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Something's always cooking

4/30/2021

 
PictureThe last photo taken at GBS Dover before the pandemic shut down.
Food.  Nothing brings people together like a meal.  Cooking is a vital skill for independence.  It comes as no surprise that cooking has always been a staple at Great Bay Services, as we strive to promote independence in our members, and integrate them in to the larger community.

At one time, Great Bay Services acted as a more sheltered program, unlike the community-based programs of today.  We maintained our own cafeteria for the clients - and by the clients.  Our staff worked side-by-side with clients prepping for meals every day.

For several years, we also worked in partnership with Cross Roads House, the homeless shelter in Portsmouth.  The shelter operates a commercial kitchen and provides three meals a day to their residents.  Our clients volunteered in the kitchen, supporting a great nonprofit and building good job skills.

Even after our move to Dover, and opening the Sanford office, cooking continued at GBS.  Through a partnership with St John's, we would cook regularly in their kitchen.  Our Sanford members grew their own vegetables at the Sanford Community Garden before using them in delicious and healthy meals. 

Recipes are usually around a theme like holidays or seasons.   Staff taught health and nutrition along with the cooking classes - with the occasional treat thrown in.  A fun job perk of working at GBS was getting to try all the recipes our members created.

The last activity we did was a cooking class.  The Dover members created a snack together on March 13, 2020 - the final day before GBS shut down community support programs for the pandemic.  

Even now, we're still cooking.  Our online Zoom cooking classes are immensely popular with members.  

Of course we also have members who do prep work in professional kitchens at area restaurants, in addition to helping with other jobs that keep restaurants organized, clean and safe.

With this long-time connection to food, it was a natural fit for Great Bay to create a cooking-based event for our 2021 fundraiser.  We're excited to team up with Chef Justin Walker of Walkers Maine for an online cooking demonstration on May 21.

Join us at 7:00pm, tickets are just $30 per household and available here.  All proceeds support all our important programs - including cooking - for local adults with disabilities.

- Elizabeth Worboys Burr, Director of Mission Advancement

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Dover, NH 03820

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DEI Statement

​Great Bay Services was founded at the time that the US civil rights movement was being born and see our history as being tied to the fight for justice and equity. Throughout our 70-year history we have evolved and grown alongside major diversity legislations and societal changes. Disability is the forefront of our organization, but we encourage and celebrate all forms of diversity, fostering equity, inclusion, belonging, and accessibility for all. Creating an inclusive community where everyone has access to equal opportunities and feels they belong is vital to us as an organization – not just within Great Bay Services but in the world around us. We welcome and encourage all to live happy and healthy lives no matter who they are, where they come from, what they look like, their gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, socioeconomic status, or age.


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