DC, this is NOT your typical event. 🌿🔥
Imagine this:
👩🍳 DC chefs + students in a live cooking showdown
🏆 Celebrating changemakers shaping our city
✨ A beautiful garden party vibe in the heart of DC
It’s called Taste of the Garden, and it might be one of the most unique events happening in DC this spring.
📍 Josephine Butler Parks Center
🗓️ May 14 | 6PM
⏳ Tickets Drop: 3/23/26
Good food. Good people. Real impact.
Tag someone you’d bring with you. 👇
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New to Kid Power? Start here ⭐
Kid Power partners with youth across the DC area to build academic strength, confidence, and leadership skills that last beyond the classroom.
We work with students in grades 2 through 12 across all eight wards of DC and Montgomery County through after school programs, high impact tutoring, and mentoring experiences that provide holistic support.
Our approach is simple.
We create consistent, supportive spaces where young people can strengthen their skills, grow their voice, and step into leadership in their schools and communities.
If you are a parent, educator, volunteer, or community partner looking to learn more, this post is your introduction.
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One day. That’s all that’s standing between you and the most beautiful night DC has seen this season. 🌿
Taste of the Garden is back — and this year, we’re making it unforgettable.
Our signature cooking demos are returning, with Kid Power students lighting up the kitchen alongside some of DC’s most exciting culinary talent. But this year, we’re opening the night with something brand new: a VIP Wine & Art Reception. Learn more about our special guests making this night even more memorable➡️
This is the night. Get your ticket and don’t sleep on the VIP upgrade. 💛
🎟️ Link in bio.
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This pre-event gathering features wine curated by award-winning sommelier Nadine Brown who will walk guests through some of her favorite glasses, offering insights and notes on their unique flavors. 🍷
Josephine Butler Parks Center’s Resident Artist, Marguerite Miller, will deliver an artist talk discussing her story and how it has contributed to creating the concepts behind some of her most exciting pieces. 🎨
And keeping watch over it all? Local artist Spencer Grace will be creating a custom live piece throughout the evening — a portrait of the very community that shows up for DC youth.
🚇 Taking the Metro is the perfect way to get to Taste of the Garden — but if you need to Uber, we’ve got you covered!
✨ Use our discount code for any ride to or from the Josephine Butler Parks Center.
🔗 Learn more + grab tickets here: /
We can’t wait to see you this Thursday! 🌿🍴💚
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From her grandparents’ kitchen in Peru to the pastry department at @lutecedc , Chef Ana Sofía Pino is bringing her heart, her skills, and her passion for cooking to Taste of the Garden.
She learned to appreciate ingredients at home before she ever touched a professional kitchen. Now she creates at one of DC’s most celebrated pastry programs — and she’s about to cook alongside some seriously talented young people this week on May 14th!
We cannot wait 👏
Tickets + auction link in bio!
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Taste of the Garden is a week away and the silent auction is open for pre-bids! Swipe through for a few of our incredible silent auction items coming to the Taste of the Garden event. 🌿
🏡 A 2-night ranch getaway + horseback trail rides for two at River's Bend Ranch
🌊 An oceanfront 2-night stay in Ocean City, Maryland
🍷 A private wine class & tasting for 6 at Total Wine & More
Get ahead of the competition and put your bids in today at the link in bio or at https://ow.ly/MRt350YWeo9
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What do you mean you haven’t gotten your Taste of the Garden tickets yet?! 😱
Taste of the Garden is ONE week away, and we need you there! Don’t forget:
📅 May 14th
📍 Josephine Butler Parks Center
🍽️ DC Chef + Student cook-off
🎉 Silent Auction
Don’t be the person holding a sign... be the person at the event! 🪧 Grab your tickets now🌷
Link in bio🔗
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Instructor Insights with James 💙
Different approaches. Same impact.
HIT = targeted academic support
After-School = connection, creativity, and community
Both are essential to helping students thrive.
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💚 Happy National Mental Health Awareness Month!
We believe that taking care of your mind is just as important as taking care of your body, and that starts when you're young.
Together, let’s create spaces where young people feel safe to say "I'm not okay" and know that's perfectly okay.
Through social-emotional learning, we encourage kids to name what they feel, understand why they feel it, and know that every emotion they experience is valid. Because when we normalize talking about our feelings early, we build a generation that isn't afraid to ask for help, show up for others, and take care of their whole selves.
Today, we invite you to check in with yourself and with the young people in your life. A simple "how are you really doing?" can mean everything. 🌱
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Introducing one of our Taste of the Garden chefs — the award-winning Chef Ablawa Zounon. ✨🌿
From culinary student to instructor and mentor at @dccentralkitchen , Chef Ablawa has turned her own journey into a roadmap for others. She leads with purpose, pours into her community, and brings that same heart and intention to everything she cooks.
We can’t wait for you to experience her story on the plate. 🍽️
🎟️ Link in bio for tickets!
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"I learned that I can calm down and take breaths, probably count up to 1,000, when I'm very, very, very angry." 🌬️
Today, on World Mental Health Day, we're reminded that caring for our minds starts early. Talking about our feelings, really talking about them, is something so many of us weren't taught to do. But at Kid Power, our students are rewriting that story every single day.
To practice mental wellness, our students created snow globes to visualize our minds when stress and frustration take over (cue the shaking). On the hard days, sometimes the only thing we can do is pause... and let the snow settle. 🌨️
And just like that, the mind clears. Your spark shines through. You can see things more clearly again.
Mental health is not just a conversation for one day. It is a practice. And when we give young people the tools to understand and express their feelings, we don't just help them in the moment. We shape who they become.
💬 What helps you let the snow settle?
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Showing up starts with feeling supported. 💛
According to a new report from the DC Policy Center, 82% of students who face attendance challenges one year are likely to face them again the next. The window to make a difference is now.
That's where youth programming comes in! 🌟
High-impact tutoring, mentorship, and after-school programs meet students where they are, building the connections, consistency, and safe spaces young people need to show up as their full selves every day. 💪
When students feel seen, valued, and supported, they don't just attend. They thrive.
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