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Donate Today to the Hospitality Minnesota Education Foundation!

The Hospitality Minnesota Education Foundation (HMEF) seeks to address our current workforce challenges by working with students, schools, community organizations, and industry partners to effect long-term change in the education and training of our workforce.

 

Learn more about our work: watch this short video.

 

Want to help support our mission? Select from our multiple ways to give back below.

SUPPORT OUR SCHOLARSHIPS:

Contribute to the HMEF General Scholarship Fund

  • Each Spring, the Hospitality Minnesota Education Foundation offers multiple scholarships to Minnesota students who are pursuing their education in foodservice and hospitality programs.

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Contribute to the Sue Zelickson Scholarship Fund

  • This fund provides critical scholarships to students, especially women, pursuing careers in culinary arts and restaurant management. Managed through the Hospitality Minnesota Education Foundation in collaboration with Women Who Really Cook, your donation will directly support the next generation of culinary leaders.

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SUPPORT OUR LEADERS FUND:

Become a Leaders Fund Partner

  • Through our Leaders Fund Partnerships, Hospitality Minnesota Education Foundation offers a selection of investment opportunities to industry partners through a three year commitment to our workforce programming (including ProStart, Hospitality Tourism Management, and more) along with our ongoing commitment to strengthening the hospitality workforce of the future.

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SUPPORT OUR WORKFORCE INITIATIVES:

Help fund Minnesota's ProStart Programming

  • Hospitality Minnesota Education Foundation raises funds for ProStart, a two-year, industry-backed culinary arts and restaurant management program for high school students. The program reaches approximately 165,000 students in over 1,800 schools in all 50 states, Washington, DC, and the Territory of Guam. Minnesota is home to nearly 13,000 ProStart students.

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