How do you encourage kids to eat more healthy food? By teaching them to cook tasty, nutritious, kid-friendly recipes with ingredients they can find in their own neighborhoods. Today, GSK announced a $440,000 grant to Vetri Community Partnership to expand...
Author: Paul Carbo
2017 Impact Report
Healthy Classroom Ideas & Resources for Teachers
As a teacher it’s not always easy encouraging your students to eat healthy. Most kids would prefer to snack on a candy bar rather than a healthy vegetable. But being a teacher comes the responsibility to be a role model...
Mobile Teaching Kitchen at the Please Touch Museum
It’s no secret that we’re big fans of hands-on learning, so when the Please Touch Museum asked us to join us at their monthly First Wednesday events this summer, we were thrilled! From 4-7 p.m. on July 5th and August...
July – What’s in Season?
Eating fresh seasonal produce comes with a handful of benefits – better taste, more nutritional benefits, and you can get more bang for your buck. Not to mention, that purchasing what’s in season typically means you’re supporting local farmers,...
New Location, Same Great Party: Schoolly D, Philly’s Top Chefs & at the Great Chefs Event After Party at Urban Outfitters, Inc. Building 3
The 12th Annual Great Chefs Event continues into the night at a new location featuring special guest chefs Adam Perry Lang, Michael Solomonov and Jose Garces. Entertainment provided by Philadelphia’s own rap legend, Schoolly D. With a reputation nearly as...
8 Things You Didn’t Know About the Great Chefs Event
This is the 12th year for the Great Chefs Event – Philadelphia’s premier culinary event that has raised millions of dollars to support Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation and Vetri Community Partnership. Everyone knows it’s a nice summer evening with delicious food...
Enter to Win a VIP Package to the Great Chefs Event
Purchase a $50 raffle ticket to be entered to win this exclusive package for the Great Chefs Event! One winner will receive: Two (2) After Party Access tickets (includes general admission to the Great Chefs Event and admission to the...
Tickets to the 12th Annual Great Chefs Event are Now on Sale
On Tuesday, June 20, more than 40 of the best chefs from across the country and around the world will convene in Philadelphia for the 12th Annual Great Chefs Event. The event will benefit Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation and Vetri...
Mobile Teaching Kitchen at First Philadelphia
[sswp-slide sswpid=2731] Last month, Vetri Community Partnership’s Mobile Teaching Kitchen visited First Philadelphia Preparatory Charter School. We taught students how to make sweet potatoes, greens & cabbage and Share Food Program had all of the ingredients for sale at affordable prices.