On Monday, May 29th we heard from Christina Fowler, Executive Director &
Erin MacKenney, Job Developer of the Learning Exchange
on how we can all help strengthen our community by
providing support, skills and meaningful employment to those in need.
Christina Fowler
Erin MacKenney
You can learn more about the Learning Exchange HERE .
Christina Fowler, the Executive Director of the Saint John Learning Exchange, and Erin MacKenney, job developer spoke to #RotarySJ today.
This non profit agency works to reduce poverty by helping people get and keep jobs.
They have been in operation for 33 years and have 27 employees.
They run 3 of their own social enterprises - Voila Cleaning Service, Stone Soup Catering, and Impact Market.
The learning exchange has over 400 clients per year and helped 168 people secure jobs in the past two years.
Talk about Social Return on Investment - The Saint John Learning Exhange says it's making a 5 dollar ROI on every dollar invested by government!