Teens, now is your chance! We won a grant from PA Humanities this year to explore culture through food and we want you! The plan is to share food from various cultures and look at how that food was influenced by other cultures. We’ll cook, we’ll eat, we’ll do related projects. This is a youth-led program so you will have a lot of say in how it goes. You will also learn leadership skills and help the library be a better place for Norristown Area teens.
Here are the facts:
Regular attendance is required 2x a month on Wednesday afternoons/evenings (4:30-6pm).
Meetings:
Wednesday, November 20, 2024, 4:30-6pm – Irish Night
Wednesday, December 4, 2024, 4:30-6pm – Italian Night
Wednesday, December 18, 2024, 4:30-6:30pm – African American Night
In 2025 we will meet on the 2nd & 4th Wednesday of each month until the end of the school year (4:30-6:00/6:30pm). Students decide on themes and are looking toward doing a Vietnamese night, a Mexican night, a Japanese night, a Jamaican night and more.
Note: We’ll meet at the library, but the library will be moving to the PennDot building up Markley Street (behind the Royal Farms Store) around March. You will have to get there for the last 3 months. It is 9/10th of a mile away from our current location on Powell Street.
There is no cost to you thanks to a grant from PA Humanities. All the food and supplies will be provided.
We hope you will share recipes and culture from your house with us, but it is not required.
Ages 12-18.
If you are interested, REGISTER under our events tab at https://mnl.libcal.com/event/13466846
Email Jeanne at JCove@mclinc.org with questions.
This is a great activity to put on college applications and resumes, btw.
Thank you, PA Humanities!
