Youth-led Broth Service with Our Place & Project Hope

New Service Learning Opportunity:

Project Hope Spokane, dba River City Youth Ops, is happy to share that as we expand to year-round operations, we are starting a broth service with our program partner, Our Place Community Outreach Center on Wednesday, February 14, 2024. Our Place is a no-barrier food and resource bank located in the West Central neighborhood. With support from the amazing farmers and ranchers in our region, we will be facilitating a broth service with our youth team.

WhaT:

This will be a 2-part activity.

Making broth: Youth will learn how to make bone broth and mushroom-based vegetarian broth on Saturday, February 10.
Sharing broth: Youth will share broth with community members during Our Place’s Wednesday evening food distribution on Valentine’s Day.

Who:

Past participants and youth 12 years of age and older are invited to join us!

RSVP Here

Note: Do you want a current food worker permit but don’t have one yet? No problem! Visit https://www.foodworkercard.wa.gov/ to take the food safety course and get certified. The permit costs $10. Show us your receipt and permit and we’ll reimburse you for the cost of your permit.

Why:

We are excited to introduce this activity. Our intentions for this service learning opportunity are to:

Allow youth to strengthen their food handling and community service skills
Provide community members with a warm, nourishing cup of meat or vegetable broth
Share heart health resources for Valentine’s Day
Share resources to reduce food waste through broth-making

When:

This opportunity will take place on 2 different days:

Saturday, February 10: 10 am - 2 pm
Wednesday, February 14: 3 - 7 pm

Where:

Saturday, February 10: Salem Lutheran Church (428 W Broadway Ave, Spokane, WA 99201)
Wednesday, February 14: Our Place Community Outreach (1509 W College Avenue)