Healthy Cooking Classes at Teen Center, Fri 3-5 pm

This service project -- supported by a Rotary District Grant -- to involve Brookline students at the Teen Center to learn healthy cooking and enjoy a meal together is now well-underway. 

In partnership with BU Occupational Therapy doctoral students & Nutritional graduate students, the grant involves a weekly cooking class through June 7, 2024 on Friday afternoons from 3 to 5 pm.

Volunteers work with Teen Center middle schoolers and high schoolers to cook a vegetarian, low-cost, healthy entree and dessert.  BU professor and Rotarian Karen Jacobs will work with Teen Center members to create the menu, and BU OT doctoral students will lead the classes.

2 volunteers are needed each week: one to do the grocery shopping and deliver the items to the Teen Center on Thursday/Friday, and at least one more volunteer to help set-up, assist in cooking, and then clean-up. To volunteer, click the BTC District Grant button on this webpage.  Questions can be directed to Susan Rack, Service Project Chair.

Teen Center participants will be given copies of the recipes to cook at home with their families. They will also create a cookbook of their favorites recipes with their personal comments.