Superintendent Carvalho And Chef Michelle Bernstein Join Forces, Celebrate Cooking For Life Festival

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Monday, March 30, 2015

CONTACT: Daisy Gonzalez-Diego
Miami-Dade County Public Schools
305-995-2060

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SUPERINTENDENT CARVALHO AND CHEF MICHELLE BERNSTEIN JOIN FORCES, CELEBRATE COOKING FOR LIFE FESTIVAL

WHO:

Superintendent of Schools Alberto M. Carvalho, Chef Michelle Bernstein, students, teachers

WHAT:

Common Threads Cooking Class

WHEN:

Wednesday, April 1, 2015
2:45 p.m. – Conversation with students
3:30 p.m. – Cooking class

WHERE:

Charles Wyche Elementary School
5241 NW 195 Drive
Miami, FL 33055

WHY:

To kick off the Cooking for Life Festival, Superintendent Carvalho and Chef Bernstein are partnering up during a Common Threads cooking class to bring awareness and increase interest in healthy eating and cooking skills.
The Cooking for Life Festival, taking place April 17-19, will bring together a select group of the country’s most celebrated chefs to support the organization’s mission. Common Threads will bring their national community committed to positively impacting kids’ health and well-being to Miami for an entire weekend.
Common Threads, the national non-profit organization fighting childhood obesity by teaching kids healthy cooking skills, currently has programming in 33 schools in Miami. Through hands-on curriculum, Common Threads is empowering students and families to cook healthy, working to reverse the trend of childhood obesity and related health complications.

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