WSFS Foundation grants $25K to Delaware ProStart program

The WSFS Foundation, the philanthropic arm of WSFS Financial Corp. and its primary subsidiary, WSFS Bank, have awarded $25,000 to the Delaware ProStart Program of the Delaware Restaurant Association Educational Foundation.

Delaware ProStart is a two-year, industry-written curriculum that teaches high school students culinary and management skills needed for a career in the restaurant and food-service industry. The program has experienced increased and sustained growth year after year, benefiting more than 3,000 underserved students from 18 high schools throughout Delaware. To help support the program’s ongoing success, this is the third consecutive year that the WSFS Foundation has made a grant to the Delaware ProStart Program.

“Thanks to support from the WSFS Foundation, Delaware’s diverse ProStart student population are achieving high levels of success,” said Carrie Leishman, president and CEO of the Delaware Restaurant Association Educational Foundation. “These are essential grant dollars that will enable us to continue funding our industry-driven curriculum, mentorship program and meaningful work-based learning experiences that are helping our community’s young people become career- and college-ready.”