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Cooking Club
ORGANIZATION: Wheatley Farms and Arts Center - AHRC Nassau
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The Cooking Club meets at our Plainview location on Monday evenings from 5:30pm to 8:00pm. The goal of this club is to teach basic cooking skills to those people supported by the agency. Such skills include chopping, mixing and basic preparation. Emphasis is placed on taking healthy food choice and safe food handling practices. recipes are easy to teach and follow and can be replicated at home by the people supported by the agency. The club does it's best to keep everything informal and fun while at the same time emphasizing safety and good health.
If you are interested in volunteering your time with the cooking club go to our volunteer website and submit and application. Cooking club volunteers will be required to attend a one hours orientation training. Once your application has been submitted you will be automatically enrolled in the first available orientation training. If the date, time and location of this training is not convenient for you please reach out to the volunteer coordinator to reschedule. The volunteer coordinator can be reached at jmcdannell@ahrc.org or 516-626-1075 ext. 1303.
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About Wheatley Farms and Arts Center - AHRC Nassau
Location:
AHRC Nassau, 115 East Bethpage Road, Plainview, NY 11803, US
Mission Statement
The mission of AHRC Nassau is to advocate for, teach and assist children and adults with developmental disabilities to make life choices, exercise independence and develop responsibility. In this endeavor, AHRC Nassau encourages all individuals to fulfill their dreams and become productive members of the community. This is accomplished by providing an array of individual and family supports.
Description
AHRC Nassau provides an array of support services to more than 2000 children and adults with developmental disabilities through a variety of programs (Residential, Education, Vocational, Child Care, Supported Employment, Respite, Recreation, Benefits/Entitlement, Clinical & Medical).
From gardening to music to movement, Wheatley Farms is not only a part of AHRC Nassau’s Day Habilitation services, but a place for the community to come together. People with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), including autism, can connect with their passions while engaging the local community through recreational, social and volunteer opportunities. Wheatley Farms will grow to become fully inclusive and available to people attending all AHRC Nassau Day Habilitation programs. We seek to connect people based on their shared interests in the arts and operation of a functioning farm. We invite friends and neighbors to join classes, tours, and community-related events.CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
Citizen's Options UnlimitedFamily Support Services115 East Bethpage RoadPlainview, NY 11803
DATE POSTED
August 22, 2017
SKILLS
- Cooking / Catering
- People Skills
- Relationship Building
- Food Service
- Verbal / Written Communication
- Multi-Tasking
GOOD FOR
- Teens
- People 55+
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 16
- Orientation or Training
- Monday nights from 5:30-8pm