Kitchen
Innisfree’s community kitchen workstation provides lunch to everyone at Innisfree four days a week. This workstation began in 1989 shortly after the completion of Innisfree’s community center, with its commercial kitchen and large dining hall. The wholesome lunches can incorporate vegetables and herbs from Innisfree’s gardens, fruit from Innisfree’s apple and pear trees, and bread and rolls from Innisfree’s bakery.
The community kitchen provides many jobs; tasks that coworkers can learn. They wash vegetables and fruits and then chop, slice, or peel them. They grate cheese and peel garlic. They stir and ladle soups. They set tables and clean up afterward. They wash pots and pans.
Becoming proficient at kitchen jobs comes in handy for coworkers at home. The skills they develop as sous-chefs in the community kitchen can be used in their house kitchens where they can also help prepare meals. In addition, these skills help hone the fine motor dexterity of coworkers.
Workstation Head
Sharon Snyder
Sharon came to Innisfree in 1998 as a volunteer caregiver in Amity House, living there for seven years and managing this newly built house for Innisfree’s senior coworkers. With a background in culinary arts, Sharon also took on the task of planning and cooking Innisfree’s community lunches. In 2008, she began administering medical files for Innisfree coworkers and planning in-service medical trainings for volunteer caregivers and long-term staff.
Originally from Michigan, Sharon has a bachelor’s degree in zoology from Michigan State University. She lived in several states and Europe and completed a 5-year stint with the Brethren Volunteer Service before coming to Innisfree.
After her service at Amity House, Sharon moved to Batesville and then to Sugar Hollow where she lives with husband Lonnie Murray and daughters Ariel and Sarah.
Contact: cckitchen@innisfreevillage.org
