Providing lasting and meaningful work, life and leadership skills to teens through

experience and training in an urban nonprofit bakery.

Anne Johnson, Chairperson

Tim Engeldinger, Treasurer

Susan MacHolda, Secretary

Dr. William Barrier

James Berg

Al Fan

Christie Grandbois

Rochelle Gunn

Dan Jackson

Mary Kloehn

Susan Kujava

Jessica Lukensow

Fran McCloskey

Christopher Pham

Alissa Raddatz

Allison Rojas

Derek Weatherford

Dear friends, I have been at Cookie Cart over 9 years now and when I think about where we are today, I can’t help but reflect on how far the program has come. I see the most change in the young people. What started as a place for teens to work in North Minneapolis has become a dynamic youth development program offer-ing a range of experience for teens, from on the job skills training to classroom learning and community engagement. Cookie Cart’s goal is to expand world views of urban teens, so they envision a brighter future for themselves. Through our program, they have real ownership in the success of Cookie Cart and the way it strengthens our community. What happens from the moment a teenager comes into Cookie Cart to ask for an application to the time they leave for next job is astonishing. We see teens transform right before our eyes, becoming more confident in their communi-cation and leadership skills – which is essential for teens to be able to do well. Joseph, one of Cookie Cart’s teen employees, was at a community event promoting Cookie Cart and offering cookie samples. It was a busy site, and I overheard Joseph explaining what Cookie Cart is to an older woman. He got the facts right, but he was shy and nervous. He stumbled a bit through what he wanted to say. The woman, obviously charmed by his youth, smiled and walked away. By the end of our time there, and about 20 customers later,

It’s more than just a cookie...

Joseph had his “elevator pitch” down perfectly; he was smiling and engaging to people who approached the table. It reminded me of the transformational impact Cookie Cart has on young people. To witness their confidence increase before my eyes is humbling. We help teens overcome social and economic circum-stances so they can move towards a career doing what they love – even if they didn’t know that job existed before they started at Cookie Cart. When we hear from recent college graduates and young professionals that attribute their success to the “Cookie Cart experience”, we are filled with a sense of pride and joy. I hope you are as well. Thank you for helping North Minneapolis teens like Joseph transform, giving them hope for their future.

Sincerely,

Matt Halley, Executive Director

503 donated over

1974 hours of time to Cookie Cart

in 2012! For example, volunteers

from Minneapolis Rotoract Club,

a junior Rotary group, guided

study halls for 40 students to

prepare for and take the National

Career Readiness Certificate

Exam.

Inviting

Our Signature Chef’s Dinner has really expanded! What started back in 2009 with a small group of Cookie Cart friends and supporters has become an elegant and energetic evening showcasing the tastes of autumn in Minnesota. More than 120 guests attended last year to support Cookie Cart teens as they learn to become work-ing adults and the event now introduces new supporters to Cookie Cart. You’re invited...and bring your friends!

A Youth Leadership Committee was launched to give older teens an active role in Cookie Cart’s programming. In 2012, they prepared presentations for youth seeking jobs, presented feedback on renovation plans for the

Leadership

North Minneapolis bakery and storefront, offered input on marketing and rebranding projects and contributed to the development of an agency-wide Diversity and Inclusion statement.

You ordered more cookies

than ever before! Over the

course of the year Cookie

Cart teens scooped and

baked

to fill your orders.

They decorated 118,000

cookies with everything

from snowmen to flowers,

packed them into boxes

and sent them out to YOU

and your FRIENDS…

wherever they are.

The Bakery Program is first stop for Cookie Cart teen employees and the very foundation of our youth employment training. In this hands-on job training program, we teach the fundamentals of job readiness to equip every teen with essential job skills. responsibility to manage their work schedule and themselves with

appropriate workplace behavior and language collaboration to take direction from managers and work together with

peers initiative to complete tasks and solve problems

As teens begin to transition into the mainstream workforce, this advanced work readiness program gives teens the opportunity to meet in small groups and one-on-one with adult staff to identify areas of potential interest for future jobs. We equip teens for work after the Cookie Cart bakery by teach-ing resume and cover letter writing, job search tools and interviewing skills.

Experiential Work Hours

Classroom Training Hours

Sessions

Teens

After a few months learning the ins and outs of the bakery, it’s time for our

employees to learn the concepts and skills required to provide exceptional

customer service. At the core of this training is an exploration of interper-

sonal communication skills. Teens who complete this training are eligible

to begin practicing these new skills at Cookie Cart’s front counter as well

as at local promotional events.

