Holiday Cook & Care Food Drive

Nov. 1st - Dec. 8th Young Chefs® Academy locations will collect non-perishable food items to be delivered to community food banks in time for the holiday season.

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Join Parenting and your local Young Chefs Academy for a FREE open-house cooking class at any of these locations.

The YCA franchises listed below are also pairing up with local food banks to collect non-perishable food items for donation. Please bring non-perishable items to your local YCA between November 1st and December 8th to help those in need this holiday season.

     

    AZ

    • Scottsdale       December 6th       6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.            
    • Tucson       December 6th       2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.        

     

    CA

    • Claremont / Upland       December 6th       5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.            
    • Gilroy       December 6th       3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.            
    • Irvine       December 6th       5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.            
    • Simi Valley       December 6th       11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. & 4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.            
    • Sunnyvale       December 6th       10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.            

     

    CO

    • Broomfield-Westminster       December 6th       11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.            

     

    CT

    • Brookfield       December 6th       1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.            

     

    DE

    • Middletown       December 6th       11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.            
    • Newark / Pike Creek       December 6th       11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.            

     

    FL

    • Brandon       December 6th       10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.            
    • Coral Springs       December 6th       10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.            
    • Englewood / Northport       December 6th       4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.            
    • Hunter's Creek       December 6th       4:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.            
    • Melbourne       December 6th       3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.            
    • Tampa       December 6th       10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.        
    • Waterford Lakes - Orlando       December 6th       6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.            
    • Winter Park       December 6th       4:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.            

     

    GA

    • Duluth       December 5th       6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.            
    • Lawrenceville       December 6th       1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.            
    • North Druid Hills - Atlanta       December 6th       2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.            
    • Sandy Springs       December 6th       10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.            

     

    ID

    • Eagle       December 6th       10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.            

     

    IL

    • O'Fallon       December 6th       10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.            

     

    IN

    • Carmel       December 6th       12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.            

     

    LA

    • Baton Rouge       December 6th       5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.            
    • Mandeville       December 6th       3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.            

     

    MD

    • Rockville       December 6th       2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.            

     

    MI

    • Kalamazoo       December 6th       6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.            
    • Macomb       December 6th       9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.& 12:00 p.m.- 2:00 p.m.        
    • Northville       December 6th       10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. & 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.            

     

    MN

    • Edina       December 6th       1:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.        

     

    NC

    • Asheville       December 6th       11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. & 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.            
    • Charlotte-South, Ballantyne       December 6th       12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.            
    • Greenville       December 6th       9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.            
    • Harrisburg       TK       TK            
    • High Point       December 6th       2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.            
    • Huntersville       December 6th       9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.            
    • New Bern       December 6th       10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.            
    • Winston-Salem       December 6th       4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.            

     

    NJ

    • Hillsborough       December 6th       10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.        
    • Marlboro       December 6th       9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. & 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.            
    • Sparta       December 6th       12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.            
    • Toms River       December 6th       8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.& 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.            

     

    NY

    • Cornwall       December 6th       2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.            
    • Forest Hills       December 6th       3:00 p.m.- 6:00 p.m.        
    • Hyde Park       December 6th       2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.            
    • Merrick       December 6th       6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.            
    • Rochester       December 13th       1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.            

     

    OH

    • Columbus       December 6th       4:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.            
    • Canton/Jackson       December 20th       1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.            
    • Solon       December 6th       3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.            
    • Strongsvile       December 6th       1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.            

     

    OK

    • Edmond       December 6th       10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.            

     

    OR

    • Tualatin       December 6th       11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.            

     

    PA

    • Camp Hill       December 6th       2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.            
    • Easton/Palmer       December 6th       5:00 p.m.- 8:00 p.m.            
    • Lancaster       December 6th       1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.            
    • Montgomeryville       December 6th       2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.            
    • Pittsburgh South       December 13th       1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.            

     

    SC

    • Columbia       December 6th       10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.            
    • Florence       December 6th       4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.        

     

    TN

    • Brentwood       December 6th       2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.            
    • Knoxville       December 6th       10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.            

     

    TX

    • Austin       December 6th       4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.        
    • Fort Worth       December 6th       12:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.            
    • Frisco       December 6th       5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.            
    • Houston - Westchase       December 6th       10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.            
    • McAllen       December 6th       11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.        
    • Plano       December 6th       5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.            
    • San Antonio       December 12th       6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.            
    • Sugar Land       December 6th       12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.            
    • The Woodlands       December 6th       12:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.            

     

    UT

    • Draper       December 6th       11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. & 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.            

     

    VA

    • Fredericksburg/Spotslyvania       December 6th       2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.            
    • Norfolk       December 6th       1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.            
    • Richmond       December 5th       5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.            
    • Roanoke       December 6th       2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.            
    • Virginia Beach       December 6th       12:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.        

     

    WA

    • Mill Creek       December 6th       12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.            
     

     At select locations guests of the Holiday Cook & Care program can enter to win a Tag™ Reading System from LeapFrog© including a Tag reader and the books that inspired the Holiday Cook & Care recipes.