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Impact Report

For plan KA 703. Nutrition Education and Behavior (Quay County)
Date October 27, 2011, 8:23 pm
For Objective Short-term Show short-term objectives
Impact Report Was approached by the coordinator for Helping Hands Hospice about a Cooking for One School for their clients that had recently lost a loved one. Hospice provides bereavement care for one year. In addition to information on how to change their cooking patterns, she felt that they needed information on stress management and taking hold of their finances. By teaming up with ICAN we were able to develop a 2 hour class that met 4 times meet the needs of Hospice and ICAN. The ICAN educator presented the Eat Well, Live Strong Curriculum which focuses on eating more fruits and vegetables. Every lesson had an easy exercise component with it. The participants divided up into two groups and each group prepared a dish. A complementary food item was provided by Hospice, so that a complete meal was offered. The recipes selected as well as others came from other EFNEP sites and had two servings, they were modified to make the number of servings needed for the class. In addition to the programs described below, presentations on emergency preparedness, stress management and financial records were presented by the Home Economist. During the second class a lesson on food safety was presented. The presentation focused on the 4 areas of food safety: clean, cook, separate, and chill. The 2-hour rule and danger zone were stressed along with the importance of washing fruits and vegetables and storage suggestions. The booklet titled: “Kitchen Companion” was provided along with a meat and refrigerator thermometer and a magnet with a listing of the cook to temperatures. Eleven attended the second session. During the third class a special lesson on tips for cooking for one was added and taught by the home economist. This lesson discussed cutting down recipes, making regular sized meals and freezing leftovers into frozen dinners. Meal planning and safely storing left overs was also discussed. Eleven attended the third session.