Success StoryCooking En Espanol



Cooking En Espanol

Author: Patrice Thompson

Planning Unit: Jefferson County CES

Major Program: Family and Consumer Science

Plan of Work: Educating, & empowering individuals & families to make responsible choices & develop lifeskills

Outcome: Initial Outcome

From Fall 2021 until January 2022, Ms. Jeannine at Fairdale Elementary consulted with myself, FCS Agent Ms. Jenie Carter, SNAP Assistant, Ms. Emma Robinson, and CRD Ms. Jessica Marquez on how to reach Spanish speaking families and help them make better eating choices. During our meetings we discussed the needs of the families as it pertains to education on what we eat and how to eat. Ms. Jeannine made it clear that there were a high number of Spanish speaking families that needed to  be reached as her main concern was child obesity and perpetuating negative eating habits of families. We decided to move forward with programming in January of 2022 and officially start in February. We were able to partner with Dare-to-Care to provide cooking kits to all 16 Spanish speaking families that participated. Myself, alongside Ms. jenie Carter, were able to co-facilitate the educational portion on nutrition. All 16 families that participated were able to initially enhance their cooking abilities by expanding their food palette. Education proved to be very helpful in this program as many families were not very aware of what they were consuming and its negative implications on health as well as weight.






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