A Hunger to Help ; a Love for Cooking and for People Keeps Volunteer Extraordinaire in the Kitchen

Gazette, The; Colorado Springs, Colo. › February 24, 2005

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Stephanie Cardwell has a brand-new kitchen. She has a freezer and pantry full of food, and she gets to indulge her passion for cooking almost every day.

Yes, she's one happy cook -- and it's not even her kitchen.

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A Hunger to Help ; a Love for Cooking and for People Keeps Volunteer Extraordinaire in the Kitchen

Cardwell is one of four volunteers who cook at Urban Peak Colorado Springs, a transitional shelter for homeless 15- to 19- year-olds that opened Nov. 29 at 423 E. Cucharras St. She's also planning a culinary training program to teach the teens basic skills that can land them restaurant jobs. "There was such a need here to help teens and give them a way to make a life on their own," says Cardwell, who hopes to start the classes in March. While she works on getting funding for the culinar...

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