Nutrition Outreach Events

Nutrition Outreach Lessons **: Every Other Thursday 5:00 – 7:00 pm

• Currently Twice a month – Nutrition Education lessons at food pantries (KSS and COH)
• • 30 minutes of Nutrition Education
  • 30 minutes of Cooking demonstration
  • CREATIVITY is encouraged
• Previous lessons include
• • Deciphering Nutrition Fact Labels 
  • Food Safety for the Family
  • Budgeted Meal Planning
  • Home Gardening
    

Y – Bridge (Akron) Meal Creation | Distribution

• Assemble Meals in Beall Hall on Thursday’s @ 5
• 1 hour of preparing
• Help Create meals Thursday’s 5:00 - 6:00 pm
  
• Help Distribute meals under Y-bridge Friday’s from 4:45 - 7 pm
• • Carpooling available!!!
    

Weekly presence at Farmers' Market: Saturday's 9:00 am - 1:00 pm

• Sample local vendor’s foods and plug farmers
• • Nutrition Education can be implemented here too!
  • • Past examples are BMI calculations, Nutrition Fact Labels of samples, and easy exercising routines
• Builds community with the farmers
• Building this relationship allows for maximum food recovery!!
  

Cooking Shifts: Campus Kitchen, Wednesday’s 2:00 - 5:00 pm

• EVERY Wednesday from 2-5 pm in Beall Hall
• Help make over 250 meals for community members
  

Food Recovery: On Campus Shifts - Monday/Tuesday’s 12:00 - 3:00 pm (your choice!)

• Students go to a variety of places at designated times to pick up unused food
• • Dining halls 
  • Cafeterias
• Food should be brought to the 2nd floor of Beall Hall between 12-4 pm

**About the Lessons:

• Every other Thursday at either Center of Hope or Kent Social Services depending on the day
• Each month we have new topics, cooking lessons, and open discussions about overall nutrition
• Every Saturday, join us at the Haymaker Farmers' Market as we use local produce in nutritious and interesting ways
  

Questions, Concerns, Contributions? Contact Us!

Chris Vogliano – Director of Campus Kitchen Nutrition Outreach
cvoglian@kent.edu