Youth ChalleNGe learn at BCHS and other community sites
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| (L-R) Michael Foster, an MYCA culinary student learns the fine art of how to correctly plate food from Jaremka Williams, a BCHS food service associate. |
More than two-dozen members of the Michigan Youth ChalleNGe Academy (MYCA) culinary program left their classroom and visited food service sites to learn first-hand what it would be like to work in a professional kitchen. The students visited dietary departments at Battle Creek Health System, Northpointe Woods, and the Old Tyme Bakery.
Michigan Youth ChalleNGe Academy is a voluntary, no-cost, quasi-military 22-week residential program geared toward Michigan's at-risk youth, ages 16-19, who have dropped out of school or are at risk of dropping out. The program provides purpose and direction for the future of Michigan's youth through education and structure.
Seventy percent of the graduating corps members were awarded General Educational Development (GED) credentials. The GED success rate is nearly double the average reported pass rate of 41% for the same target age group.
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| Johnathan Ellard, left and Erika Lashuay, right, rack food trays for hospital patients under the guidance of Jennifer Church, a BCHS food service associate as members of the MYCA culinary class shadowed hospital associates in the kitchen at BCHS to learn the skills required to work in the food service industry. |
Battle Creek Health System, sponsored by two parent organizations--Trinity Health (the fourth largest Catholic health system in the U.S. with 12 hospitals, 9 nursing homes, 19 senior house facilities, 8 home health care agencies, and 4 hospices in Michigan alone) and BCHS Community Partners, is accredited by the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. Battle Creek Health System as a recipient of the 2008 HealthGrades Orthopaedic Surgery Excellence Award(tm). HealthGrades is a leading health care information company that provides objective 'report card' ratings nationwide. BCHS provides excellent health care for the community and promotes wellness for the whole person with access and compassion for all. For the latest medical information, visit the BCHS web site at www.bchealth.com or call the BCHS Marketing Department at (269) 966-8132.
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