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B.C.’s freshest food-skills program invites cooking groups across the province to take up an unbeatable offer: a six-session free cooking school that comes to your kitchen. The program is called Food Skills For Families, and it was created particularly for cooking groups that serve Aboriginal, Punjabi, new immigrant and low-income communities. All the cooking group has to supply is a properly equipped kitchen and 8 to 12 participants who agree to attend all six sessions. All the other essentials come free of charge: the guidance of a trained facilitator with cooking and nutrition expertise, the food to be cooked, and workbooks for all that include recipes targeted for specific groups. The six hands-on kitchen sessions cover healthy food choices, safe food handling and storage, meal planning, healthy snacks, nutrition education and a shopping tour. There’s plenty of time for questions and answers. Food Skills for Families has just been launched. It is funded through the Canadian Diabetes Association by the BC Healthy Living Alliance .
The Food Skills For Families Program has experienced a very successful response from communities across the province, as a result, the Canadian Diabetes Association has reached its’ initial capacity for program delivery. Programs will be delivered to community organizations in
September - December 2009
January - February 2010
If you would like your organization to be placed on a wait list to have the program delivered to you, please contact: Diane Collis, Manager, Fresh Choice Kitchens , Email: cooking@foodbank.bc.ca,Tel: 604-876-0659 ext 118.
Information for cooking and skill building groups across BC that serve Aboriginal, Punjabi, new immigrants and low income families that would like the program delivered to their location.
