Pick a Better Snack | Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Wapello County

Lisa Duff has been serving Pick A Better Snack in Wapello County since September, 2014. Lisa will be serving Kindergarten through Third grade at Eisenhower and Horace Mann Elementary this year.

Nutrition Educator, Heather Burgess

Heather Burgess is our newest Pick A Better Snack Educator. This will be her first year teaching Pick A Better Snack in the school district with Wapello County. Heather will be serving Kindergarten through Third grade in the following schools: Blakesburg, Cardinal, Douma, James, Liberty, Ottumwa Christian, Pickwick, Seton Catholic, and Wilson.

Pick a Better Snackaims to help children eat more fruits and vegetables. Nutrition educators teach 30-minute interactive lessons once a month in kindergarten through 3rd grade classrooms. Students learn why fruits and vegetables are so good for their bodies, where and how fruits and vegetables grow and tasty ways to eat them.