5 for Good: Pine Street Inn’s iCater program helps transform lives [Video]

Philip Hall knows his way around a commercial kitchen thanks to the training he received from Pine Street Inn’s iCater program.”The iCater program has definitely boosted my confidence,” Hall said. “I have a voice now. I’m doing different stuff in the kitchen. I’m cooking for the staff and also for the guests.”Hall said he sought shelter and services at Pine Street Inn at the urging of his family and friends during a low point.”My anxiety, my depression just got the best of me,” he said. “I thought I wasn’t going to make it, and if I wasn’t here, I don’t know where I would be right now.”Melanie Cevetello, a registered dietician, runs iCater. The culinary job training program has been helping to transform lives of shelter guests for more than 20 years.She explained that iCater not only involves hands-on instruction and safety training in the kitchen but also teaches wellness …