CNMI Center for Living Independently took 45 of its consumers on a field trip to Kensington Hotel Saipan Friday to learn how to bake.
Hotel pastry chefs Haena Kim, Sohyun Lim, and Daizy Choi provided the recipe and demonstrated how to make madeleines, as the 45 CLI consumers watched closely.
Madeleines are small sponge cakes with a distinctive shell-like shape acquired from being backed in a pan with shell-shaped depressions.
The CLI consumers gathered in a group and had opportunities to whisk eggs, mix flour and baking powder, and pipe batter into the madeleine molds.
Once completed, they were able to bring home the madeleine cakes they made.
“We are glad that the center chose Kensington for the venue of this field trip and wish all of [them] an enjoyable time,” said E-Land Chief Executive Officer Brian Shin.
E-Land Corporate Social Responsibility Manager Lindsey Ahn, for her part, said their team enjoyed their visit to the center last year and was more than happy to reconnect with them this year.
“When Susan Satur, the executive director of CLI, reached out to us for the field trip, it gave us the idea to have a little more experience than just a lunch buffet. Baking is in line with the center’s initiative to help individuals with disabilities build day-to-day independent living skills. We deeply admire what the management, staff, and volunteers do at the center, so if there is any opportunity to collaborate, we will be more than happy to be part of the endeavors,” Ahn said.
Funded through a grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, CLI is a non-profit organization run by and for individuals with disabilities, with the mission of ensuring the rights of people with disabilities to live independently and fully integrated within the community.
Its vision is to provide a comprehensive range of services to enable people with disabilities to live as independently as they choose within the community.
The E-Land Group, for its part, runs the Kensington Hotel Saipan, the Pacific Islands Club and Coral Ocean Golf Resort.
CNMI Center for Living Independently consumers and administrators pose for a photo with Kensington Hotel Saipan pastry chefs.
CNMI Center for Living Independently consumers learn how to make madeleines from a Kensington Hotel Saipan pastry chef.
