Great Food Changing Lives

How We Help

F BITES (Food Based Interventions with Technology, Energy & Science) is designed specifically to give people the chance to learn important life skills and break the cycle of poverty. Learn more here.

F BITES offers programs ranging from nutritional education programs to adult cooking programs to programs designed to help transition prisoners to a new life after their release. Check them all out here.

Great Food Changing Lives

Using hands-on culinary instruction, we empower underprivileged youths and chronically unemployed adults to instill leadership, communication skills and the ability to set and achieve goals.

About Us

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After School

Our After School Program offers an educational nutrition class designed for students in grades five through twelve. F BITES combines various techniques of hands-on learning, peer support, guest speakers and learning modification to introduce healthier eating habits and practices to youth at crucial developmental academic and vocational stages.

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Re-Entry Program

The Re-Entry Program is designed specifically for prisoners looking to completely turn their lives around. We teach the participants all the important soft skills – such as looking someone in the eye, shaking hands and even pulling their pants up.

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Saturday Academy

Our Saturday Academy is designed for both students and their parents to experience the F BITES program and increase their nutritional knowledge. We focus on showing participants how to put together healthy, nutritious meals that they can replicate in their own homes.

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Workforce Development

The Workforce Development Program focuses on teaching the soft and hard skills needed in today’s workforce, using food as the syllabus. Today’s employers expect a certain level of competence, behavior and attitude, and we work on all three to ensure that participants are fully prepared for the work environment.

“I started F BITES as a way to give back to the underprivileged and underserved in Erie, Niagara and Monroe counties. I was able to lift myself up by first starting out as a dishwasher and ending up as a chef working for Gordon Ramsey in London. I consider myself blessed – and I wanted to share my good fortune. I believe that in cooking there is the opportunity to teach important life skills. While I don’t expect all of our students to become chefs, I firmly believe the lessons they learn from us will carry them on a successful journey for the rest of their lives.”

–Chef Bobby Anderson

With these tools we can…

Help students find their calling. Give the underprivileged the chance of a lifetime. Assist prisoners in turning their lives around. And help build a better, more productive society. It only takes a little bit from you to make a big difference for someone in need. So please consider donating to help keep this mission thriving.

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