Philanthropy and Cooking Go Hand in Hand
Posted by The Editorial Desk / Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011
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September 1 Deadline for Cutting Edge Student Scholarship Program
Will you graduate from or are you enrolled in culinary school during the 2011 calendar year? Are you interested in playing a role in the fight against childhood hunger in America? Then consider applying for the Zwilling J.A. Henckels and Share Our Strength Cutting Edge Student Scholarship Program.
Scholarship recipients will receive an all-expense paid trip to Share Our Strength’s Conference of Leaders taking place in Baltimore from October 15-17. The conference brings together Share Our Strength volunteers, top chefs, restaurateurs, corporate partners, grant recipients, staff members and anti-hunger advocates with a common goal of eradicating child hunger.
Students can look forward to
-attending a welcome event along with past Cutting Edge Scholars;
-networking with leading chefs;
-assisting in the Taste of the Nation event;
-engaging with national leaders in the fight against childhood hunger; and
-learning from speakers addressing issues of hunger and the role of the culinary community in engineering solutions.
To apply for the scholarship, submit an online application that includes a 500-word essay answering: “What is a Chef’s Role in the community?” The application deadline is September 1, 5:00 pm EST. To submit an online application, click here.
Brainfood Seeking Volunteer Classroom Assistants
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The D.C. non-profit youth development organization Brainfood is looking for volunteer Classroom Assistants for its Kitchen All Stars and Community MVPs programs.
Brainfood uses culinary education and food as a means to teach D.C. teenagers life skills. Volunteers do not need to have professional cooking experience–they are there to facilitate group dynamics and to both mentor and assist high school students as they develop kitchen skills.
Brainfood is asking for volunteers to commit to one day a week for 9 months. Both programs run from September 2011 through May 2012, 4:00 to 6:30 pm., Monday through Thursday.
What: An introduction to cooking and life-skills class. Students learn through a hands-on approach in the kitchen.
Where: Chinatown site; Columbia Heights site
What: Either the Kitchen All Stars or Summer Institute are prerequisites for this program. Students will develop their own healthy cooking community workshops, refine and hone their cooking and teaching techniques, identify target communities for delivering their workshops, and as a final step, conduct the workshops. Students will be compensated as community teachers.
Where: Chinatown site
Email Carina at carina@brain-food.org or call (202) 615-6182 to sign up for one of two upcoming Classroom Assistant Information sessions held at Brainfood Chinatown (777 8th Street NW).
Volunteer Information Sessions
Wednesday, August 31, 6:00-7:00 p.m
Thursday, September 8, 6:00-7:00 p.m.
-Johnisha M. Levi
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