OC students serve Thanksgiving meals to students in need

Okanagan College culinary students and instructors helped to spread Thanksgiving gratitude to students on Friday with a holiday inspired meal.

Students pulled out all the stops to prepare a Thanksgiving meal with all the trimmings for students in need as part of the innovative OC Serves Up program. The program was launched in the middle of the pandemic last year to combat food insecurity and has just relaunched this past week for the new academic year.

“OC Culinary Arts students serve 50 meals a day to students in need as part of the OC Serves Up program,” said Culinary and Pastry Arts Manager Cari Jahns. “This is a heartwarming example of students helping students.”

The meal consists of turkey with gravy, mashed potatoes, roasted vegetables, stuffing and, of course, cranberries on top. And while not every meal is a holiday delight, every meal is a large and hearty lunch with nutrition and taste at the forefront.