RBC Community Development

Rev. Ralph Brown announces a new initiative, the first African-American home buyer program focusing on the needs of the African-American community in Charlottesville, Virginia. The program will start with first time home buyer courses, but will also seek to “stop the bleeding,” educating existing families on the need to hold on to their property and pass it on to the next generation.

BankAmerica will partner with RBC Institute to present the home buyer course beginning Wednesday, June 20th from six to seven p.m. The first class will be at the V.O.P. building at 703 Concord Avenue in the Rose Hill neighborhood. The second class will be held on July 11th from six to seven p.m. at BankAmerica’s office in Barracks Road office. For more information and to sign up, contact Gloria Moore at 806-7099 or Dawn Brindle at 963-2907. The public is cordially invited to attend.

A Special Teen

A SPECIAL TEEN: Perrie Anderson, age 15, is an honor roll student at Buford Middle School. Perrie serves as the only youth representative in District One of the Community Builders Network of Virginia, which covers most of north and central Virginia. She recently participated in the Network’s conference in January, in Richmond, and the statewide “Prevention Comes First/Kidsafe Conference” sponsored by the governor’s office of Substance Abuse Prevention. Her work with the network has given her an opportunity to help others by being a mentor for other teens. She recently won the Annual C. H. Brown Centennial Award for community service.

To set up a special interview with Perrie or one of the event’s guest speakers contact Rev. Ralph Brown at 434-806-7099.

Schedule of ServSafe® classes in Culpeper

RBC Institute announces that as of today there will be ServSafe® classes in Culpeper through the Germanna Center for Advanced Technology scheduled for June 19th, July 17th, August 21st, September 18th, October 16th, November 16, December 17th. This course prepares food service managers, who need food safety training, to prepare for certification, recertification, or to refresh knowledge of accepted food safety practices. You review updates from the FDA Food Code, as well as industry best practices. The certification exam is administered at the end of the course. Chef Brown is the instructor and test administrator. You can sign up with Chef Brown directly through www.rbcinstitute.com or through Germanna Community College. The ServSafe® class or equivalent knowledge is required by at least one staffer per shift in every restaurant in Virginia.

Putting It All Together For Our Youth, 2006-2007

RBC Institute will be sponsoring the first annual Region One Community Builders Network of Virginia conference, Friday, June 8th from noon to 8pm at the Monticello Event and Conference Center in Charlottesville, Virginia. The focus of the conference will be on jobs and job training for teenagers and the theme will be “Putting it all together for our youth 2006-2007.” The price of admission is one job for a teenager or one teenager for a job.

There will be a panel at noon with five speakers who will speak for fifteen minutes, and then sit to entertain questions from the public. The speakers will be Freddie Simons, Director Community Builders Network of Virginia: My Dream for the Community Builders Network of Virginia; Harold Folley, Organizer, Virginia Organizing Project: Living in Public Housing in Charlottesville; Maxine Holland, Founder, Men on a Mission; Chris Winstead-Derlega, Educator, Aids Services Group: Aids Prevention; and Rory Carpenter, Juvenile Justice Coordinator, Charlottesville/Albemarle Commission on Children and Families: Youth Development Network. A buffet lunch will be served by youth from the DASH Program.

The evening will consist of some gospel music by the local group called “God’s Anointed” as well as the State Farm Gospel Choir, a dinner meal at 5:00 pm, and a keynote speech from Commissioner Pamela O’Berry Evans of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board at 5:30 pm. Other featured guests will be officers from the Community Builders Network of Virginia statewide, local businesses and community leaders. The public is cordially invited to attend, especially youth who are interested in jobs and job training in the food service industry.

Robinsons Tavern partnership with RBC Institute

Robinsons Tavern is the newest partner with RBC Institute to provide jobs and training for our youth. Robinsons Tavern has made a solid commitment to employing young people between the ages of 14 and 18 in its restaurant. This is a mission that is very important to Chef Brown, Executive Director of the RBC Institute since it is in full accord with the new National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation initiative to seek more employment and job training opportunities for young people.

Chef Brown is a certified instructor with the National Restaurant Association and teaches ServSafe certification at the Germanna Community College. The hope of this partnership is that we will create tomorrow’s chefs and restaurant owners by instilling sound policies and procedures in our young people today. This can only happen if restaurants like Robinsons Tavern make the kind of commitment they have made to give employment opportunities to our youth.

ServSafe® Manager Certification Training

This course prepares food service managers, who need food safety training to prepare for certification, recertification, or to refresh knowledge of accepted food safety practices. You review current updates to the FDA Food Code, as well as industry best practices. The certification exam is administered at the end of the course.

The next ServSafe® class held through the auspices of Germanna Community College will be on Tuesday, June 12th, 2007. Additional classes will be held monthly in Charlottesville, Culpeper, and Fredericksburg. See the ServSafe class locator for more details. Sign up using the email form below.

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Hospitality and Restaurant Management

To make better restaurant, hospitality and food service managers, professionals need the best tools. The National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation (NRAEF) has designed this class to complement the ServSafe® class. The course is designed to be comprehensive and relevant, preparing you for the needs of the restaurant, hospitality, and food service industry. There is strong emphasis on interpersonal communication, ethics, and a list of competency-based topics reflecting real-world needs of this dynamic industry. You are also provided with management and leadership practice.

The first of four consecutive ManageFirst® classes will start June 14th at Robinson’s Tavern in Locust Grove, Virginia. All classes are taught through the auspices of Germanna Community College.

The Potato Project (in pictures)

The Potato Project

The Potato Project through the Society of St. Andrew delivers slightly imperfect sweet potatoes to low income housing areas, local churches, and other neighborhoods through the auspices of C. H. Brown Christian Center.

New Beginning

RBC Institute, Inc. is a center for faith-based and community learning located in Charlottesville, Virginia. Our service region runs from Charlottesville north to Washington, DC including the communities of Harrisonburg, Culpeper, Fredericksburg, Locust Grove, Dumfries and Manassas. We provide services in food industry jobs, low-income housing, and religious training. We deliver services through a series of conferences, seminars and workshops held throughout the region.