A group of culinary students from the south suburbs spent Thursday making preparations to help provide the catering at Rev. Jesse Jacksons' memorial at House of Hope in Chicago Friday.
A group of culinary students from the south suburbs spent Thursday making preparations to help provide the catering at Rev. Jesse Jackson s' memorial at House of Hope in Chicago Friday.Students from the Rich Township High School District 227 Culinary Program spent their day at the Fine Arts Campus in Richton Park , preparing for a day of service in honor of the ate civil rights icon.
Each student will wake up at 4 a.m. Friday to serve food to the Jackson family and friends at House of Hope for 'The People's Celebration.''It's a really big thing. I mean, this is a moment in history,' said student Carl Jeffries.Chef Darius Bright, the class's instructor, joined forces with Victor Love of Josephine's Southern Cooking in Chicago's Chatham neighborhood to involve his students in the day of service. Love organized the effort, getting a series of restaurants to donate food for the celebration, as well as the private homegoing on Saturday.'This is their volunteering time and this is definitely giving back and it's the Jackson family and Rev. Jackson being the icon that he was, set a precedent,' Bright said. The students are in a three-year program involving everything from food preparation, sanitation and safety to restaurant management. The program is designed to prepare them for culinary school.'When I cook, I'm normally energized, excited or happy and stuff and I translate that into my excellence and my food,' said student Jaidyn Warner.These students aren't just learning how to cook and plate food; the lesson is centered on compassion.'It's really fulfilling you know, being able to just give. It really does warm the heart,' Jeffries said.They also helped serve food at Rainbow PUSH Headquarters last week for the public visitations for Jackson there.'He kept going after Martin Luther King passed away. He didn't give up,' said Cortney Alexander, student. 'This is a once in a lifetime thing and I get to do it and I'm happy that I'm the one that was chosen and the one that was trusted to serve them.'
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