ADULT EDUCATION
Adult education is provided
in many ways in our program. Thousands of Marathon County residents
benefit annually from nutrition messages found in our "learn while
you wait" brochures and displays. "Learn while you wait" sites
including Women, Infants, and Children clinics, Health Department
immunization clinics and various food pantries give us an opportunity
to educate adults in the county.
The Family Resource
Center offers an additional avenue to educate adults in a classroom
setting. Parents learn about basic nutrition and feeding guidelines
for children as part of their Learning Essentials About Parenting
(LEAP) twelve-week program.
HMONG PROGRAMMING
Family Resource Center:
Several classes are taught focusing on healthy snacks and feeding
young children to Hmong daycare providers.
Community Garden: The
Hunger Prevention Team has secured and is maintaining a 15-acre
community garden. Most of the plots are used by the Hmong families
to help supply fresh produce. A large food pantry garden is incorporated
into this garden. This allows the site to produce vegetables for
more area food pantries.
Monthly lessons are
held for eight classes of children age 3-5 at a Southeast Asian
preschool. Children are introduced to the basic concept of eating
a variety of foods. Activities such as food sampling and puppet
shows make this a very hands-on programming effort. Lessons are
presented in a bilingual format.
EvenStart: A basic nutrition
lesson with an emphasis on the dietary guidelines and how they
can fit into the traditional Hmong diet.
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