Memorable knowledge sharing between our Young Bakers and SC Johnson employees!
For the second year in a row, SYB is extremely grateful to have benefited from SC Johnson’s support! SC Johnson is a family run corporation, which produces a wide range of household products. This year, its donation was used to finance some of our 9th batch’s cleaning and training expenses used during their bakery and pastry classes.
In exchange for their generous donation, SYB organized three team-building activities with our young bakers for SC Johnson’s staff. The first activity was a sports activity at Caoyang vocational school, and the latter were baking activities at our training centre.
At the end of May, SC Johnson employees came to the students’ dormitories for a ludic sports activity. Despite the blistering heat, students and SC Johnson employees enjoyed playing ball games outside. The head of SC Johnson’s basketball team took part in the activity and shared some useful tips with our students. Everyone was exhausted by the end of the activity but thrilled to have shared such a memorable time.
The two baking activities took place at our baking centre in June and July. These were great sharing experiences for both SYB students and SC Johnson staff. As SYB students taught SC Johnson participants baking techniques, SC Johnson showed our students how to use their cleaning products in our baking centre.
The first activity was a baking class with our bakery teacher, Zhang Shuai, during which participants learned how to bake pretzels. The second was a pastry class led by Jin Huizi, who taught SC Johnson employees how to bake and decorate cupcakes. During both of these activities, our young bakers and SC Johnson paired up into small groups. It was exciting to watch our students instruct the participants as it highlighted how confident they had become after a year at SYB.
Once the groups finished baking, the students attentively listened to one of SC Johnson’s technical employees present their company and products. After the presentation, the participant proceeded to doing a professional cleaning demonstration before the students. Our Young Bakers zealously listened to all of the tips given by the SC Johnson employee. Students particularly wanted to find out how best to clean their white kitchen uniforms, which are required to be immaculate!
Our Young Bakers and SC Johnson employees seemed to have very much enjoyed these three activities. All parties valued the opportunity to share their personal experiences and knowledge. Therefore, in the name of SYB, I would like to thank SC Johnson for their support and thank all the participants for their engagement and high-spirited energy throughout our collaborative events.
Emma Louise Blondes
Partnership Manager