At Cookie Cart, we are proud to offer teens the chance to take the National

Career Readiness Certification (NCRC). This is an assessment and certifi-

cation issued by ACT, which shows prospective employers that a teen has

the foundational skills necessary to be successful in the workplace. The

test measures skills employers have identified as essential to job success

including applied math, reading for information and locating information.

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Teens

Sessions

Community Cookie Sales

Teens

*Cookie Cart is currently conducting a capital

campaign to address the need for teen employ-

ment opportunities in North Minneapolis and

the broader metro area. To date, $954,000 has

been committed and $147,656 has been

received. For more about Cookie Cart’s

exciting growth plans, please visit

www.cookiecart.org/capacitycampaign2014

Revenue

Expenses

Sales of Cookies $314,815 31%

(less cost of goods sold) (-$127,871) -13%

Grants $311,800 31%

Gifts and Events $208,429 22%

Donated Materials and Services $124,597 12%

Rental and Other $20,945 2%

Campaign Revenue* $147,656 15%

Total $1,000,371 100%

Program Services: Education/Bakery $598,634 62%

Fundraising – General $149,036 15%

Fundraising – Capacity Campaign $131,112 13%

Administration $101,259 10%

Total $980,041 100%

2012 Audited Financials Cookie Cart strives to secure funding from a diverse set of sources to maintain the

organizations’ strong financial footing. For additional financial information or to view

Cookie Cart’s audited financial statements, please visit www.cookiecart.org/2012audit

Cookie Cart is a youth development program in a non-profit, commercial bakery

$10,000+

Robert and Gail Buuck / Timothy and Ann Fleming / Michael and Karen Frey / John Lilly and Katherine Moore-Lilly / Michael and Frances McCloskey / Albert Fan and Susan Wollan Fan American Dairy Queen Corporation / Otto Bremer Foundation / Margaret A. Cargill Founda-tion / The Curtis L. Carlson Family Foundation / General Mills / The Graco Foundation / The McKnight Foundation / The Pentair Foundation / The Prudential Foundation / Sauer Chil-dren's Renew Foundation / Sundance Family Foundation / Thrivent Financial for Luther-ans / Wells Fargo / Youthprise

$1,000 - $9,999

Bill and Lisa Arrigoni / Dr. William and Judith Barrier / James and Janice Berg / Edward and Judy Cannon / Thomas and Traci Colwell / David and Debra Dalbec / Tim and Elizabeth Engeldinger / Mary Jo Feltl / Becky Finnigan / Christie and Gary Grandbois / Rochelle Gunn and Jim Mayer / Matt Halley and Grant Watkins / Fred and Judith Halley / Craig and Jean Jentz / Anne and Brent Johnson / Mary and Royce Kloehn / Christopher Kopka and Anna Dvorak / Susan and Eugene Kujava / Jessica and Darren Lukensow / Edward and Susan MacHolda / John and Maryanne Mauriel / The Palmer Family / Peter and Linda Quinn / Alissa Raddatz / Barbara and Jack Reis / Mark Roberts / Charlie Rounds and Mark Hiemenz / Michael Schmaltz / David and Karen Senger / Kenneth and Helen Swanson / Derek and Chan-tal Weatherford / Roger Wherry / Anchor Bank Family Foundation / Anderson Insurance and Investment Agency, Inc. / The Bank of America Foundation, Inc. / Best Buy / The Bush Foun-dation / Calvary Lutheran Church / CARLSON / Catholic Community Foundation / Chubb & Son / Citizens Independent Bank Community Foundation / Creag Foundation / Faegre Baker Daniels LLP / HealthPartners / Holy Name of Jesus Church / The Hubbard Broadcasting Foundation / Kopp Family Foundation / Land O'Lakes / Merwin Liquor's / RBC Wealth Management / Margaret Rivers Fund / Memorial Blood Centers / The Mercy Missionaries / The Nash Foundation / Navigate Forward, Inc. / North Memorial Foundation / Peregrine Capital Management / Plymouth Lions Club / RJF, a March & McLennan Agency / St. Ambrose of Woodbury / St. John Neumann Church / SUPERVALU Foundation / Supportive Living Solutions, LLC / TCF / Therese Foundation / James R. Thorpe Foundation / Turner Family Foundation / U.S. Bancorp / H. E. and Helen R. Warren Foundation / Western Na-tional Mutual Insurance Company / Marie Paulson Wold Charitable Trust / Xcel Energy Foundation

