Big Capper Foundation Announcement
TOPEKA (KSNT) - On Friday, April 25, The Capper Foundation unvield a huge gift.
Larry Parsons from Canton, Ohio, donated $1,000,000 to the Capper Foundation to empower people of all ages living with disabilities.
You might be wondering what Parsons' connection to the Capper Foundation in Topeka is. He is the uncle of a remarkable cooking class instructor for the Capper Foundation, Carol Hamilton.
The donation money went towards a huge new training kitchen, which has been named 'The Carol Hamilton Training Kitchen'. You may remember Hamilton from one of our Remarkable Women stories.
27 News spoke with Hamilton to ask her about all the emotions she is feeling.
"Today was just once again overwhelming," Hamilton told us. "I had two surprises. My son from Oregon, who I thought I was going to see on a video or something, and then my granddaughter from Baltimore. And they were hidden when I first came in. And yeah, that was a dear moment."
Hamilton teaches cooking classes at the Capper Foundation, and she is looking forward to visiting this new kitchen. The training kitchen will provide adults with disabilities the opportunity to learn baking and culinary skills and to support the production of baked items for the growing number of Dialogue Coffee House locations.
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