Penn College students serve teams, fans at World Series
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Two Williamsport-area nonprofits will again support one another during the Little League Baseball World Series, as budding culinary artists and paramedics from Pennsylvania College of Technology gain experience, and Little League players and fans benefit from their skill.
The nationally televised series, which runs through Aug. 27, draws tens of thousands of spectators each day to the Little League World Series complex in South Williamsport, just a few miles from the Penn College campus.
Students in the college's culinary and baking majors will work alongside their chef-instructors and the professional staff of Le Jeune Chef Restaurant -- the Penn College hospitality program's live-learning lab -- as the restaurant caters meals for the 20 participating teams throughout their time in South Williamsport.
They will provide three kid-friendly meals a day inside the Creighton J. Hale International Grove, where teams stay. When all 20 teams are present, that adds up to 1,200 meals -- and 40 pounds of bacon -- each day. Breakfast is prepared at Little League, while lunch and supper are prepared on campus and delivered to the site. Baking and culinary classes, which began Aug. 14, help with meals prepared on campus, while some students will also work on-site in the International Grove.
To learn more about business and hospitality majors at Penn College, call 570-327-4505 or visit www.pct.edu/bh. For information about the college's paramedic certificate, visit www.pct.edu/paracert.