$500 - $999

Jay Abdo / Mary Lou Arnold / Lisa and Jeff Berg / Kati Dostal / Daniel and Corinne Eng-strand / Caren Fitzgerald and Todd Mitchell / Ruth Fleming / Paul and Deanne Gieser /

Billie Gray / Paul and Mary Johnston / David and Kristin Jones / Jill Koosmann / David and Teresa Lunt / Christopher and Sheila Martin / Thomas and Rose Mary Meyer / Curt Nelson and Eric Swanson / Kathleen and Donald Olson / Timothy and Susan Palmer / LeAnn Runke / Pamela Sakayan / Karen Schlichting / Timothy and Mary Shannahan / Hank Stroll and Alida Seningen / Jessica Trites Rolle / Diane Wojtanowicz / Dr. Alivin and Sue Zelickson / Abdo Eick & Meyers, LLP / CHS / Mike and Linda Fiterman Family Foundation / The Hall Insti-tute, Inc. / Impact Mailing of Minnesota, Inc. / Rivers Ridge Holding Co

Up to $499

Christine Aas-Larson / Katherine Ackerman / Stefanie Adams / Kathy Ahlers / Pamela Ak-kerman / Marie Altman / Jayme Anderson / Barbara Andreasen / Kathleen and Douglas Andrus / Abra Annes / Noah Annes / Alexandra Aragno / Emily Arias / Katherine Avery / Sarah Bailey / Marilyn Bailey / Richard and Nadene Balkus / Keith and Ann Bares / Eleanor Barrett / Timothy and Lisa Bastian / Joyce Battcher-Malchow and Douglas Malchow / Young and Charles Bebus / Holly Jean and Dennis Begin / Christa Berlien and Tracy Holmes / Gillian Bethune / Clem and Barb Birch / Janet Black / Robert and Peggy Bonicatto / Sharon Born / Beverly Bowler / Katherine and Alton Boyd / Nicole Braegelmann / Ashley Braegel-mann / Patrick and Sandra Braegelmann / William and Elizabeth Braun / Ralph and Mary Braun / Teresa Bredahl / Anna and Ryan Bregier / Karen Bretson / Yeamah Brewer / Susan and Stanley Brouillard / Jason Browning / Derek Bucher / Tim and Carolyn Buzza / Mark Cady and Hubert Trimble / Annette Call / Ann Calvert / Cari Campion / Charles Card / Diane Carter / Jane and Joe Cavanaugh / Francis and Meg Connolly / Shym Cook / Cathy and Den-nis Cowen / James and Pamela Crenna / William and Judith Cunningham / Lu Ellen Curran /

Teresa Daly / Molly Danielson / Dona Davidson / Caroline DeVinck / Dr. Glenda Dewberry Rooney and Ron Rooney / Michael Dickson / Merrillyn Dow / Julie Drake / Elisabeth Drost / Denise and Stuart D'Rozario / David Drummond / Sally Dufault / Steven and Nicholle Durkee / Phillip and Angie Dvorak / Daniel Dye / Kathleen and Tom Eagan / Darlene Edin / Ward and Donna Edwards / Waldo Emerson / Susan Erickson Bloyer / J.R. Fairley, Jr. and Martha Fairley / Gerry, Teresa and Allison Fanta / Mary Beth Fencl / Nancy Fenna / Michael Fernandez / Adam and Julie Fischbach / Leroy and Jeanne Fish / Catherine Fitch / Michele Fondell / Philip Forve / James and Karen Fournier / Sharon Frank / Linda Freitag / Laura

French / Katherine Friesz Watt / Jeffrey and Beth Fritcher / Sharon Fritze / David Fuhs /

2012 Donors Do you remember your first job? From the application to the interview, you are giving teens in North Min-neapolis important job skills to help them be successful in work and life. We are so grateful for your support.

