Baton Rouge, LA- The SU Ag Center, in collaboration
with the LSU AgCenter, will sponsor several youth cooking schools entitled,
“Creating Healthy Enjoyable Foods” (C.H.E.F.), for youth in eight parishes
throughout the state.
The C.H.E.F. cooking school is designed to teach
youth basic cooking principles and nutrition education based on the USDA’s, “MyPlate”
food guidance system and the 2010 Dietary Guidelines.
Each day, participants will work together to create
an entire meal while learning healthy eating and physical activity principles,
food preparation, kitchen and food safety, common cooking terms, proper food
handling, measuring techniques, critical thinking and team building skills,
planning and time management.
“These camps are designed to teach children the basic
principles of healthy eating,” said De’Shoin York Friendship, Associate Specialist
for Nutrition at the SU Ag Center. “In many households the parents work and
very often when kids get home from school they are home alone. Instead of choosing fast foods or frozen
prepared foods, which may be high in fat or sodium, our cooking camps teach
youth how to safely prepare nutritious snacks and meals, many of which do not
involve the use of a stove,” she added.
The list of summer youth cooking camps and the
parishes they will be held in are below:
Avoyelles Parish
June
1-3
9
a.m. – 1 p.m.
LSU
AgCenter, 8592 Hwy. 1
Mansura,
LA
Open
to youth in grades 1st – 12th ; only 15-20 participates will be accepted for this session.
Registration
in $20
Calcasieu
Parish
June
2-5
8
a.m. – 3 p.m.
Southwest Louisiana Sickle Cell Anemia (SWLA), Inc., 1917
Harless St.
Lake
Charles, LA 70601
Only
for SWLA Sickle Cells Kids aged 9-13
June
22-26
8
a.m. – 3 p.m.
Mt.
Zion Summer Camp
Open
to youth ages 9-13; only 20 participants will be accepted.
Each camper will be responsible for bringing their own bag lunch with a healthy drink each day of camp.
Registration
is $25
To register, contact
Carol Sensley at 337-475-8812
West
Carroll Parish
June
22-26
9
a.m. – 2 p.m.
Thomas Jason Lingo Building in the LSU/SU Ag Center, 195A Community Road
Oak
Grove, LA 71263
Open to youth ages 9-16; only to 25 youth will be accepted.
Registration
is $10
To
register, contact Joy at 318-428-3571
(Youth are welcome to bring enough water, cups, juice, plates, napkins, spoons, forks or snacks for all children throughout the week.)
East
Carroll Parish
June
29-July 3
9
a.m. – 2 p.m.
East Carroll Extension Office, 502
1st Street
Lake
Providence, LA 71254
Open to youth ages 9-16; only
10 youth will be accepted.
Registration
is $10
To
register, contact Sherry at 318-559-0060.
(Youth are welcome to bring enough water, cups, juice, plates, napkins, spoons, forks or snacks for all children throughout the week.)
Madison
Parish
June 22-26
8 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Madison High School, 1234 Madison High Drive
Tallulah, LA 71282
Open to youth ages 9-18; only 20-25 youth will be accepted.
Registration is $25.
To register, contact Sarah Sims at 318-574-2465 or visit the LSU/ SU Ag Center, 114 North Cedar Street, Tallulah, LA.
Caddo
Parish
June
22-26
8
a.m. – 1 p.m.
LSU
Caddo Extension Office, 2408
East 70th Street
Shreveport,
LA 71105
Open
to youth ages 9-12; only 12 youth will be accepted for this session.
(Youth are encouraged to bring a mid-day snack however, they will have samples of what was prepared during the class.)
Registration is $25.
St.
James Parish
July
6-10
8:30 a.m. -3:30 p.m.
8234
Mill Street
St.
James, La. 70086
Open
to youth ages 12-14; only eight youth will be accepted for this session.
Registration is $15.
Lafayette
Parish
July
6-10
8:30
a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Lafayette
Parish Extension Office, 1010
Lafayette St. Ste. 325
Lafayette,
LA 70570
Open to youth ages 9-12; only 14 youth will be accepted for this session.
Each
camper will be responsible for bringing their own bag lunch with a healthy
drink each day of camp.
Registration is $15.
To register, contact the Lafayette Extension Office
at 337-291-7090 or 337-254-2788.
East
Baton Rouge Parish
July
13-17
8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Pinkie
E. Thrift Hall on the Southern University Baton Rouge campus
Open to youth aged 9-11; only 12 youth will be accepted for this session.
Each camper will be responsible for bringing their own bag lunch with a healthy drink each day of camp.
Registration
is $30 and must be submitted with a completed registration form to:
C.H.E.F.,
Nutrition Education Program,
Southern University Ag Center,
P. O. Box 10010,
Baton Rouge, LA 70813.
(Only money orders will be accepted and made payable to the Southern
University Ag Center.)
To register or to obtain a registration form, contact Kiyana Kelly
or Marquetta Anderson-Reynolds at 225.389.3055 or via e-mail at,
kiyana_kelly@suagcenter.com or marquetta_anderson@suagcenter.com.
July
27-31
Pinkie
E. Thrift Hall on the Southern University Baton Rouge campus
8:30
a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
This
session is open to youth aged 12-14; only 12 youth will be accepted per session.
Each camper will be responsible for bringing their own bag lunch with a healthy drink each day of camp.
Registration
is $30 and must be submitted with a completed registration form to:
C.H.E.F.,
Nutrition Education Program,
Southern University Ag Center,
P. O. Box 10010,
Baton Rouge, LA 70813.
(Only money orders will be accepted and made payable to the Southern University Ag Center.)
To register or to obtain a registration form, contact Kiyana Kelly or Marquetta Anderson-Reynolds at 225.389.3055 or via e-mail at, kiyana_kelly@suagcenter.com or marquetta_anderson@suagcenter.com.
Evangeline
Parish
August
3-5
To register, contact
Salette Tennie at 318-253-7526.
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