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The summer has gotten off to a great start! On Wednesday, July 6th, 23 students graduated from our most recent Business Development Training Class in King County. We had a potluck graduation ceremony at our office to celebrate these new clients.
Maya Sullivan, our instructor (pictured handing out graduation certificates to the right), just completed teaching her 16th class with Washington CASH! She has instructed almost every King county class for the past 4 years and the graduates from her class have nothing but extremely positive things to say about her and her enthusiastic teaching style. Thanks Maya!
The training doesn't stop with
this initial business development training. This summer alone (between
June and August) Washington CASH is holding 15
advanced training workshops for our clients. These workshops include topics
such as: Accessing Credit (taught by a volunteer from US Bank), Understanding
your Credit Report (taught by an instructor from Boeing Employees Credit
Union), Financing Your Business (taught by a volunteer mentor), Marketing
with Publisher (taught by our own Program Coordinator
We'd love to tell you about our programs in the way YOU want to hear about them! Please let us know if you'd like to come and visit our business groups, have coffee, meet with a board member, teach a workshop, meet with a client, or join a committee. Thanks for all your support!
Sincerely, Melany Brown Executive Director
Washington CASH Clients Featured in Puget Sound Business Journal!
To read these articles, follow the following links. You must complete a free registration to the PSBJ online in order to read the articles:
Kristi Brown-Wokoma "Small Bites"
Starbucks UPS Safeco
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Maddy
Frey pictured to the left), Business Taxes, Financials with Excel, E-Commerce,
and more, all taught by staff, interns, and dedicated volunteers. The
workshops have impressive results. In the Publisher class that Maddy taught,
all 5 participants were interested in making business cards. Less than
2 hours after the workshop began, each client had his or her own stack
of cards printed and ready to distribute to market their businesses.
Kristi
Brown-Wokoma and Shelly Robbins both completed the Washington CASH business
training class, participated in business groups, and took out loans. Kristi's
catering business started in 1999 with a $500 loan from Washington CASH.
These amazing women have become very profitable business owners. In order
to be featured in the Puget Sound Business Journal small business section,
a business has to have grossed over $200,000 in the past year. Congratulations
Washington CASH clients Kristi and Shelly for the recognition you have
received for your businesses!