Salad Creations a great success & ServSafe@ Certified

The owner of the Salad Creations Restaurant in Harrisonburg drove to Charlottesville last month for the food safety class offered by RBCI,the Center for faith-based and community learning. We are proud to add them to our list of clients, especially because of the strong corporate culture centered around eating healthy.

Over the years we have had many opportunities to serve clients like Salad Creations and Whole Foods Market. Whole Foods certified a dozen people through our class a few years ago and now does all of their training in house. We are glad to have had the privilege to get started with them on the right side of the food safety issue.

Also from Harrisonburg was a young lady who was completing her Hospitality Management degree requirements and taking the ServSafe@ class to get her degree. No matter what the reason, we are glad to help in anyway to make sure food is served safely. So, as is our motto: "we serve our very best, one client at a time".

RBCI / new members of the Center for Nonprofit Excellence

The Center for faith-based and community learning located in Charlottesville, Virginia now has membership status in the Center for Nonprofit Excellence. We consider this to be a great opportunity for our staff,clients, and board members. They will gain access to a vast amount of information in a one stop environment via the many seminars and workshops offered every month by CNE.

More importantly having the privilege of holding our food safety classes at the CNE conference space at 1701-A Allied Street is an absolute blessing. Great networking opportunities are available with the many non-profits and clients there. One on one advise is also given whenever their staff and/or volunteers can help.

The ServSafe@ Food Safety class is scheduled for once a month; for information go to www.servsafe.com, or call Chef Ralph at 434-806-9762. This is a one day class with the exam given at the end of the day. Discounts are available for non-profits and low income persons through a grant from the Bama Works Fund at the Charlottesville Area Community Foundation.

Procurement Services at UVa / Frank Fountain

The Center for faith-based and community learning located in Charlottesville, Virginia congratulates Frank Fountain for passing the ServSafe@ Food Safety Course. Frank who is a Buyer Specialist for UVa Procurement Services made the highest score in last months class.

"Procurement Services is responsible for the entire procurment process for academic and adminstrative departments at the University".

For more information on procurement at the University of Virginia call 434-982-3092 or go to www.virginia.edu/procurement.

Chef Ralph / "Toys for Tots" at K Mart

The Center for faith-based and community learning in Charlottesville, Virginia would like to thank Chef Ralph Brown and the many brave Americans that have served our country well.

Especially during this 2010 Holiday Season in support of the Annual "Toys for Tots" Campaign. As a part of that mission Chef Ralph joined with other volunteers at the local K Mart store in Charlottesville on "Black Friday" to collect toys for needy children.

In addition to the US Marine Corps, and the US Navy servicemen(in uniform);there were volunteers for both the US Air Force and the US Army. This was a very successful campaign and we thank all of the volunteers and customers who participated with generous donations and toys.

Chef Ralph / "Proud Member" / ACF

The Center for faith-based and community learning located in Charlottesville, Virginia.is proud to announce that our Certified Food Safety Instructor Chef Ralph Brown Sr is a "proud member" of the American Culinary Federation. In fact Chef Ralph has been a member of the ACF and the local Blue Ridge Chefs Association since 2003.

The ACF has over 10,000 members around the world, and is "the Authority On Cooking In America". Congratulations to Chef Ralph for his continued commitment to excellence.

Keshia Barnett, New Administrative Assistant / Apprentice / RBC Institute

The Center for faith-based and community learning located in Charlottesville, Virginia takes great pleasure in welcoming Keshia Barnett Wert as our newest Apprentice and Staff Volunteer. Keshia will serve as an Administrative Assistant to Chef Ralph Brown Sr, and supervise many of our non-profit and catering functions.

Keshia passed the ServSafe@ Manager Certification Course last month and will join the American Culinary Federation (ACF) on November 1, 2010. Her goal is to become a Personal Chef and to own and her own business. She has already assisted Chef Brown with local functions like the VOP Social Justice Bowl, we are very proud of her performance.

Congratulations again to Keshia for making such a very fine and positive career choice.

RBCI is Piedmont Workforce Network /Certified for 2010

The Center for faith-based and community learning located in Charlottesville, Virginia announces re-certification by the Piedmont Workforce Network for the period 2010-2011. The RBC Institute, Inc is a certified and approve State-wide Training Provider in the Workforce Network.

We currently only certify clients in one course that is a food safety course called ServSafe@ Manager Certification owned by the National Restaurant Association Solutions, LLC. How ever we look forward to expanding our course offerings in the future.

For more information on the Piedmont Workforce Network go to www.piedmontworkforce.net .