Posts tagged Salvation Army
WANTED!!! SANTA'S HELPERS TO STUFF STOCKINGS FOR SALVATION ARMY
Nov 19th
The Culinary Arts Class at
Metro Techs South Bryant Campus is gathering stocking stuffers for kids ages 4-18 for the Salvation Army this year! What better way to brighten a child’s day this holiday season than getting a stocking from one of Santa’s helpers! Guess what? YOU can be a Santa’s
Helper! So PLEASE, dig deep into your pockets and visit the dollar bin at your local Toy’s R Us, Wal-Mart, Target, etc. and let’s fill up these stockings with stuff you would’ve wanted in YOUR stocking when you were young. Items and donations can be dropped off at the South Bryant Campus at 4901 S. Bryant in Oklahoma City with ATTENTION: Mrs. Hammonds. Call 405-595-2219 to join all the Culinary Arts students when we stuff the stockings. 
Some inexpensive but needed items are jump ropes, silly putty, slinkys, hair clips, hair ties, inexpensive jewelry, small toys, bubbles, crayons, small books or puzzle books/coloring books, play make-up, arts and crafts, stuffed animals, whatever will fit in a stocking! You guys know the drill! So COME ON EVERYONE….LET’S MAKE THIS CHRISTMAS A LITTLE MORE SPECIAL FOR THOSE WHO WOULD OTHERWISE SEE CHRISTMAS AS JUST ANOTHER DAY! Let’s share the Holiday Spirit and give unto others this season. Putting a smile on a childs face is SO WORTH THE EFFORT. Thanks so much everyone and have a blessed holiday season!
ON THE JOB @ SALVATION ARMY'S KIDS CAFE!
Nov 3rd
Hello everybody! I wanted fill you in about the job I got at Salvation Army and Boys and Girls Club Kid’s Cafe! I am now the Program Cook under the supervision of the Unit Director. Some of my job duties include ordering, purchasing, preparing and serving meals. Everything we do in the kitchen is in compliance with the USDA’s Child and Adult Care Food Program. I am responsible for accurately completing daily attendance rosters, meal count sheets and Menu as Served forms and returning them to the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma’s Kid’s Cafe Program Coordinator. I also maintain a clean kitchen facility, equipment, appliances and maintain inventory of food and supplies. It is impariative that I manage all of these duties
in and organized and timely manner. I plan menus, purchase food for meals and snacks reimbursable through the USDA’s CACFP, and I maintain supplies necessary for the preparation and serving of nutritional meals for at-risk children. 
Though the responsibility is great, the rewards are even greater! Not only do I get to work in my field of passion, culinary arts, I also get to teach children about healthy eating and preparing meals. This is a total win-win situation. I enjoy working with kids, from all walks of life in all ages. Teaching them how to cook is an essential
skill.
I am truly blessed with this new opportunity to be able to feed children that might not otherwise have a hot meal at night. I am also the proud recipient of many smiles and cheers from the kids everyday I walk through the doors. They are all so kind and giving. It’s only right for me to give back myself to help them achieve great things.
MCA HAS THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT!!!
Jan 7th
MCA students have been extremely giving this holiday season. On Thursday December 16th, Mrs. Graham and Ms. Rodgers’ students stuffed stockings for the Red Cross while Mr. and Mrs. Britt took students to the Salvation Army to assist the needy.
The advisory students of Graham and Rodgers stuffed 200 stockings filled with candy, toys, school supplies, and hygiene products for the Red Cross to pass out to less fortunate children. During the previous week, students, teachers, and Metro Tech staff collected items to place in the stockings. The students enjoyed particpating in this event. Ryan Blair said, “I enjoyed the project and I hope I made a child’s Christmas a little brighter this year.”
On December 16th, SWAGG volunteered at the Salvation Army Toys for Tots city wide distribution. (SWAGG = Students With Oustounding Gear and Goals) Thousands of families benefit from this annual event. Members of SWAGG volunteered from 10:15am until 1:30pm. The ladies were inside runners. They were responsible for loading the gifts into baskets and bringing them to the front. The men took the women’s baskets and loaded them with food, then transported the boxes of food, and the bags of toys to the families vehicles where they were loaded into the vehicles as well. Thank you Mr. and Mrs. Britt and our students for all you do!!!










