Date/Time
Date(s) - 10/25/2014
11:00 am to 2:00 pm
Location
Roxbury YMCA
Join Boston Collaborative for Food and Fitness, Councilor Tito Jackson, and our partners as we Celebrate the Fruits of Our Ocean TM at the Roxbury YMCA for a special seafood event! At this event, you will get the chance to watch a Seafood Throwdown between chefs Mike Hanley of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Jeffrey Walker of JD’s Catering, judged by Carol Kong of Haley House, Kevin Washington of YMCA of Greater Boston and a youth program participants from La Sociedad Latina and the Whittier Street Health Center, with ingredients courtesy of Egleston Farmers Market and Red’s Best. This family-friendly event is complete with special activities just for children. Celebrate the Fruits of Our Ocean TM will be offering free tastings of the delicious seafood dish prepared for a limited number of attendees who register at the market on the day of the event. There will also be an exciting conversation led by Emcee Councilor Tito Jackson about sustainability and seasonality of local dayboat seafood, food policy, and cooking with local ingredients.
Boston Collaborative for Food and Fitness (BCFF) and its partners from the Northwest Atlantic Marine Alliance, Health Care Without Harm, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and host Roxbury YMCA, will be presenting the Seafood Throwdown as part of the Roxbury Rising Against Diabetes event series. Celebrate the Fruits of Our Ocean TM events aim to raise awareness about the benefits of cooking with local dayboat seafood available in our community.
This event is presented in collaboration with Roxbury Rising Against Diabetes, which is sponsored by the Healthier Roxbury Coalition, a broad-based collaborative of community leaders, healthcare providers, social service agencies and the Boston Public Health Commission. Roxbury Rising Against Diabetes is a month-long series of events in October 2014 that will focus on the management and prevention of diabetes and highlight the variety of resources available to promote health and wellness across the Roxbury neighborhood. The series will include health screenings, free fitness classes, nutrition workshops, and more. The full calendar is available on Facebook; updated events will also be posted on Twitter at @HealthyRoxbury. Healthier Roxbury is supported by the Greater Boston Aligning Forces for Quality Initiative with funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
