Nutrition Workshops
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NUTRITION WORKSHOPS
The BPS Family Advocacy and Engagement Center is teaming up with the UMass Extension Nutrition Education Program to offer their popular Certificate Course to the parents of Brockton Public Schools’ students.
The program, CHOICES: Steps toward Health, is a series of workshops designed to help families with children on a limited income, live a healthier life.
All workshops will be held at 43 Crescent St., Crosby Administration Building, Brockton, MA
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Thursday, February 6, 2020 (Registration) 9:30 a.m. Welcome Lesson - Highlights of the Course 10:00 a.m. Moving to the Mambo - Active Living 11:00 a.m. Whole Grain Twist - Eating More Whole Grains |
Thursday, February 13, 2020 10:00 a.m. Fruit & Veggie Salsa - Add Color to Your Life 11:00 a.m. Limbo Lower Now - Lower Fats, Sugar & Salt |
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Thursday, February 27, 2020 10:00 a.m. Kitchen Calypso - Becoming a Wise Shopper 11:00 a.m. Food Safety 4-Step - Keeping Food Safe |
Thursday, March 5, 2020 10:00 a.m. Fast Foods A-Go-Go - Healthier Fast Food 11:00 a.m. Fit & Fabulous - Healthy At Any Size |
- · A personalized diagnostic report assessing current diet with the 2010-2015 Dietary Guidelines
- · 10 colorful, step-by-step booklets on getting more nutrition & fitness for your money
- · Recipes that will be prepared and tasted in two lessons
- · Reinforcement Gifts! Measuring cups, spoons, shopping list pad, pedometer, food & fridge thermometers.
Complete six lessons, with entry and exit records, and receive a Graduation Certificate, a Healthy Recipes Cookbook, and the Farmers’ Market Shopping Bag.
For more information and to register for the workshop please contact Janice Johnson-Plumer at 508-208-5518 or via email at janicejohnsonplumer@bpsma.org or Barbara Alicea at 774-274-2661 or via email at BarbaraAlicea@bpsma.org by January 31,2020.