{"id":60907,"date":"2025-08-22T15:03:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T19:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.supportedemployment.ca\/?p=60907"},"modified":"2026-03-09T16:07:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:07:25","slug":"mentorability-experience-story-zach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supportedemployment.ca\/fr\/mentorability-experience-story-zach\/","title":{"rendered":"MentorAbility Experience Story: Zach"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"60907\" class=\"elementor elementor-60907\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9758e66 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9758e66\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1365944\" data-id=\"1365944\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c74219 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5c74219\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"459\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supportedemployment.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/EN-3-768x459.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-60898\" alt=\"Zach: A Slice of Passion. Facilitated by Fort St. John Association for Community Living. Logos: MentorAbility Canada, the Canadian Association for Supported Employment and the Government of Canada.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supportedemployment.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/EN-3-768x459.png 768w, https:\/\/www.supportedemployment.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/EN-3-300x179.png 300w, https:\/\/www.supportedemployment.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/EN-3-600x359.png 600w, https:\/\/www.supportedemployment.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/EN-3.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b9bba9b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b9bba9b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8d26ec9\" data-id=\"8d26ec9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-83bb21f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"83bb21f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">He was thrilled to be able to eat the pizza and wings he made himself, as they were not only delicious, but cooking them to perfection was a big achievement for someone new to pizza making.<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fabb26b\" data-id=\"fabb26b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a35efd0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a35efd0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Zach is a funny and friendly food enthusiast who enjoys cooking new recipes and learning new things, so he was very excited to be mentored at Pizza Hut making pizzas and other fun foods.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">His mentor at Pizza Hut was Rakesh, who gave Zach a tour around the shop while explaining how the pizza-making business works. Rakesh showed Zach the process of filling orders and arranging deliveries with third party vendors such as Uber Eats.\u00a0 Rakesh then explained how the dough was prepared with sauces and toppings before the cooking process. He also educated Zach about food storage systems and preservation, staff duties, packaging, as well as health and safety guidelines.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">At the end of Zach&#8217;s MentorAbility Experience, he got the chance to make his own pizza and fry some chicken wings for himself. He was thrilled to be able to eat the pizza and wings he made himself, as they were not only delicious, but cooking them to perfection was a big achievement for someone new to pizza making.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Zach said that he learned a lot and enjoyed himself during his mentorship at Pizza Hut. He also thanked Rakesh for providing an awesome experience. 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