KCS cooking club is feeding their friends
By Joan Janzen
KINDERSLEY – KCS students are busy in the kitchen. On Mondays, the Foods 10 and Foods 30 students have been making muffins for the school’s breakfast cart. Muffin Mondays began last year, and according to Principal Heidi Marchant, “it has been a hit with students who can enjoy a homemade muffin when they arrive at school in the morning.”
Thanks to the efforts of the KCS cooking club, which has doubled their production of muffins, students can enjoy a homemade muffin when they arrive at school. PHOTO BY KCS STAFF
PHOTO BY KCS STAFF
This year, the students are able to double their muffin production thanks to the school’s new double ovens. The support of the Mosaic Healthy Schools grant, along with sponsorship from Simplot, enabled the school to purchase the new ovens and a stand-up freezer for storage.
“This year we have started bringing students together for a cooking club,” Ms. Marchant explained. Students and staff have been getting together after school a couple of times each month in order to make the volume of muffins needed to keep the school kids fed.
“So far we have just done muffins, but we are going to move on to chilli and soups to store in the freezer, or offer as ‘pop-up’ lunches for the kids,” she added. This new endeavour will help tackle food insecurity in the student body, and it’s made possible with the help of sponsorship and generous food donations from the community.
The principal said they are thankful for a generous weekly donation of eggs, which is very helpful. They’re also looking for donations of flour, sugar, oil, chocolate chips, frozen berries and other non-perishables to be used as ingredients for their muffins.
“We welcome donations of disposable, freezer-safe containers to store our freezer meals,” she added. Donations of ground beef for chilli and chicken for use in soups are also appreciated.
Donations of these items present the perfect opportunity for the community to support the efforts of students who are willing to use their free time to help feed their friends.