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The Enterprising Kitchen is a Fair Trade nonprofit organization located in BuzzFlash's hometown of Chicago. Yes, and they are absolutely wonderful in carrying out their mission and producing high quality products.
According to The Enterprising Kitchen, "Our cold process bars are made from a blend of natural oils, including moisturizing shea butter, olive, palm, coconut, and soybean oils, and wheat germ oil, known for its soothing and antioxidant properties. Each bar is infused with essential oils for a perfect sensory experience, is gentle to the skin and wonderfully fragrant.
The Enterprising Kitchen (TEK), a nonprofit social enterprise, provides workforce development and support services to women who are working toward self-sufficiency and economic independence. Within the context of a business where natural soaps and spa products are manufactured, women receive intensive workforce preparation and skills development including: paid employment, work and life skills training, individualized career planning, high school equivalency preparation, technology training, financial planning and a variety of other support services. Located in Chicago, the social enterprise enables lower-income women who have been unemployed and underemployed to maximize their individual potential and move into sustainable employment after 6-12 months. The Enterprising Kitchen was founded in 1996 and recently relocated to a larger, more efficient training and production facility located in Chicago's Ravenswood industrial corridor.
The Choices line of natural soaps and spa products from The Enterprising Kitchen consists of exclusive recipes created to provide a soothing, naturally cleansing and relaxing feeling for your body and your soul. TEK uses only the finest ingredients and purest essential oils to ensure the best experience and value for our customers. All products are manufactured in small batches on site at the Chicago facility. Each product includes the mission statement on its label and is signed by the woman who packages it. Choices from The Enterprising Kitchen represent the renewed ability for women participants to make better choices on the road to self-sufficiency as well as the opportunity for TEK customers to choose to purchase these exceptional natural products, which directly support women. The Enterprising Kitchen is a member of the Fair Trade Federation. TEK products are sold in over 300 stores across the U.S., online and at TEK's Chicago facility.
Their Approach. The high quality of TEK products is a testament to the women participants in The Enterprising Kitchen's workforce development programs. Workforce preparation at TEK is experiential, utilizing the issues that arise in the day-to-day operations of the business as a basis for learning. TEK's nontraditional curriculum is designed to provide opportunities within a collaborative, creative and self-reflective context for women to experience and build upon their individual and collective strengths. Their unique approach emanates from the strength and potential of women seeking financially secure and economically independent lives � for themselves and the families they are supporting.
Through TEK's social enterprise, participants have the opportunity to work in all aspects of this growing enterprise, including manufacturing, customer service, direct sales, assembly, production as well as shipping and receiving. This wide range of experience and opportunity helps women become more competitive in today's job market. The enterprise enables women to maximize their individual potential and move into sustainable employment upon completion of 6 months of the training program.
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