MacShares Community Meal Prep: Cornbread

Get a free meal by helping dietetics students prepare near to 150 meals for the John Abbott Food Bank.

McGill School of Human Nutrition Faculty Lecturer Paul-Guy Duhamel is looking for 10 to 12 colleagues and students to join him on February 5 and give two hours of their time (between 11:00 and 13:00). We will make cornbread to accompany the chili con carne prepared for John Abbott Food Bank/Pantry. Its mission is provide food assistance to support John Abbott College’s students in need.

Those who will have volunteered will also get to experience the meal, a hearty chili con carne, cornbread (of course!) and something sweet.

This entire operation has been planned, implemented and by Dietetics students as part of NUTR 345/346 courses.

Schedule

11:00–10:15: Introduction (CC-212)

11:15–12:45: Cooking dessert in the Food Lab (CC-215)

12:45: Volunteer lunch is served (CC-212)

About MacShares

MacShares is a team-building group activity in which Mac faculty, staff and students volunteer a couple of hours of their time to contribute to creating 100+ meals which are then served by local community organizations to people in need. The event is part of a management activity for students in the Dietetics program.

This February, MacShares is looking for volunteers for three events:

• Friday, February 2: Pudding Chomeur
• Monday, February 5: Cornbread
• Friday, February 9: Cupcakes

Volunteers must RSVP by one week before the event.

Quick Facts

• In Québec, 1 in 10 people are turning to food banks for help in feeding their families.
• 33% of food bank users are children while representing only 20% of the population.
• 8% of Food Bank clients are postsecondary students, a significant increase from 5% in 2019.
• 8% of Food Bank clients are seniors, a significant increase from 6.8% in 2019.

This project was made possible thanks to the support from the School of Human Nutrition and Metro Plus Lachine.