In 2021, Spark United was pleased to partner with Dr. Megan Bartley, OTD, OTR/L, in the development of Kitchen Hero Academy (KHA). Designed to address food insecurity, KHA is a free, garden-to-table program for middle school students.
Over the course of 10 weeks, Kitchen Heroes learn basic kitchen skills & safety, knife skills, how to read recipes, gardening basics, healthy nutrition, fishing, budgeting, grocery shopping, and more.
Field trips have included visits to a dairy farm, fishing pond, wheat farm, and grocery stores.
Kitchen Heroes work a garden throughout the program, using its produce as ingredients for their recipes.
Your gift makes it possible for us to offer this as a free program in our community! $350 will scholarship one Kitchen Hero, but feel free to give more or less, as able!
Please choose "KHA" to donate to this program.