rarnifng, Saturday, May 2, 1998
EFNEP nutrition advisers hold an appreciation celebration for individuals and
agencies that assist them In teaching cooking, food shopping, planning, and nutrition
to low-income families. From left are Susan Fisher, supervisor; Brenda Stallman,
Chris Valentine, Anita Rhawn, and Wendy Bedford.
EFNEP Program Changes Lives
LOU ANN GOOD
Lancaster Farming Staff
LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.)
“I don’t feel there is any possi
ble way to thank you for all you’ve
done for me and my family, but I
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ram has changed their cooking and eating habits.
Nelsa Vasquez and daughters report they are eating good-t§sting and healthful
meals after participating In the EFNEP program.
can say with all honesty that I real
ly feel like I’m a good mother,
which isn’t how I felt before I met
you.”
These are the words of a parti
cipant in Penn State’s Expanded
Food and Nutrition Education
Program (EFNEP). EFNEP is a
program that helps families with
young children and limited incom
es to stretch their food dollars,
make nutritious meals, and keep
food safe.
Nutrition advisers working out
of the Lancaster Extension Service
office visit homes referred to them
through agencies and schools. Sev
eral times a month, the advisers
meet with individuals or small
groups to teach them how to deve
lop good eating habits in the fami
ly. They learn how to shop for
groceries to determine the best
buys, how to read labels and deter
mine what foods are healthful. The
advisers cook meals with the
clients and provide them with
simple recipes.
Tills year, EFNEP worked with
270 families in the county.
“Before I participated in the
program, 1 fed my kids hot dogs
and chips. I thought I was feeding
them properly because I saw they
had something in their stomachs,”
said a single mom of four
daughters.
After completing the program,
the mom said, “Now I know the
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