I just love walking into Nellie Stone Johnson Community School, they really do put their students first. Yesterday was the school’s Family Night and the halls were buzzing with excited chatter from youth and their families. The school band performed and it was...
On Tuesday in our Cooking Class, our All Stars learned a valuable lesson that mistakes can sometimes lead to even better discoveries. One of the cooking teams was making Banana Pudding and when they whipped the whipping cream, well, they did a very thorough job of...
Mondays get a bad rap, but one hasn’t come around for me in a while and I LOVE and miss them! Finally, the weather was mild enough for school to be open so our class at Nellie Stone Johnson got to meet today. We made parfaits to reconnect and learn about...
The Powderhorn and Hawthorne crews came together to show Divine some love for her performance in Appetite for Change’s Soul Food Monologues! We had a great time hanging out with one another and learning about powerful women who are engaging and making moves in...
On Friday and Saturday, we got our Cooking Class, All Stars and LEAD back together to host our annual Hawthorne Cookie Bake! We made 8 different varieties of cookies and had a ton of reconnecting before winter break.
Last week we at Hawthorne had a ton of fun preparing for our annual Spaghetti Dinner at St. Olaf Lutheran Church. We made spaghetti sauce out of our frozen tomatoes, bell peppers, butternut squash and basil from SOCC farm, baked fresh bread, made a kale salad with...
