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ORGANIZATION: Share Our Strength
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Share Our Strength’s Cooking Matters(tm) teaches families at risk of hunger that healthy cooking can be delicious, enjoyable - and most important - affordable. Through hands-on classes taught by volunteer culinary and nutrition experts, course participants learn how to select nutritious and low-cost ingredients and prepare them in ways that provide the best nourishment possible to their families. In short, they learn how to make the most of what they’ve got.
Class Assistant
Help before, during and after classes. Duties may include shopping for food, handing out and collecting class materials, engaging reluctant participants, helping with set up and clean up, or taking photos during class to help record the Cooking Matters course experience.
To get started volunteering, attend a new volunteer training. Look for upcoming dates/times on Our Calendar.
Read more about becoming a volunteer at ma.cookingmatters.org.
Class Details
Location: Holyoke YMCA- 171 Pine St. Holyoke, MA 01040
Start Date: July 18th, 2016
End Date: August 22nd, 2016
Time: 5:00-8:00
This course meets once a week for six consecutive weeks
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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171 Pine St.Holyoke, MA 01040
DATE POSTED
June 17, 2016
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REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 18
- Orientation or Training
- 3 hours per week for six weeks