2023 United Thank Offering Grant Recipient - Episcopal Diocese of Bethlehem — Cyprus House Bakery

Episcopal Diocese of Bethlehem — Cyprus House Bakery: $50,000

Cypress House at St. Luke’s will open a bakery and offer employment to previously incarcerated individuals, with a special concern to hire individuals who identify as Back, Latino/a, Indigenous, or of another marginalized identity. Apprentices will learn marketable skills in the baking industry via a baking methods/skills development curriculum.

This year’s focus for grant applications was projects addressing the worldwide incarceration crisis, specifically preventative programs and intervention, prisoner support outreach, prison reform work, or post-prison reentry.