Vanessa and Jeremiah Gamble / Abigail Gaul / Ryan Georges / Rodney Gieser and Terri Meyers / Brian Gilligan and Steve Pospisic / Patricia and Kent Gilmore / William and Laura Gisch / Jason Goldberg / Charles and Dina Goodman / Gretchen

H Goodman / Rachel Goplin / Dr. Jed Gorlin and Jocelyn Bessette-Gorlin / Teresa Gostonc-zik / Molly Graebel / Randy Graham / Heather Greene / Michael Groth / Cory Groves / Rudy Guglielmo / Gary and Kathleen Hadley / James and Jean Hare / Christine Haycraft / Alli and Michael Hearne / Lee and Jonathan Herum / Harold Herum / Cheryl Higgins / Jennifer Hjelle / Mike Hnath / Peggy Hoeft / Wendy and Sean Holder / Pamela Hopf / Barry and Pam-ela Hoppe / Pamela Horton / Douglas Hotvedt and Ellen Shammash / Kathryn Hubbard Rom-inski / Timothy Huebsch / John and Erin Hupp / Lana Hurley / Julia Jackson / Leah Jasper / Galen and Melinda Jasper / Nicole Jawanmardi /Sandra Jensen / John and Alice Johnson / Janet and Dennis Johnson / Colleen Johnson / Lisa Johnson / Katherine Johnson / Kirk and Kristina Keeney / Margaret Keith / Carol Kelleher and Daniel Engel / Diane Kemper / Angella Kilcher / David and Tami King / Robert Klas, Sr. and Sandy Klas / Bradley Kliewer / Michael and Jacqueline Knutson / Yvette Koepke / Kevin Kretsch / Andrea Krohnberg / Dr. Thomas L Kuhlman / David Kvasnicka / Anna Kyl-lonen / Joann Landkamer / Lynn and Peter Larson / Robert and Carolyn Laskey / Nicole Latterell / Shirley and Robert Laudenbach / Shawn Leavitt / Lydia Lee / Jeanette LeMere / Debra Leslie / Rich-ard and Margaret Lidstad / Cindy Lillemo / Dave Lindberg / Karen Lindgren / Brenda Lindner / George Logan / Pamela and Richard Lohman / Ann Longfellow / Linda Lorentzen and Joseph Hedberg / Janice Lubar / Beverly Lutz / Carol and Thomas Luukkonen / Patrick and Cheryl Mahin / Sally Mainquist / Margaret and James Mannix / Laura Marquardt / Carol Martin / Leona Martin / Keri Marty / Kristen Maynard / Mary McCarten-Doyle / Pam McCarthy-Kern and David Kern / Beth and Thomas McCauley / Meggie McCauley / J. Patrick and Pam

McDavitt / Kelli and Mike McElmury / Carol McGuire / Barbara McMorris / Peg McQuillan / Marit Mechels / Lauren Melcher / Barbara and Gary Melom / Dawn Menad / Michael Mer-gen / Michael Meyer / Teresa Meyer / Roger and Marian Michael / Robert and Marveen Minish / Darla Monson / Jody Mooney / Gary Mortensen and Lara Bollweg / Suzanne

Mosley / Norine Moulsoff / Cathleen and Thomas Moynihan / Gail and William Munsell / Joseph Nathan / Nicholas Naumann and Joe Chadwick / Michelle and Nikhil Nayar / Terri and Rick Neby / Amanda Neby / Diana Neidecker / Cindy Neisen / Dawn and Michael Nel-mark / Curt Nelson and Eric Swanson / Stuart and Ann Nelson / Dana and Scott Neu / Sarah Newberry / Melinda Nickerson / Nikki Lou Niermann / Dana Nyholm / Christiana Ofori / Colleen O'Keefe / Patricia and Daniel O'Leary / Marc Olivier / Allen Olson and Alan

MacFarlane / Kim Olstad / Laura ONeill / Judy Ostendorff / John and Karen Packard / Chris-tine Panek / Liz Parker / Jennifer Patterson / Nancy Paul / David and Jean Paulsrud / Alan and Barbara Peppersack / Claudia Perez-Selva De Heintz / Mary Ellis Peterson / Patricia Peterson and Bruce Werre / Francis and Patricia Pink / Eileen Pinto / Joel Poeschl and Jeanne Premble / Larye and Melissa Pohlman / Pauline and Hon. William Posten / Diane Pouliot / Jeff and Lynn Radunz / Carol Radunz / Teresa Rasmussen and Jon Transgrud / Barbara Rees / Hilary Reeves / Michael Reich / Joseph Reis, Jr. and Kathleen Reis / Susan Richey / Holly Robbins / Glenda Robertson / Charlene Roise / Allison Rojas / Robert and Joan Roos / Robert and Linda Roscoe / Roberta Rott / Sean Roy / Ann Ruff / Harvey Rupert and Aretha Green-Rupert / Amy Sakayan and David Prochaska / Theodore and Lica Sanborn / Lisa and Paul Sandvik / William Sarvela / Dia Satori / Dennis Schapiro and Jeanne Andre /

