Persons Served at CTN cook up pizza and necessary living skills

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Persons served at CTN recently took part in a cooking class, a typical staple of their day programs. This hands-on experience is usually offered once a week, but over the summer, persons served get to take part once a month.

Their previous class saw them making pizza cups, involving rolling the dough, placing the dough in muffin tins, and both saucing and cheesing the dough, before putting it in the oven.

Community Ties North Coordinator Melissa Gray says one of the highlights is the ability for persons served to take these skills home with them.

“Learning to cook is part of some of their plans, when it comes to gaining their independence,” Melissa said. “Those that are able to can get access in the kitchen and prepare meals for themselves.”

Melissa also mentioned a recipe book persons served developed for them to use in their homes as well.

But more than the skills learned in the class, they get the chance to have fun with each other.

“They get to be silly and joke around with each other,” Melissa said. “They like that time with their friends almost more than the cooking part of it.”