Kayiona's Day

For me, today was a nice day. Zahra came by and Mary, Tai, and I made aprons and chefs hats with her sewing machine. i always love anything that has to do with sewing or designing clothes.

7-21-10

today was cool, we started the day off with a game involving blocks. the game went well then a few minutes later we played a game called mafia. soon after ms zara came in to talk to us about the final project at the end of the program. then we went to lunch. after lunch we talked more about the final project then we acted out a few scenes. in one word the day was relaxing.

Expressive narrative by Ricardo Perez

Today I found myself enjoying a peaceful commute to Bessemer Park. I met some friendly people with whom I shared stories of my younger days. Once I arrived to work I was excited to know we would play mafia. A mini murder mystery game we recently started playing. that was fun. ummm Ladonna (hope i spelled it right) came in and talked to us about calories and healthy meals. I have the utmost respect for Ladonna but there some things i have a problem agreeing with. i won't get into specifics but yea she keeps saying some offensive stuff but whatever you know. lol well yea anyway imma stop it here and leave y'all with some words of wisdom. "Arnicea" shall now be known as "Arni"

Chi-Town Chefs

Chi-Town Chefs connects urban agriculture, the politics of healthy eating, and culinary-arts training through a weekly cooking show. Youth apprentices aged 14 -15 cultivate herbs and vegetables in Co-op Image’s community gardens then use them in the production of their cooking show set for broadcast on FiTV and CAN-TV. The cooking show teaches industry-standard video production techniques to youth and serves the community with culturally relevant information about food preparation, nutrition, and sustainable urban agriculture.

Check out the Chi-Town Chefs' pilot cooking show here.

12-Year-Old Chef on The Wendy Williams Show

Check out 12-year-old chef Darian Davis on the Wendy Williams Show - you can see more of Darian's culinary creations on his website, and to learn about Chicago-area youth chefs, check out this AREA Chicago article on the Chi-Town Chefs.

TRACE IS AWESOME

TODAY IS JULY 16, 2010 AND I AM YOUR BLOGGER FOR THE MOMENT.
TRACE IS REALLY RELAXED THERE'S NO COMPULSION OR DISCOMFORT.
IT PROVIDES A PROGRAM FOR THE YOUTH TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES PLUS IT PAYS.
I AM VERY GRATEFUL TO BE HIRED.

PEACE OUT.!

hello tracers this is Dre but most of you know me as Leon . Today we ate McDonald's .... that's right McDonald's and we SMASHED EVERYTHING !!!!!! Um also we went over the constantly growing problem of food deserts in the Chicago south side , and how we can help resolve this problem . well this is Dre from Bessemer Park signing off with this message ..... stay hoping , dreaming , and trying to realize your dreams because if you don't stand tall you wont get to experience the satisfaction of accomplishing them ..... deep ...... LOL that's all . Dre out.

Trace July 17 After Lunch

Today tracers learned about calories and what type of food contain fat and or crabs that we need in our body. We learned how many calories we should eat everyday with a formula Jordan showed us. Then we went over stereotypes that people might think of us and the avg female/male. By the end of the day we came together as one and found out something new about each other and ourselves

An Interesting Day

We had an interesting day at Bessemer Park. It was another we learned a little more about each other. This morning we started in a circle and talked about what we did yesterday after work. After that conversation we talked all about CHANGE! Then, we went on walk around the neighborhood to take pictures of what we thought needed to be changed. We took pictures of graffiti on different places and etc. at 12:00pm we went to lunch! After lunch Brian's brother talked to us about calories and how to stay healthy. Then we talked to Shanettia about our self-pride and self-faults. After we played a game and WON!

Bessemer Park

We start our day off with a circle, It is the morning process to tell everybody how was your weekend, and if you learned anything. Next on the list was a game called: Taxi, everyone had to write down a famous person name, and one person had to pick a piece of paper and act that famous person out. Taxi was a time for us to come alive, and have fun. Playing games is like meeting everybody all over again because people show things that they didn't show the first day. I am going to leave the rest off to Elise to tell you what we did for the rest of the day.


Posted by;
Nikitta Banks.


I became a Tracer last year and I really enjoyed the Trace program last summer. Every morning we start off with circles. Its helps us start off our day and let everybody know how we are feeling in the morning. This year is a little different from last summer, we are looking more in depth with food. I really feel like this summer is going to be really informational. I will be going back school this fall, so the information I learn this summer will be very helpful. I am really looking forward to see what this summer of trace brings.

Elise

MSN.com - Nutritional Value of Fruits, Veggies is Dwindling

(Photo from PAUL J. RICHARDS / AFP - Getty Images)

MSN.com post on the significant nutrient loss in today's fruits and vegetables.

Happy Meal on Trial?

(Photo by John J. Kim/Sun-Times)

Check out this Chicago Sun-Times article detailing the battle to get fast-food giant McDonald's to stop putting toys in its Happy Meal products.

Also check out this related Bloomberg BusinessWeek article detailing the companies' Shrek promotional.