Maddingley

Cooking for Community

Cooking for Community is an afterschool program open for Year 9-12, where students prepare and cook a chosen recipe which is then provided to Soul Foods at our local food provider for people in need in Bacchus Marsh. My name is Maddy and I’m in Year 11, and I’ve volunteered for the Cooking for Community club for the last two years, and it has been a wonderful experience. I’ve already done Food Tech subjects during my years here, but it’s not the same as this program. Throughout the hour we have, we cook, prepare, clean up and package the food. I’ve learnt many new recipes and got to enjoy cooking with the younger students who have also volunteered. This year alone, the Cooking for Community Club has donated approximately 650 meals to Soul Foods, which is an amazing achievement. Every student willing to volunteer has proven their dedication to the program, and we get to learn practical skills within a short period of time. Miss Madacki and Mrs McCarthy are the amazing teachers who have organised this program, and we students have the privilege of working with them every week. They trust us to work by ourselves and follow the recipe, without going through it for us beforehand.

Maddy – Year 11