Beverly Schauer / Laura and David Scherf / Stacy Schleeter / Lucille and Gerald Schlichting / John and Kathleen Schlorhaufer / Erica Schneekloth / Lisa Golden Schroeder / Paul Schulz and Katie Fitz-patrick / George and Terri Seck / Paul Seifert / Carol and Joseph P Seifert / Christina Selander Bouzouina and Kad Bouzouina / Kimberly and Mark Severin / Joyce Shea / Jeanne Sherburne / Molly Shields / Jillian Shimota / Larry Silber / Lorraine Sitarz / Kristin Skaar / Donald and Keyna Skeffington / Julie and Marc Smith / John Sorteberg and Christina Kennedy / Michael Spangenberg / Edward G. Stark / Keith and Brooke Story / Mary and William Stotts / Alice Sunseri / Anne Supplee / Barbara Swanson / Jan and Sharon Swanson / Mackenzie Tefft / Jane Teich / Rose Teng / Debra and Mark Terfehr / Don-

ald Terhaar / John Thew / Steve Thimjon / Sara Thurin Rollin / Janine Timm / Susan Timmerman / Nicole Tokach / Lica Tomizuka / Trent Tosseth / Karen Totten / Michael Trautner / Patrick Troska / Robert and Margaret Turner / Van Ert / Debra Veencamp / Joyce

Vincent / Ramona Voigt and Asbjorn Munk / Mark and Rosemarie Voigt / Mary Ellen Vor-wald / Nancy Wagner / Eugene and Claudith Washington / David Wehrwein / Jeremy Wells / Holly Wemhoff / Barbara and John Wendel / Jennifer Wendt / James Wentzell / Rahsaan White / Thomas and Darlene White / Jane White / Larry and Donna Wilebski / Susan Winkel-mann / Elizabeth Witzig-Wyvell and James Wyvell / Deborah Wobig / Max Wojtanowicz / Marsha Wolk and Frank Freedman / Harmony Worrall / Gretchen Wronka / AdvisorNet Financial / Christ English Lutheran Church / Chubb Federal Insurance Co. / The Church of the Holy Cross / Church of St. Odilia / Certes Financial Pros / Lottsa Tax and Accounting

Services, Inc. / MN Army National Guard / Popp Communications / The Elizabeth C. Quinlan Foundation / Walter C. Rasmussen - Northeast Bank Foundation / Sarenpa Team / St. Bridget Catholic Community / TelcomPioneers / Visitation Monastery of Minneapolis / WSB & Associates, Inc.

2012 Donors

Your donations provide job skills training.

Continued from previous page

Abby's Hope Charitable Foundation / Abrakadoodle / Ac-

centure, Inc. / Advantage Tape Advertising / Advisor Net Financial / Aeon / Affinity Plus Credit Union / Alerus Financial / Allianz Life / American

Dental Partners / Ameriprise Financial / Ameriprise, Inc. / Anchor Bank / Anderson Hel-

gen Davis & Nissen / Appetite for Change / Arfsten Transfer / Atomic Data Centers / Bank

of the West / Banner Creations / Basilica of St. Mary / Bel Air Elementary / BEST & FLANAGAN LLP / Best Buy, Inc. / Bethune Community School / Biko Associates / Blake

School / BMO Harris Bank / Bremer Bank / Brian Golanowski / Bryan Coyle Center / Bur-

nomatic, Mooney & Ridler / Calvary Lutheran Church / Cappella University / Capri Thea-ter / Cargill, Inc. / Carlson Companies, Inc. / Carlson School of Management / Carondelet

Catholic School / Carriann Jones / Cassidy Turley / Catholic Charismatic Renewal Of-

fice / Catholic Eldercare, Inc. / CBRE / Cedar Cultural Center / Center for Energy & Envi-ronment / Central MN Legal Services / Certes Financial Pros / Children's Hospital Clin-

ics / Children's Theater Company / Chrestomathy / Christensen Group Insurance /

Christensen, Laue & Rasmus, P.A. / Christian Marriage Ministries / Church of St. Odilie /

Church of the Ascension / Ciegel Brill / Citizens Independent Bank / City Kid Java / City of Golden Valley / City of Minneapolis / City of Minneapolis Ward 5 / Code 42 Software /

