April 24, 2014
Today was the big day! Mary Brown, member of the CEP 4-H Advisory Committee, kicked off her "Healthy Love Box" program at the Winn Elementary PTA meeting with the support of school staff. The "Healthy Love Box" program seeks to help eliminate childhood hunger in low-resource communities by providing a "Healthy Love Box" filled with healthy, non-perishable food items for a family that faces food insecurity. The program then asks the family to "pay it forward" by providing a healthy item in turn for the next family to receive the healthy love box. The "Healthy Love Box" program was well received at Winn Elementary and will soon expand to other area schools.
Travis County 4-H CEP staff assisted the program by providing nutritional information for the family receiving the box and also to Ms. Brown to assist in selecting healthy choices for the Healthy Love Box.
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