Are your clients interested in learning more about?
- Healthy Eating and Cooking For Less
- Saving Money at the Grocery Store
- Keeping Food Safe
- Being Active
- Cooking and Planning Meals
Are you interested in offering these types of classes on-site at your agency for your clients? If so, the University of Florida IFAS Extension in Orange County is interested in working with you!
The Family Nutrition Program (FNP)
The Family Nutrition Program (FNP) provides hands-on nutrition education. Groups meet for a series of fun and easy lessons. Best of all, FNP is free for those who are eligible!
Who can attend?
Clients with children who are eligible for assistance programs, such as Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (food stamps), WIC, Head Start, or who have children who get free and reduced lunch.
Tell me more…
FNP participants learn about healthy eating and being active. Each lesson is taught in a group setting and lasts about 60 to 90 minutes. Clients will prepare and taste new recipes at each lesson.
Participants will learn about:
- Healthy Eating and Cooking For Less
- Saving Money at the Grocery Store
- Keeping Food Safe
- Being Active
- Cooking and Planning Meals
FNP also offers three optional lessons. You can attend one or all of these lessons:
- Eating Smart and Being Active
During Pregnancy
- Feeding Your New Baby
- Feeding Your Baby Solid Foods
Participants will receive these for participating:
- Water bottle
- Grocery bag
- Vegetable brush
- Measuring cups and spoons
- Food thermometer
- Recipe calendar
- Exercise stretch band
- Graduation certificate
Read about FNP here.
Interested agencies should contact Kim Shouldice at the Orange County UF/IFAS Extension at kshouldice@ufl.edu or 407-254-9232. Let her know SHFB referred you.
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Was wondering if there are these types of classes for the elderly. We serve a large population of senior in Section 8 housing. As you know at this age, cooking for one is hard and was wondering if any tips or recipies we can include in our bags…or a short class…not sure who would come…but something in the line of bad stuffers?
Hi Peg,
Feel free to contact our Nutrition Manager, Maria Ali Conley, directly – she can send you some resources for your clients, “bag stuffers.” There is potential to host a class or demo for clients. Keep a lookout for information about that soon on the website!
mali@feedhopenow.org
Phone: 407-514-1023