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Kid’s in the Kitchen – March 24th
 
 
The Junior League of Battle Creek kicked off its
nutrition project with Kids in the
Kitchen! Kids in the Kitchen is part of the
Association of Junior League International’s initiative to address
the increasing rates of childhood obesity in our country.
“The Junior League of Battle Creek is working to
find ways to help our community make healthier choices. Kids
in the Kitchen is just one way to help parents engage their children in
making healthy meals and exercising while having fun” said Kate
Segal, Chair of the Nutrition Project for the Junior League of Battle
Creek.
Children participating in this year’s event had a
full morning of activities at Springfield
Middle School. The morning started with Mary
Proulx, Lauren Zima and Jenna Lambert from the Battle Creek Family YMCA
leading the children through a fun dance exercise routine. All the kids actively participated
and built up an appetite.
Celebrity Chef Sean Kelly with BiCi Bistro then taught
the children and their parents how to make healthy pizza and snacks. With the generous donation of food
from Bill Morris and the Hunt Club, each child and parent made their own
individual whole wheat pizza topped with fresh vegetable toppings. While the pizzas were cooking, Chef
Kelly helped the children make their own granola snack mix for a healthy
snack on-the-go.
To finish out the morning, the children and their
parents heard tips on how to make healthy choices everyday from Carol Barr,
dietitian with Battle Creek Health System. To compliment their new knowledge,
each child who participated received a Kids
in the Kitchen cookbook, insulated lunch sack, dental care packet, and
a certificate that encourages them to make healthy choices everyday.
In today’s busy lifestyles, it’s hard to
make healthy choices. One
participant, Carolyn Johnson knows just how difficult that can be. “I very much enjoyed our
experience,” said Carolyn Johnson, a grandmother raising her
10-year-old granddaughter. “These types of workshops help to
reinforce to both my granddaughter and me the healthy choices we need to
make.”
A special thank you to Celebrity Chef Sean Kelly with
BiCi Bistro, registered dietician Carol Barr with Battle Creek Health
System, Mary Proulx, Lauren Zima and Jenna Lambert from the Battle Creek
Family YMCA, Bill Morris and the Hunt Club, Standard Printing, and Bandeen
Orthodontics for helping us put this event together.
The Junior League of Battle Creek is an organization of
women committed to promoting voluntarism, developing the potential of its
members and improving the community through the effective action and
leadership of trained volunteers.
Its purpose is exclusively education and charitable.
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