EFNEP Program Assistants come to your home about once per week for a total of eight lessons including:
- Get Moving - Families enjoy being active. Participants accurately complete the required entry forms.
- Plan, Shop, $ave - Families plan and shop for meals and snacks that are healthy and within their budget.
- Vary Your Veggies, Focus on Fruits - Families increase the amount of vegetables and fruits they eat every day. Families have more than one kind of vegetable and one kind of fruit every day.
- Make Half Your Grains Whole - Families choose at least half of their grains to be whole grains.
- Build Strong Bones - Families get enough calcuim from low-fat or non-fat dairy foods or other foods high in calcium.
- Go Lean with Protein - Families ahve lean protein foods and keep all food safe to eat.
- Make a Change - Families limit foods high in fat, sugar and salt.
- Celebrate! Eat Smart & Be Active - Participants discuss feeding children and celebrate new knowledge and skills to make healthy food and activity choices. Participants accurately complete the required exit forms.
For Spanish Lessons call 515.294.4234 or 515.294.4229.
EFNEP meets the requirements of other programs in our community.
For more EFNEP information please contact Stacia at ssanny@iastate.edu or 261.4208. Or visit the Iowa State University Extension EFNEP Program Web Page.
Sanny
9/19/2007