What I love most about Brainfood

What I love most about Brainfood is the enthusiasm from all the students, classroom assistants and coordinators.  Everyone has such a passion for the program and it definitely shows.  This was something I noticed on day one, and every day thereafter.  Coming into Brainfood was something I looked forward to every week because I knew that no matter what we were making that day in class, everyone was going to have fun.

What originally drew me to the program was the fact that they were teaching their students valuable life skills through cooking and food.  This appealed to me coming from a background in nutrition.  One of the most important skill sets, at least in my opinion, is the ability to cook for yourself.  In our fast paced, fast food, on-the-go lifestyles, we have come to the conclusion that we either don’t have the time or ability to cook a decent meal for ourselves.  These are valuable skills that the students will be able to use everyday.  When you teach someone how to cook, you are allowing them to control what foods they are eating and how they are preparing them.  This conscious awareness of food helps promote a healthy lifestyle that they can carry on long after the program.

Brainfood was a great experience for me and is an amazing program!

- Nick Halasz, weekly volunteer at the Chinatown location (pictured below with a Brainfood participant)