Comcast / CommonBond Communities / Concierge Title / Concordia Creative Learning

Academy / Cooper High School / Countrywide Tire & Rubber / Covidien-Ev3 / Creative Ad Solutions / Creative Water Solutions / Crew2 / Crossroads Church / Cunningham

Group / Dahl Consulting / David Drummond / Deckert Van Loh Law Firm / Dougherty

& Company LLC / EcoMedia / Edina High School Choir / Edina Realty Title / Episcopal

Church in Minnesota / Faegre, Baker & Daniels / Family Housing Fund / Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis / Feltl & Company / Fiduciary Counseling, Inc. / Fleishman-Hillard,

Inc / Fredrikson & Byron / Galactic Pizza / Gallery Covenant Church / GAPSA / Gard-

ner Builders / Gateway Lofts / General Mills, Inc. / Global Citizens Network / Goodwill Easter Seals, Inc / Grace Harkness / Graco / Grant Thornton / Grassroots Solutions /

H.G. McNeely, Jr. /Hall Institute / HB Fuller Co. / HealthPartners / Hennepin County /

Hey Man Productions / HID Global Corporation / Hidden Treasures / High School for Recording Arts / Historic Theatre Group / Hmong International Academy /

Hollstadt & Associates / Holy Name of Jesus Church / Incertec / InnerWorkings / J.R.

Watkins / Jefferson Community School / JNBA Financial Advisors / K&K Metal Recy-

cling / KDV / Keller Williams /Larkin Hoffman / Lee Square Cooperative / Leuthold Group / Lewis Kannegieter & Wright, LLC / Lifeworks Services, Inc. / Lift Coffee &

Treats / M&I Bank / Macalester College / Malt-O-Meal, Inc. / Margaret A. Cargill Foun-

dation / McCannel Eye Clinic / McGladrey & Pullen LLP / Medtronic, Inc. / Memorial Blood Centers of Minnesota / Mentoring Partnership of Minnesota / Metro Dental Care /

Metro Plains Management Co. / Metro Transit / Metroplains Development / Minneapo-

lis Area Synod / Minneapolis Federation of Teachers / Minneapolis Foundation / Min-

neapolis Jewish Federation / Minneapolis Public Schools / Minnesota CLE / Minnesota Historical Society / Minnesota Opera / Minnesota State Council on Disabilities / MN

Council of Nonprofits / Modern Survey / Morgan Stanley/Smith Barney / MWMO /

MyTech Partners. / National Assoc of Minority Contractors / Nautilus Music Theater /

New Penn Financial / Nexus Community Partners / North Commons Park / North Memorial / Northeast Bank / Northern Metal Recycling / Northern Star Council /

Northside Achievement Zone / Office of Governor Mark Dayton / Olson / Otto Law /

Our Lady of Grace / Parker Creative Communications / Paula Jacques / Pax Christi Catholic Community / People Serving People / Peregrine Capital Management / Perkins

+ Will / Pica Head Start / Pillsbury United Communities / Plymouth Christian Youth

Center / Pow Wow Grounds / PPL / Presbyterian Church of the Way / RBC Wealth Management / Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi / Roseville Speech Team / Ryan Compa-

nies / Sauer Danfoss / Schneider Electric / SEIU 26 / Shiloh Temple / Siemens /

Smartrac Technology / Source Engineering, LLC / South West High School / Southern

Theater / St. Ambrose of Woodbury / St. Bartholomew Church / St. Edward's Church / St. Joan of Arc / St. John Neuman Church / St. Joseph the Worker / St. Patrick's

Church / St. Paul Public Schools / St. Thomas the Apostle Church / Stevens Foster /

Stoel Rives LLP / Stratford Gifts / Stuart Snyder / Student Advertising / Summit Suc-cess Computer Consulting / SuperDimension / Supportive Living Solutions, LLC /

Target Corporation / TCF Bank - Wayzata / TCF Bank / Tennant Company / Terry

Overacker Plumbing / The Donaldson Company / The McKnight Foundation / The Woof

Room / Thrivent Financial / Thymes / Tim Goodyear / Tina Cooley / Title One Inc / Tree Trust / Trustone Financial / Tube and Solid Tire Ltd. / U of M / U.S. Bank / United

Methodist Church / University of St. Thomas / Urban Homeworks, Inc / UROC / Valley

of Peace Lutheran Church / Victory Neighborhood Association / Visitation Monastery of Minneapolis / Washburn Center For Children / Wells Fargo / West Title / Westminis-

ter Presbyterian / Wilder Foundation / Wilder School / Wipfli / Wireless Ronin Tech-

nologies / Workforce Center / WSB & Associates, Inc. / XCEL Energy, Inc / Youth Per-formance Company / YouthLink / YouthPrise / YWCA

2012 Customers

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One-third of Cookie Cart’s revenue comes from sell-ing fresh baked cookies to churches and businesses for gifts and events. Your sweet tooth gives teens in North Minneapolis a paid job experience.

