Greenwich United Way Finance Champions celebrated the program’s fifth year with a visit to COBS Bread Bakery in Riverside.
Greenwich School middle school students enrolled in the Finance Champions life skills program at the Boys and Girls Club of Greenwich got a sweet treat and learned what it takes to run a successful local business from COBS Bread Bakery owners Louise, Tom and Rob Hyden who shared their collective insight about the special way that COBS Bakery makes breads with healthy ingredients.
Finance Champions are taught the importance of earning, saving and spending wisely. The COBS Bread Bakery visit provided ‘food for thought’ about future employment opportunities in the Greenwich community. Students also learned about the COBS process of preparing baked goods, the technology systems for operations, forecasting demand for different products and the importance of delivering excellent customer service.
“Both the Greenwich United Way and Boys & Girls Club of Greenwich are grateful for the team at COBS Bread Bakery taking time out of the busy work day to engage with local youth. Our Finance Champions were given the opportunity to witness first-hand how principles they’ve learned apply in real life, expanding their knowledge and future horizons,” said David Rabin, CEO of the Greenwich United Way.
The Hyden Family has raised three sons in Riverside and is a long-standing contributor to Greenwich and the greater Fairfield community, supporting local employment of young people at the bakery, offering a daily reserve of baked goods to local charities, and raising money for cancer research. COBS Bread Bakery regularly sponsors local youth sporting events feeding young athletes, parents and volunteers.
To learn more about becoming a volunteer this fall or supporting Finance Champions, contact Cecile Meunier, Champions Program Manager with the Greenwich United Way at [email protected] or 203-869-2256.
About Greenwich United Way
The Greenwich United Way (GUW) shares a name with approximately 1,200 other similar organizations across the nation, although the Greenwich, Connecticut division is a privately incorporated, locally governed, nonprofit agency. As a volunteer-driven organization, the Greenwich United Way exists to help identify and address the health, educational and self-sufficiency needs specific to its local community and to create and affect meaningful, lasting solutions. Through various fundraising efforts and on-going research, the organization is able to directly grant the funds necessary to accomplish this goal. The Greenwich United Way also invests in and conducts collaborative efforts to address broad-based community needs with partnering nonprofit agencies. For more information, visit https://greenwichunitedway.org, or follow us on Instagram and Facebook.