Our goal is to bring healthy food to the people in our area that need it the most. We realize that the culture of cooking and budgeting for economic and healthy food has diminished, and there is a need to bring back some of those skills. In order to provide both food and skills, we will hold workshops in the community that offer both. By giving food, we are ensuring that people will have something to eat and will be able to focus on developing new skills. We know that meeting basic needs makes it easier for them to learn. The skills training will give people the ability to use any food resource to their advantage, as well as budget and plan their own shopping and menu. Often, when people are given food or money for ingredients, they are unsure about how to prepare it. The workshops will provide a skill set that will benefit families for a long time after the project is over.

The basic format for the workshops is to bring in a volunteer instructor to teach about an economic and/or health-related food skill. At each workshop, participants will also help prepare meals to be packaged and brought home. Ingredients, packaging, and instructions will be provided for each participant and the instructor will be available to guide the food preparation. There will also be a project facilitator. This person will be responsible for organizing the volunteer instructors, scheduling the workshops, outreach for participants, and purchasing groceries and supplies.