Ben & Jerry's 'Rocks' the House with Common Ground PartnerShop; Rockefeller Center Scoop Shop Will Make a Difference One Scoop at a Time.Business Editors NOTE TO MEDIA: Photo is available in a Smart News Release(TM) on Business Wire's Home Page at www.businesswire.com SOUTH BURLINGTON South Burlington, city (1990 pop. 12,809), Chittenden co., NW Vt., on Lake Champlain; inc. 1971. Electronic equipment, skiing equipment, and medical instruments are manufactured. Burlington International Airport is there. , Vt.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 25, 2000 Ben & Jerry's is bringing its "Caring Capitalism" concept to midtown Manhattan with the opening of a new PartnerShop(R)--its ninth in the U.S. and the third such venture to debut in the Big Apple. A ribbon-cutting ceremony celebrating the Rockefeller Center Rockefeller Center, complex of buildings in central Manhattan, New York City, between 48th and 51st streets and Fifth Ave. and the Ave. of the Americas (Sixth Ave.). The project was sponsored by John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Scoop Shop is scheduled for Friday, May 26th at 10 A.M at the Summer Garden Cafe at Rockefeller Plaza. Immediately after, follow the fun to the PartnerShop and experience the store's "first scoop" first-hand. Ben & Jerry's co-founders Ben Cohen Ben Cohen may refer to:
He was born in Brooklyn, New York. He graduated from Oberlin College, where he followed a pre-med curriculum. will be on hand for the event, which promises to be a sweet occasion for everyone. Located on the Concourse Level of 30 Rockefeller Plaza, this Ben & Jerry's Scoop Shop offers more than Chubby Hubby For the Ben & Jerry's ice cream flavor, see . Chubby Hubby or Aun Koh (born 1972) is a blogger from Singapore, whose blog is the most popular food blog in Singapore. His blog consists of dining reviews, travelling, wine and recipes for baking and cooking. (R) and Chunk Monkey(R). The shop is owned and operated by Common Ground, a not-for-profit organization that specializes in creating innovative solutions to homelessness, and currently manages over 1200 units of supportive housing Supportive housing is designed to support individuals, not just socially but with basic life skills. Housing is coupled with social services such as job training, alcohol and drug abuse programs and case management. for low-income and formerly homeless individuals. Visit http://www.commonground.org/docs/Rock_Benjerrys.html for more! The folks at Common Ground are seasoned scoopers--the organization's Times Square PartnerShop has offered job training opportunities there since its doors opened in 1994. "Common Ground has done a wonderful job with the Times Square PartnerShop," says Jerry Greenfield. "It's great that they're taking it on the road to Rockefeller Center." "Common Ground is an asset to the city," adds Ben Cohen. "Anything we can do to help them expand their efforts is a pleasure." Common Ground, profiled on CBS' 60 Minutes and featured in countless publications, has an award-winning job training program. Trainees in the six month program gain the skills necessary for competitive employment through a combination of paid on-the-job training, career development workshops and classes, mentoring and vocational counseling. Asiabar Harris, graduate of Common Ground's job training program at the Times Square Ben & Jerry's and now full-time Common Ground employee, describes his experience as being a critical period for self-transformation. "Working in a Scoop Shop was a great experience," reflects Asiabar, "It really helped me build both the skills and the self-esteem I needed to succeed in the workplace." Common Ground COO Muzzy muz·zy adj. muz·zi·er, muz·zi·est 1. Mentally confused; muddled. 2. Blurred; indistinct. [Origin unknown. Rosenblatt, who will join Ben and Jerry for the May 26th ceremony, adds, "Ben & Jerry's is a valued partner in Common Ground's efforts to restore independence and stability to the lives of individuals with histories of homelessness. With Ben & Jerry's help, Common Ground will train and place over seventy individuals in jobs this year. Now, with our second PartnerShop, we will only do more. That's the scoop!" ABOUT COMMON GROUND Common Ground Community HDFC HDFC Housing Development Finance Corporation (India) HDFC Housing Development Fund Corporations (New York City limited-equity, low income, housing cooperatives) HDFC Huntington's Disease Family Center is a not-for-profit corporation A not-for-profit corporation is a corporation created by statute, government or judicial authority that is not intended to provide a profit to the owners or members. A corporation that is organized to provide profits to its owners or members is a for-profit corporation. that develops innovative solutions to homelessness. Common Ground's approach is to provide inventive affordable housing that integrates comprehensive social and employment services and a supportive community to ensure that individuals remain stable and housed. Common Ground pioneers new approaches aimed at attaining its ultimate goal of ending homelessness. Common Ground Community was founded in 1990 to transform The Times Square from a dilapidated commercial single-room occupancy (SRO See Self-regulatory organization. SRO See self-regulatory organization (SRO). ) hotel into permanent supportive housing for 652 low-income, special needs and previously homeless single adults. Since that time, Common Ground's housing activities have expanded to include management of The Aurora, a 178 unit low-income apartment building on West 57th West 57th can refer to:
Common Ground's affiliate, the Common Ground Job Training Corporation, provides comprehensive job training programs, job placement and ongoing employment assistance to supportive housing tenants across New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . Common Ground owns and operates several businesses, including two Ben & Jerry's PartnerShops and Top of the Times, a catering and special events space on the fifteenth floor of the Times Square Hotel. ABOUT BEN & JERRY'S Ben & Jerry's produces a wide variety of super premium ice cream, ice cream novelties, low fat ice cream, low fat yogurt, sorbet and frozen smoothies, using Vermont dairy products and high quality, all natural ingredients. The company is committed to using milk and cream that have not been treated with the synthetic hormone, rBGH. Ben and Jerry's products are distributed nationwide and in selected foreign countries in supermarkets, grocery stores, convenience stores, franchise Ben & Jerry's scoop shops, restaurants and other venues. Ben & Jerry's operates its business on a three-part mission statement emphasizing product quality, economic reward and a commitment to the community. Ben & Jerry's gives 7.5% of its pre-tax profits back to the community through corporate philanthropy that is primarily employee led. For more information visit www.benjerry.com and www.commonground.org. Note: A Photo is available at URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. :http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?pw.052500/bb1 |
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