THE MALDEN ADVOCATE–Friday, April 28, 2023 Page 9 MTEC Teens and Mayor Get Cooking Lessons M ayor Gary Christenson along with the students from the Malden Teen Enrichment Center (MTEC) learned to cook burgers, veggie burgers and vegetables during their weekly cooking class. The group is led by Community Garden Coordinator Julie Mangan, who teaches the students everything from basic kitchen safety to how to prepare meals. The eff ort is part of MTEC’s goals to teach teens to cook, eat, shop healthier and to be self-sufficient. M Upcoming author event at Malden Public Library Mayor Gary Christenson prepares food with MTEC students. Like us on Facebook advocate newspaper Facebook.com/Advocate.news.ma onday, May 1 from 6-7 p.m., join us for an author talk with children’s author and Handi Capable Fitness founder James Norris. He is the author of the book “Feeling Left Out” – the fi rst book in a four-part series to help children deal with the challenges they face while growing up. In the book, Norris utilizes his challenges and his journey living with cerebral palsy to write this personal and deeply empathetic story for children and adults alike. Come by to learn about that journey and the ways his experience can provide resources and instruction on living a healthier and more resilient lifestyle. James is a fi tness advocate and mentor, an athlete, an author and a public speaker. He has shared his message of accessible fi tness and adaptive athletic technology to a number of platforms, including podcasts, social media and public speaking engagements. His advocacy and messages of inspiration encourJames Norris Author age athletes to step outside of their comfort zone and face adversity with confi dence and resilience. His foundation, Handi Capable Fitness, provides scholarship funding. HCF is able to provide much-needed funding for fi tness memberships, athletic equipment and travel for its adaptive athletic community.
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