Kids Cook

“A copy of the 990 is provided to the board and management to review and accept prior to submisson to the irs.”

“Potential conflicts of interest are required to be reported to the board of directors as they arise. There is also a conflict of interest disclosure sheet that each board member signs annually.”

“Executive director and key employee compensation are subject to review and approval by the board of directors.”

“The organization's governing documents are made avialable upon written request.”

“The mission of kids cook is to improve the ovreall health of school children and their families through nutrition and physical activity education, by involving them in hands-on learning about culturally diverse foods that are healthy and appealing while teaching the benefits of daily exercise.”

“Volunteers assist instructors in the demonstration of cooking techniques and kitchen safety.”

“"kids cook produced and distributed its fourth annual report "kids cook has a total of 11 schools with dedicated kids cook space. This allows our educators easy access to their supplies and equipment, reducing time spent traveling between classes and creates a special kids cook environment; rich for learning. "kids cook is celebrating 10 years of collaboration with amy biehl high school. Kids cook has been offering service learning opportunities for seniors to complete 100 hours of community service every year for 10 years. This year we had 1 abhs and 2 unm students contributing approx. 500 hours of community service to kids cook and the students participating in kids cook "kids cook participated several community events, s.t.e.m conference, aps parent university, unm growers market, collaboration with wic and downtown growers market cooking with wic families using fresh vegetables and encourage wic participants to shop at the local market. "kids cook supports school gardening. Kirtland, dolores gonzales and valle vista elementary have school gardens. Kids cook provided training to food corps volunteers during their orientation training and work with them throughout the year to support school gardens. "kids cook hosted the first annual 5th grade writing contest. Students wrote a 5 paragraph essay on "why every school should have kids cook" we had over 75 enters. Three district winners were chosen from 12 school winners. District winners were recognized at an aps school board meeting.”