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Have a Passion for Food and Nutrition?
ORGANIZATION: Share Our Strength
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3 people are interested
Volunteer with Cooking Matters!
Share Our Strength's No Kid Hungry campaign is ending childhood hunger in the U.S. by making sure families have healthy food where they live, learn and play.
Share Our Strength's Cooking Matters empowers families with the skills, knowledge, and confidence to prepare healthy and affordable meals. With the help of volunteer culinary and nutrition experts and other community members, course and tour participants learn how to select nutritious and low-cost ingredients and prepare them in ways that provide the best nourishment possible to their families. We offer six-week cooking and nutrition courses for parents, adults and families, one-time Cooking Matters at the Store tours.
The "Cooking Matters New Volunteer Training" provides the opportunity to learn about our suite of programming and the critical roles our volunteers play in ending childhood hunger..
On Wednesday, May 11th from 6:00-8:00 p.m., we will be hosting an online webinar-based volunteer training. This is a perfect opportunity individuals who want to get involved with Cooking Matters but can’t attend our monthly trainings in Boston.
For more information, or to find additional training dates, visit ma.cookingmatters.org
To RSVP, please contact cookingmattersma@strength.org.
Don't see a volunteer opportunity that fits your skills and interests? Contact us and let us know how you can share your strength!
More opportunities with Share Our Strength
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About Share Our Strength
Location:
383 Dorchester Ave, 230, Boston, MA 02127, US
Mission Statement
Share Our Strength’s Cooking Matters empowers low-income families with the skills to stretch their food budgets so their children get healthy meals at home, as part of the No Kid Hungry campaign to end childhood hunger in America. Participants learn to shop smarter, use nutrition information to make healthier choices, and cook delicious, affordable meals. Cooking Matters helps families maximize the benefits they receive through federal nutrition programs like SNAP (food stamps) and WIC (Women, Infants and Children).
Description
Cooking Matters serves families across the country through:
- Hands-On, Six-Week Courses
Community partners that serve low-income families offer six-week Cooking Matters courses to adults, kids and families. Each course is team-taught by a volunteer chef and nutrition educator and covers meal preparation, grocery shopping, food budgeting and nutrition. Adult and teen participants take home a bag of groceries at the end of each class.
- Interactive Grocery Store Tours
Cooking Matters at the Store tours provide families with hands-on education as they shop for food, giving them skills to compare foods for cost and nutrition. Participants learn how to plan and budget for healthy, affordable, and delicious meals for their families.
- Mobile, Online and Educational Tools
Recipes, videos, toolkits and fun kids’ handouts are available at CookingMatters.org and in the smartphone app, Cooking Matters.
Founded in 1993, Cooking Matters has been featured by First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let's Move! campaign and recognized by the U.S. Department of Agriculture for excellence in nutrition education. Cooking Matters is nationally sponsored by Walmart. To learn more, visit Cooking Matters.org.
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26 Queen StWorcester, MA 01610
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April 25, 2016
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