SNAP-ED & EFNEP DIRECT EDUCATION STATS
2,009
Participants 446 EFNEP 61% youth 39% adults 1,563 SNAP-Ed 70% youth 30% adults
HEALTHY CENTS FOOD DEMONSTRATION VIDEOS
64
Partners 15 EFNEP 49 SNAP-Ed
“We notice the participants are really engaged in Krista’s demonstration videos,” mentioned Rebecca Crumrine, SNAP-Ed coordinator. “One class broke into spontaneous applause after her pumpkin bread video.”
Race White Black Other
EFNEP 45% 49% 6%
The food demonstration videos Krista Gray created for the SNAPEducation team are more popular than expected. The collection of ten videos are used by the whole team during Healthy Cents lessons for adults. Krista walks the viewers through Healthy Cents recipes such as fruit dip, chicken corn chowder, and homemade hummus using easy-tofind ingredients and basic cooking utensils.
SNAP-Ed 56% 43% 1%
Ethnicity Identified as Hispanic 13% EFNEP 3% SNAP-Ed
The videos provide another learning style, as well as fit into time and space limitations of the current teaching environment. COMMUNITY GARDEN NETWORK As part of the initiative to offer more healthy foods to food pantry guests, Community Garden Network was created with the local coalition HEAL-Food System Partners. It works closely with Food Pantry Network to share extra produce. SNAP-Ed staff created educational signs to encourage more consumption of fresh produce. SPANISH PROGRAMS AT FRIENDSHIP HOUSE Angela Jimenez and Mari Lopez taught Expanded Food Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) classes at Friendship House in Peoria. The duo are fluent in Spanish and English and teach to participants whose first language is Spanish. “Some of our class members do not know any English,” mentioned Angela. “We teach lessons about healthy living and exercise with them.” The EFNEP program offered two classes at Friendship House, one for mothers and a second for grandparents raising their grandchildren. Through hands-on classes that focus on improving eating habits and physical activity, EFNEP makes a difference in the people served.
6 2021 YEAR IN REVIEW FULTON, MASON, PEORIA, TAZEWELL
