We wanted to share the e-mail that was sent out recently by Executive Chef, Michael Riggs, who is an Associate Professor of Culinary Arts at Bowling Green Technical College on our blog. In his e-mail, Michael writes:
“Dear colleagues, most of you I know, some I have only met briefly or attended your seminars at conferences. I have an idea I want to share with you. I would like to find a way to work with the American Red Cross to have culinary programs across the United States go through the ARC disaster training to create a nationwide network of students and faculty of culinary programs who can respond across the nation to natural disasters and do what we do best, “FEED PEOPLE”. To me this seems like such a “no brainer” to get these two groups together. I am seeking other chefs, educators, and industry professionals who may be interested in working with me to see if this can be done. Please let me know if you would be interested in helping get this started. I would also request that you forward this idea to any of your other colleagues who you think would be interested in being part of this and keep the e-mail alive by using the “reply to all” tab. I want to clarify that at this point this is just an idea, but hey that’s how most things get started. This may already exist but I have not found any info on it.
I arranged to have this take place at my college last spring for my students and anyone else in our area of Kentucky who wanted to attend. We were about to do the training then tornados hit our area and the Red Cross had to cancel, but it I found out it was a doable thing. I am trying to schedule it again for this fall. I was in New Orleans over the weekend and was reminded of Katrina, the mid-west flooded again this summer and hurricane season has started again…I decided it was time to ask for feedback on the idea.
I appreciate your taking the time to read this...I hope you will get involved even if it is just a voice of support or endorsement of the idea or suggestions and connections as we move forward.”
If you would like to learn how you and your students can support the American Red Cross please contact Michael via e-mail at mike.riggs@kctcs.edu
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