Cookbook Club for teens?
I recently started **The Foodie Society**, a free teen cookbook club in Las Vegas. The idea is to bring teens together through cooking, baking, and themed food events while making new friends. I honestly didn’t expect the response we’ve gotten—we already have around **50 interested teens**, which is super exciting… but now I’m realizing logistics are *hard*. 😅
Our biggest challenge right now is finding a place to meet. I reached out to several community centers that have teaching kitchens, but they’re either fully booked until September or cost several hundred dollars per event. Since my goal is to keep the club completely free (or at least very affordable), that really isn’t sustainable.
One event I’ve been dying to do as our first id a **Cookies & Cream Social**, where everyone makes homemade cookies together and then builds custom ice cream sandwiches with different ice cream flavors and toppings. I think it’d be such a fun icebreaker, but we don’t have a kitchen or event space. I haven’t asked members if anyone would be willing to host in their own home yet because I know that’s a big ask, but maybe that’s something I should consider?
So I have a few questions:
Where would you look for a free or low-cost kitchen/event space?
Are there organizations, businesses, churches, libraries, apartment clubhouses, or other places I should be reaching out to?
If you’ve started a club, do you have any advice on keeping things organized as it grows?
And lastly… does anyone have any favorite **cookie or baking cookbooks** that work well for groups?
I’d love to hear any ideas or lessons you’ve learned. Thanks!