3M Corporate Headquarters / ACE Catering / Alota Pilates / American Dairy Queen Corporation / William and Judith Bar-

rier / Jeff Berg / Jim and Jan Berg / Best Buy Co., Inc. / Clem and Barb Birch / Breadsmith / Brenda Johnson Design, LLC / Cargill Cocoa and Chocolate / Cargill Salt / Cargill Shortening / CARL-

SON / Certes Financial Pros / Chipotle Mexican Grill / D'Amicos Family of Restaurants / DiscountSteel / Darlene Edin / Tim and Elizabeth Engeldinger / Erik's Bike Shop / Tim and Ann Flem-ing / Fulton Brewery / Gary and Christie Grandbois / Rochelle

Gunn and Jim Mayer / Guthrie Theater / Matt Halley and Grant Watkins / Horizon Milling / Brent and Anne Johnson / J.R. Watkins / Kindred Kitchen / Mary and Royce Kloehn / Susan and Eugene Kujava / Land O'Lakes / Lift Bridge / Jessica and

Darren Lukensow / Lyndale Tap House / Susan and Eddie MacHolda / Mark Cady Handyman Services / Pam McCarthy-Kern / Fran and Mike McCloskey / McKesson HBOC / Peg

McQuillan / Medline Industries, Inc. / Michael Foods / Micro-soft / Minnesota Timberwolves FastBreak Foundation / Minne-sota Vikings / Minnesota Wild / MN Army National Guard / Mosaic Café / Mytech Partners, Inc. / Terri and Rick Neby /

Ordway /Panera Bread /Salon Entourage / Dia Satori / Surdyk's / Surly Brewing Co. / Derek and Chantal Weatherford / U.S. Bancorp Foundation / United Sugars Corporation / US

Foods / Zel Skin and Laser / Sue and Al Zelickson

We are proud to have you as a partner. Cookie Cart can only accom-

plish its mission with the support of dedicated corporations, churches

and community groups like these. Thank you for hosting career days, volunteering in the bakery along side teen employees, conducting

mock interviews, buying cookies and donating money and materials.

Dear Friends of Cookie Cart, At Cookie Cart, young people receive the foundation for a successful career. They learn employment skills from supportive adults through the experience of their first job. Because of your support in 2012, we were able to serve 140 teens in North Minneapolis, providing more than 22,000 hours of training and work, up 19% from 2011 and 71% over 2010. Thanks to the generosity of our many business and community partners, donors, staff and volunteers, these teens have been given a chance at a brighter future through their first job.

Cookie Cart believes that teaching life, leadership and employment skills is key to breaking the cycle of genera-tional poverty and preparing tomorrow’s workforce. How-ever, we have reached full capacity at our North Minnea-polis facility so, 200 teens who wanted this opportunity this year were turned away. And, we expect demand for our services to grow for teens in neighborhoods facing significant challenges. Our strategic plan and the Capacity Campaign --which we launched last year– will enable us to serve those needs.

As a first step, we’ll focus on our site on West Broadway, renovating our bakery to accommodate more teens and

increasing classroom space to offer more training for those in their first jobs. Then, once we have North Minneapolis at full capacity, we’ll take our model to St. Paul, to a neighborhood facing similar challenges.

At Cookie Cart, we believe it is essential to expand trans-formational employment opportunities for young people and for our community. You are important partners in this process. We want to hear from you to ensure the plans we create are broadly supported by our donors and community partners. In the coming months, we will share information about our progress and invite you to consider a gift to the Campaign. Thank you for your support for Cookie Cart and the teens we serve.

Sincerely,

Anne Johnson

Board Chair 2012-2013

Our Classroom Is A Bakery

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Paul Vincent We are deeply grateful to all donors. If your name has been misspelled, displayed incor-rectly or inadvertently excluded, contact info@cookiecart.org. Please accept our apologies.

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