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Teen leader Audrey Green (left) and fifth-grade student Breeyana Jones measure ingredients at the Cooking to Share program on Nov. 17. Adult and teen volunteers help the students with the cooking. (Erin Kenney, The Oglethorpe Echo)

Teen leader Audrey Green (left) and fifth-grade student Breeyana Jones measure ingredients at the Cooking to Share program on Nov. 17. Adult and teen volunteers help the students with the cooking. (Erin Kenney, The Oglethorpe Echo)

Program addresses food insecurity, teaches kitchen skills to children

Rina Southall, a first-grade teacher at Oglethorpe County Primary School, wanted her daughter to be in after-school programs, but she left it to her to choose which one.   Her daughter’s pick? An after-school organization she feels “helps other people” — the Cooking to Share Program.