SCRANTON
A Scranton church is opening a bakery to help former inmates gain professional and marketable skills.
For her birthday, Rev. Rebecca Barnes of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church on Wyoming Avenue aims to raise $10,000 to help launch Cypress House Bakery through a Facebook fundraiser campaign.
The nonprofit will serve as a prison reentry program based on the Homeboy Bakery program in Los Angeles. Former inmates will make gourmet sandwiches using bread baked on site daily.
The $10,000 goal will seed a total $300,000 goal needed to start the bakery.
Donations can be made directly to Cypress House at St. Luke’s, 232 Wyoming Ave., Scranton, PA 18503, Attn: Mother Barnes’ Birthday Fundraiser
— STAFF REPORT