc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Vibe_Foundation-300x140.jpg 300w, https:\/\/resources.wepc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Vibe_Foundation-500x234.jpg 500w, https:\/\/resources.wepc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Vibe_Foundation.jpg 590w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Mission:<\/strong>\u00a0The Positive Vibe Cafe is a training restaurant that provides a facility for people with disabilities to learn basic food service skills, which will aid them to secure employment.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Who They Help: <\/strong>Individuals with disabilities who wish to learn.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong> Where:<\/strong><br \/>\n2825 Hathaway Road<br \/>\nRichmond,VA 23225<br \/>\nPhone: (804) 921-1629<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong> What:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Positive Vibe Foundation:<\/p>\n<p>The Positive Vibe Foundation (formerly, Get Lost MD (Muscular Dystrophy) Foundation)\u00a0prepares people with cognitive or physical disabilities for paid employment in the food service industry.\u00a0 We accomplish our mission by training and employing people with disabilities at Max\u2019s Positive Vibe Caf\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p>Positive Vibe Cafe:<\/p>\n<p>Since 2004, Positive Vibe Caf\u00e9 has trained over 400 students, all with scholarships. The training program aims to prepare students for the work world and includes basic food service skills; is hands-on, builds self-confidence and readies students for real world employment. Graduates of our training program also acquire skills in cleaning and sanitizing, proper use of kitchen utensils, food safety, commercial dish washing, communication in a work place, interviewing, and job seeking. The program typically lasts four weeks and culminates with a graduation ceremony. Each graduate, in the end, is prepared for job seeking, interviewing and working in the food service industry.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a title=\"Back to the Home Page\" href=\"http:\/\/resources.wepc.org\/\">Back to the Homepage<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mission:\u00a0The Positive Vibe Cafe is a training restaurant that provides a facility for people with disabilities to learn basic food service skills, which will aid them to secure employment. Who They Help: Individuals with disabilities who wish to learn. Where: &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/resources.wepc.org\/?page_id=635\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.wepc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/635"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.wepc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.wepc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.wepc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.wepc.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=635"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/resources.wepc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/635\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":655,"href":"https:\/\/resources.wepc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/635\/revisions\/655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.wepc.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}