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Assisting those advanced in recovery from addiction to transition back into the community, Richmond’s non-profit cafe Storeys is being lauded by customers.
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Storeys receives rave review from Avia
A new Richmond-based social enterprise is
getting rave reviews from its customers.
The latest praise for Storeys Cafe is
courtesy of Avia Employment Services, after the Storeys team catered the latter’s
fourth annual Disability Employment Month Forum and Tea on Sept. 25.
Lonnie Belfer, industry and community
relationship liaison for Avia, described Storeys service as being “exceptional.”
“Every year we look to enhance this event,”
Belfer said of the forum and tea held at the Pacific Autism Family Network’s
GoodLife Fitness Family Autism Hub on Sea Island. “
This yearit was an honour to include Storey’s Cafe as the caterers. The participants loved the food. From the presentation of each of the dishes and the wonderful demeanour of the catering staff, they truly added to the amazing day.”
Belfer said organizers from Avia (which as a
division of Back in Motion Rehab has been proudly providing WorkBC services to
local residents since 2012), were invited to a tasting at the cafe several
weeks earlier to help select the menu items for its function. He said that made
it easy to place the order.
“We could not have been more happy with the
experience at our forum,” Belfer concluded.
In recognition of BC Disability Employment
Month, Avia has provided the forum and tea as a way for service agencies and
those identifying with disabilities to share their stories of success.
The executive director of Turning Point
Recovery Society also proudly sends kudos Storeys’ way.
“Our team at Storeys Cafe has done an
extraordinary job during our first year to develop a fast, growing grassroots
cafe and catering business in the heart of Richmond,” said Brenda Plant,
executive director of Turning Point.
Spearheading the development of Storeys
within the award-winning Storeys Building complex, Plant noted the catering
business has been built by reaching out to community partners and colleagues.
“They’ve expanded the menu and developed a
first-class experience of food service, both within the cafe itself and at all
of the events we cater,” she said. “Clients from our primary and second stage
programs are benefiting from the transition to work program we offer to them
through Storeys Cafe. I congratulate the team on this most recent honour and
thank all of the corporate and community support we have received this year
with our new social enterprise.”
The Storeys Cafe and Catering team consists
of chef Jamie MacFarlane, assistant chef Elzbieta Dudzik, assistant manager
Emily Arcand, special projects workers Zayla Jones, Barista and Jillian
Richman, senior support worker Justin Yao, and cafe manager and team leader
Marnie Plant.
Storeys Café is an independent, non-profit
venture committed to assisting those advanced in recovery from addiction to
gain employment skills and transition back into community.
Storeys is open from 8 am to 4 pm weekdays at
8080 Anderson Rd.
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