Growing Home, Inc provides transitional employment and training to Chicagoans who have multiple barriers to employment, such as, having been previously homeless or incarcerated. Through a social enterprise business based on organic agriculture, Growing Home's job training program assists individuals in securing permanent and unsubsidized employment. Their program provides experiential learning opportunities and employment in a local economy, as well as a unique job readiness curriculum that helps reintroduce participants back into the workforce. Follow them on twitter @GrowingHome and Facebook.

2010: Developed an outreach strategy to drive ticket sales, donation items and press for the annual fundraising Gala.

2011: Planned + Produced, along with the internal team and board, a brand aligned fundraising gala. The event included 5 celebrity chefs preparing the various courses using produce from the Growing Home farms as well as over 30 volunteer servers for a 175 person, seated, 3-course dinner. No big deal.