| On her last day with The Interfaith Food Shuttles Culinary Job Training Program, Sunshine Beard, 27, of Raleigh, prepares a tomato and cucumber salad for the graduation luncheon at the facility in Raleigh. "I was nervous," she said, "that I wasn't going to complete or pass it when I first started." Now that she has accomplished both she said that, "I'm more self motived and have more self esteme. Although she hasn't lined-up a permanent job, she has 5-6 leads she's persuing. All of the 6 students who participated in the 12 week program, which was started in 1998, contributed their own ideas for the buffet-style menu. |
