Kids Can Cook
12-year-old Haile Thomas is getting kids in the kitchen and health on their minds
Standing 10 feet from Michelle Obama, the White House seal pegged to a podium between them, Haile Thomas seemed nervous. But she’d been to the Kids’ State Dinner before—last year, when she won Michelle Obama’s Healthy Lunchtime Challenge for her Quinoa, Black Bean, and Corn Salad recipe. This June, Haile traveled from Tucson to Washington, D.C., not to accept an award, but to introduce the First Lady to an audience that included Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, Epicurious editor-in-chief Tanya Steel and, later, President Barack Obama.
“I have had the opportunity to spend a little bit of time with this young lady,” Michelle Obama said, thanking Haile for her introduction—one she pulled off without a flaw. “Every time I am with her, she is that poised, that gracious, that bright, that inspiring. Haile is an example for all of you, what your little powerful voices can do to change the world.”
And how. Haile is a youth advisory board member with the Alliance for a Healthier Generation, a junior chef consultant and youth spokesperson for Hyatt Hotels’ “For Kids By Kids” menu, the co-founder of her own HAPPY organization, which offers kids’ cooking classes, nutrition education, and physical activities—and she’s 12 years old.
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I sure love seeing what our future holds with young women like Haile.
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