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| Madison Parish CHEF Cooking Camp participants prepare to serve a meal to their guests during the camp's July 1 graduation ceremony. |
Baton
Rouge, LA – The week-long Madison Parish Creating Healthy Enjoyable Foods
(CHEF) Cooking Camp ended on July 1 with a graduation ceremony for the camps’ youth
participants.
A
large crowd of parents and family members attended the ceremony along with Madison
Parish School District (MPSD) Superintendent Benita Young, several MPSD Board
Members and Madison High School faculty and staff members.
Mrs.
Young commended the youth for their success and shared words of encouragement
to both the students and their parents. City of Tallulah Mayor Paxton Branch also
congratulated the youth via phone because he was unable to attend the ceremony.
An
article on the camp also appeared in the Madison Journal Newspaper on June 30.
The
camps, with are hosted by the Southern University Ag Center in collaboration
with the LSU AgCenter, are designed to teach basic cooking principles and
nutrition education to youth.
For
additional information about the SU Ag Center’s CHEF camps, call 225-771-2242.
Click here to view highlights from the Madison Parish CHEF Camp.
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