School CAFE (Culinary Action for Education), a healthy food initiative for Mount Shasta students, is fiscally sponsored by the Mount Shasta Bioregional Ecology Center.
In 2015, a Sisson School seventh grade student Maya Rawitch read her compelling essay to the MSUSD Board of Trustees pointing out that the school food was neither nutritious nor tasty and reporting on a survey of students confirming this viewpoint. The School Board was so impressed that they promptly created a Superintendent’s Committee of Barry Barnhart (superintendent), Maya and Ella Rawitch (students), Mary Saint-Marie, Colleen Shelly (parent), Laurel Kessler (school employee), and Wayne Kessler. Tara Gardner joined later.
Colleen Shelly, suggested the name School CAFE and formed the School CAFE Club, an after-school nutrition and cooking class for students at Sisson School. While School CAFE is no longer a Superintendent’s Committee, members are passionate about, and actively providing free, fresh food to students in the Mount Shasta community.
MSUSD Superintendent Barry Barnhart congratulates student Maya Rawitch on the creation of the School CAFE program.
Use the PayPal button below to make a donation through the Mount Shasta Bioregional Ecology Center, which will be automatically credited to the School CAFE program’s funds.