Adult Kitchen Mentor

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f you have whole food cooking experience and enjoying teaching teens, we’d love to have you join us as an adult mentor! You must love working with young people and have a sense of humor. Wednesdays 3:00 pm - 6:30 pm

Revive & Thrive Project provides nourishing meals to those facing a health crisis in greater Grand Rapids, while empowering youth. We seek to nourish, educate, empower and connect our community through nutritious food to support health outcomes, build life skills, encourage healthy eating behaviors and support the local economy.

Key elements of our program include:

• Supporting individuals and families dealing with a health crisis with free/low cost, home- delivered meals, nutrition education, and nurturing support
• Involving young people as teen chefs and providing hands-on training to learn healthy eating, build confidence, job skills through experiential education
• Supporting and promoting local food systems
• Educating the broader community about the healthy eating and living
• Providing a multi-generational and multi-cultural program to connect people of all ages and from all walks of life to one another, and to their value as an integral part of the community.

Shifts Available: Tuesdays 12:00-3:00, Wednesdays 12:00-3:00, 3:00-6:00, 3:00-6:30, 6:15-TBD (varies based on delivery route)

Required: Food handlers certificate (training provided)