Monday, September 17, 2012

Get Prickly with Project Angel Faces Wednesday, September 19, 2012 at the Whitney Recreation Center


Guest Post by Rhonda Killough, Founder of Project Angel Faces

Come have fun with us at Garden Club as we learn how to clean, eat, juice, and store cactus fruit!

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At Garden Club, on September 19th, we'll be peeling, seeding, juicing, and freezing cactus fruit with apples and grapes to make popsicles, and drinking juice. 


GC Prickly Pear Cactus
Prickly Pears grow wild in abundance on cactus throughout our valley. They have loads of good nutrition that can help to prevent conditions such as osteoporosis, diabetes, high blood pressure, anxiety, and migraines. They also strengthen teeth, bones, our immune system, our nerve, enzyme, and amino acid functions, and help keep our fluid and electrolytes balanced. They taste like the color red, tart, mildly sweet, and with the texture similar to a pear.


Garden Club is such a wonderful program because the children get so excited to learn about new foods, they can hardly contain themselves. The activities we do are empowering to these kids; working with the foods, trusting the children to get their hands on the process of learning.


We get to practice learning so much more than just about working with food: patience, listening, sharing, respect for peers and teachers, non-violent communication, and sometimes cultural exploration!

It creates a lasting impression on them, and that is empowering for me as a community servant. My favorite part is how much they love learning how these foods we introduce build and grow their bodies, and make them stronger. They love being empowered by knowledge, and having so much fun in the process! 

Wednesday, September 19, 2012 from 4:15pm - 5:45pm Project Angel Faces will teach the cleaning, paring, juicing, and learning the nutrition of a locally abundant fruit, Prickly Pear!

Children over 5 are Welcome!
Garden Club at the 
Whitney Recreation Center

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  Always an adventure in learning! 

Garden Club Checklist ~ Please Bring:

Metal tongs
Nitrile Gloves



 And Wear Clothes you can get Dirty!

Credits

Guest Post by Rhonda Killough, Founder of ProjectAngelFaces.org
Layout & Edit by Kathleen Ackroyd of 'That Dam Kat' 

Need more information? Contact Rhonda Killough via email: planetrhonda@gmail.com or Visit the Event on Facebook 

Can't make it?  
LIVE from the 
Whitney Recreation Center

"We cultivate Hope for the Future."
 

3 comments:

Unknown said...

You did an amazing job with this post, Kat! Thank you for such fine support! See you Wednesday afternoon!!

Kathleen Ackroyd said...

You are more than Welcome Rhonda. Project Angel Faces is truly a wonderful, all encompassing organization for the Las Vegas Community. The Neighborhood Food Harvest not only benefits us by not letting locally grown organic fruits and vegetables go to waste, the food is distributed to our elders and youth in need. Then there's the Garden Clubs where children of all ages learn all aspects of gardening and how it dovetails into the Las Vegas Valley 'Slow Food Movement.'

I can't wait for the Project Angel Faces' first LIVE Tweetchat from the Whitney Recreation Center. Those that can't make it to the class, will still be able to ask questions or get information later on the Prickly Pear. :D

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