ST. CYPRIAN’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH

MEDIA CONTACT: WILL SCOTT,

The Reverend Will Scott, wills@gracecathedral.org, 415-987-3029

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

November 24, 2010

ORINDA EPISCOPAL CHURCH GIVES GENEROUS GRANT TO

HISTORIC MISSION IN SAN FRANCISCO

St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Orinda has awarded an outreach grant of $7,500 to St.

Cyprian’s Episcopal Church in San Francisco to help with its community kitchen

renovation. The repair of St. Cyprian’s kitchen will help children and families in the

Western Addition and North of the Panhandle neighborhood by providing a clean, safe,

and productive space for the preparation of nutritious community meals, food for an

after-school and summer program for at-risk youth, and support for low-income culinary

entrepreneurs. Extensive renovations are needed to make the kitchen usable and create

enough space for the programs the church seeks to serve; total cost of the project is

estimated at $50,000.

At the encouragement of Barbara Bisel, an active member of St. Stephen’s, the grant was

put together by the St. Cyprian’s kitchen team of Jennifer Wolfe, Tiffany Davis, Gigi

Smith, and University of San Francisco student intern Madelene Parks. In preparation for

the remodel, an assessment was completed by Chef Jean-Marc Fullsack, executive chef

of the Hospitality Industry Management Program at USF. He offered suggestions for

space use and layout and his expertise in legal-compliance issues for commercial

kitchens.

St. Cyprian’s seeks to raise additional funds through grants and donor gifts. Both church

communities hope that St. Stephen's generous donation serves as inspiration for

additional parish-to-mission partnerships, and that other churches in San Francisco and

around the region will join us in supporting our kitchen renovation.

Founded in 1923 in the Chapel of Grace at Grace Cathedral, St. Cyprian’s is a unique

multicultural community in the heart of San Francisco rooted in the African-

American/Caribbean experience. Today the church is reaching out in new ways,

becoming more and more a community space hosting recovery groups, safety trainings,

workshops, youth events, and other activities.

For additional information, please contact the Reverend Will Scott, cathedral missioner to

St. Cyprian’s Episcopal Church, at wills@gracecathedral.org or 415-987-3029. St.

Cyprian’s is located at 2097 Turk Street, San Francisco, California 94115.