Cooking Matters Volunteer Class Assistant

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If you're interested in this position, please email cookingmatters@capitalareafoodbank.org.

Cooking Matters is a national 6-week, hands-on nutrition and cooking educational series developed by Share Our Strength. It is offered through the Capital Area Food Bank to limited resource participants around the DC Metropolitan Area. Classes are taught by a team of volunteer nutrition instructors, culinary instructors and class assistants and cover basic nutrition, cooking meal planning, and shopping. The CAFB Healthy Eating Department is looking for volunteers passionate about engaging and encouraging participatns to choose healthier foods for a healthier lifestyle.

Basic Function:

• Assist low income individuals at risk of hunger in selecting and preparing healthy low-cost food.

Primary Duties:

• Assist in shopping for groceries as needed
• Unload groceries and supplies
• Assemble grocery bag for each participant
• assist culinary/nutrition instructor with activities and classroom management.
• Work with participants
• Help with set up and clean up

So if you are interested with working with low-income individuals with diverse backgrounds, healthy cooking, nutrition and wellness, have the ability to travel around the Metropolitan DC area volunteer with the CAFB as an class assistant.