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This concise report, published November 2006, is an excellent background document for community leaders and decision makers. It overviews costs, and resources needed to start the program in your school
A description of the Cooking Fun for Families (CFFF) program, how CFFF meets the objectives of the Community Food Action Initiative (CFAI) and how implementing the program could be an option for health authorities and community organizations to offer food skill-building opportunities while supporting families around a variety of issues, including food security, life skills, and socialization, connectivity, and integration within their communities. The handbook describes how you can develop a “Cooking Fun for Families” program that is tailored to the needs of your own school-community. It outlines the costs and assignment of tasks and responsibilities for each program model.
The purpose of the Cooking Fun for Families (CFFF) project was to learn about family, community, and school issues of hunger and food security in British Columbia (BC), and community approaches to these issues to develop a case to position CFFF as a program that might be implemented in regions and communities throughout the province. This document consists of the project report; develops a business plan for theoretical adoption of CFFF throughout BC communities; and an evaluation of the CFFF project.
14 minute video of the Cooking Fun for Families Program that can be viewed on your computer using Windows Media Player. Order it through Vancouver Coastal Health for $10.00.
Outcome Evaluation - “Using Food to Build Community” Poster – UBC
A brief visual report on the benefits of Cooking Fun for Families, prepared by University of British Columbia, based on the outcome evaluation research (2001-03) funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. A good support material for private or public partners.
Cooking Fun for Families – Sample documents and tools
The forms listed below were used by the New Westminister School District #40 which had received funding from the University College of the Fraser Valley‘s Fraser Children and Family Development Fund to run a Cooking Fun for Famlies Program. While these documents are specifically for their Cooking Fun For Families program, they are quite adaptable for community kitchens operating outside a school system. Thank you Betina for sharing your hard work with the greater community.
