Marion County CES Program Indicators and Success StoriesJul 1, 2018 - Jun 30, 2019





2063 - Youth Fruit & Vegetable Access
2063.1) 301

Number of children grades K-2 who could identify vegetables

2063.2) 301

Number of children grades K-2 who could identify fruits

2063.3) 238

Number of children grades 3-5 who report eating vegetables

2063.4) 238

Number of children grades 3-5 who report eating fruit

2063.5) 238

Number of children grades 3-5 who report intention to ask their family to buy their favorite fruit or vegetables

2063.6) 238

Number of children grades 3-5 who report the intent to ask their family to keep fruits in a place where they can reach them

2063.7) 238

Number of children grades 3-5 who report intention to ask their family to keep cut-up vegetables in a place where they can reach them



Success Stories

More than just your average vegetable lady…

Author: Danielle Ford

Major Program: Youth Fruit & Vegetable Access

Each month as I travel into classroom after classroom, and I always come away with learning something new. To start out, I introduce a new book to read to the Head Start participants, preschool, kindergarten, first grade and second grade students. Then we have to get all of our wiggles out by teaching them some new exercises to get them moving. And lastly we sample a new fruit or vegetable. With the food lesson we turn it into a science lesson and the children make observations about the fruit/v

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