Toward Independent Living and Learning (TILL) is a human services organization that provides services to individuals with disabilities including acquired brain injuries, mental health issues, developmental disabilities, and autism. TILL operates day and residential programs in Massachusetts and New Hampshire and also offers family support, behavioral health, autism, and food services. TILL's food services program, Essence of Thyme and Cravings (ETC), prepares over 450,000 meals annually for schools, day cares, and senior centers, providing job training and employment for individuals with disabilities.

1. Toward Independent Living and
Learning, Inc.
Toward Independent Living and Learning (TILL) is an innovative
human service organization providing services for individuals with
acquired brain injuries, mental health issues, developmental disabilities
and those on the autism spectrum. We operate day and residential
services throughout Massachusetts as well as family support, behavioral
health, and autism services in a wide variety of locations throughout
Eastern Massachusetts and Southern New Hampshire.
www.etcfoodservice.com www.tillinc.org

2. Essence of
Thyme and
Cravings
TILL’s Entrepreneurial Food Service Program
Serving Great Food with a Greater Purpose.
www.etcfoodservice.com www.tillinc.org

3. ETC's employment delivers real
opportunities, real satisfaction and excellent
quality food.
Our unique expertise is in providing excellent food, prepared by chefs
with extensive culinary training and experience as well as providing a
vocational training program leading to employment opportunities for
people with disabilities. Our customers take pride in partnering with
TILL, furthering their educational mission.
On average, TILL provides employment and training to 25 individuals
with disabilities.
www.etcfoodservice.com www.tillinc.org

4. Essence of Thyme and Cravings (ETC) prepares, delivers and serves over
450,000 healthy, tasty meals each year to public and private schools, day
care and senior centers throughout eastern Massachusetts and southern
New Hampshire. Our clientele increases every year.
www.etcfoodservice.com www.tillinc.org

5. Essence of Thyme and Cravings (ETC) operates three fully licensed
commercial kitchens, two of which also offer a café and gift shop. We
provide breakfasts and lunches to day care centers, senior centers,
private and charter schools, manage on-site school and employee
cafeterias as well as provide lunches to off-site contract catering
accounts.
www.etcfoodservice.com www.tillinc.org

6. Essence of Thyme Cafe
241 Broadway
Chelsea, MA 02150

7. Essence of Thyme Cafe & Gift Shop
1174 River Street
Hyde Park, MA 02136

8. Essence of Thyme Cafe & Gift Shop
1174 River Street
Hyde Park, MA 02136

10. Healthy and tasty breakfasts, lunches and snacks prepared by Serve Safe
certified staff in our fully licensed commercial kitchen, delivered to you in
your choice of Family Style or Individual serving portions in environmentally
friendly recyclable containers.
www.etcfoodservice.com www.tillinc.org

11. Good enough to make me forget
I was at school...
"...today's lunch was so good that I figured I should write you, in the
hopes that it will appear on future menus, maybe even every day. The
Asian salad was good enough to make me forget that I was at school and
think that I was at Panera." Andrew, charter school student
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12. For more information about ETC, please contact:
Cindy Anderson, Director of Vocational and Food Services
Cindy.Anderson@tillinc.org
781-302-4609
For more information about TILL’s innovative services:
visit our website at www.tillinc.org
email us at info@tillinc.org
call us at 781-302-4600.
www.etcfoodservice.com www.tillinc.org