- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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23 people are interested
September Event Volunteer: Help Provide Nutrition Education across Denver!
ORGANIZATION: Cooking Matters Colorado
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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23 people are interested
Families on a tight budget report that the cost of healthy groceries is their biggest barrier to making healthy meals at home. Food skills, like smart shopping, can help overcome that barrier. Cooking Matters at the Store is a free program of the No Kid Hungry campaign that empowers families to stretch their food budgets so their children get healthy meals at home.
We are looking for volunteers to help teach these skills in Cooking Matters at the Store pop up events throughout the month of August. We will be hosting a station at events such as Black Health Collaborative Block Party, Sabroso y Saludable Health Fair, Union Station Farmer's Markets and many other locations! Do you have a background in nutrition, culinary, or just passionate about healthy eating and ending childhood hunger? Contact us to see how you can get involved! Spanish speakers always needed!
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About Cooking Matters Colorado
Location:
1824 Lincoln St, Denver, CO 80203, US
Mission Statement
Share Our Strength, a national nonprofit, has the mission to end hunger and poverty in the US and abroad. Through its Cooking Matters Campaign, Share Our Strength is helping end childhood hunger by inspiring families to make healthy, affordable food choices. Our programs teach parents and caregivers with limited food budgets to shop for and cook healthy meals.
Description
Share Our Strength's Cooking Matters is ending childhood hunger in America by helping parents and their children through interactive grocery store tours, hands-on cooking classes, smartphone apps and other resources - all free, and all run through trusted local community programs. With the help of 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.
Since 1993, Cooking Matters (formerly Share Our Strength's Operation Frontline) has grown to serve tens of thousands of families each year across the country, helping them learn how to eat better on a budget. Today, 88% of Cooking Matters participants graduate, taking with them improved nutrition practices, eating habits, and food budgeting skills.
Cooking Matters has received special recognition from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for excellence in nutrition education. The program was also freatured by former First Lady Michelle Obama's Let's Move campaign, a nationwide initiative dedicated to raising a healthier generation of kids.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
1824 Lincoln StDenver, CO 80203
DATE POSTED
July 27, 2016
SKILLS
- Adult Education
- Public Speaking
- People Skills
- Nutrition
- Teaching / Instruction
- Group Facilitation
GOOD FOR
- People 55+
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 18
- One-time events,4-6 Hrs, Weekday & Weekend options