Volunteer Training Videos

Cooking Matters volunteers are sharing their strengths nationwide to empower families with the knowledge, skills and confidence they need to make the most of whatever resources they have to feed their families.  As a volunteer there are some key behaviors and actions that you can do each class to help make the experience as meaningful as possible for the participants.  We encourage you to watch the videos below to see those behaviors in action. Many thanks to the Ward Family Foundation for generously funding this series of training videos.

Making It Relevant

Setting the Tone
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Learner-Centered

Team Teaching
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Cooking Together

Keeping It Safe
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Organizing a Class

Saving Strategies
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Thanks to the volunteers who are featured in these videos:

Kate Abowd, Rebecca Aslam, Nisha Bhinde, Steve Dunn, Rachel Giannotti, Maegen Holt, Nicole Maddox, Angel Park, Kris Piatt, Phyll Ribakoff, Jaimee Rondeau, Jenna Skinner, Sarah Sliwa, Brian Sway, Terri Way

Thanks to our partner organizations and their course participants for graciously allowing us to film their class experiences:

ABCD Head Start, Alliance for Inclusion and Prevention, CharlesNewTown Housing Authority, DotWell, East Boston Neighborhood Health Center, Frisoli Youth Center, South Middlesex Opportunity Council