DENVER – FEBRUARY 22, 2021– Cooking Up Better Lives, Excell’s and Nissco’s nonprofit org, has selected a winner for the 2021 Better Lives Makeover: The Lily Pad Café in Ridgeland, Mississippi.

The Lily Pad is a 501c3 non-profit that will focus on the employment & training of young adults with special needs. The cafe will employ and train young adults with special needs in every aspect of food and hospitality service.

The Lily Pad Café will equip young adults with the training and experience necessary to obtain employment by local businesses so that they can not only achieve their full potential, but also display to the community their abundant talents and abilities.

This nominee was brought forth by Nissco Restaurant Dealer Group’s dealer member, Cody Allen of FS-1 Concepts. FS-1 Concepts has pledged services of layout/design, receiving, warehousing, delivery, and installation to the project.

To learn more, visit: https://thelilypadms.com/

To donate to the project, visit: http://www.cookingupbetterlives.org/projects/