What Change Do You Want to Make?

I want all interested in the Wellness of this facility to be able to accumulate the power to enforce change good for their bodies and the community here. Thus, rather than employing such a philosophy through the general nutrition lessons I will instead move such a community interest to the wellness council. (The Wellness Council will be a group of students interested in meeting once a month to conduct cafeteria tastings and meetings about nutrition and personal self-care). You might ask yourself, how can a "wellness" council do this for me and our community? Well, these wellness meetings will be focused on practical lessons of food preparation and nutrition, and a secondary focus with be on creating a conversation about change. Questions of what change would you like to see will be the secondary concern after practical skills and nutrition knowledge. This format is essential precisely because as young people or their communities of support look for new directions out of this or that facility you need a plan to change what has not yet worked for you. If change for students and the community is something you would like to see, think about joining wellness meetings. The question you need to ask yourself is what change do you want to make?

Just as critical to a conversation about change is a need for patience. Planning for change means fun through food prep, empowerment through implementation of cafeteria tastings, and change through planning.