WIC Nutrition Fair

W-CAP has a working relationship with WIC to provide nutrition education, and the fairs like the one we hosted at the end of March are one avenue for disseminating information and provide ongoing education to fulfill our mission.

Life in Samoa always presents some unique and unexpected challenges.  The day of our WIC nutrition fair was no exception.  Despite the electricity being shut off and a ship that did not make it with supplies - we were still able to pull off a succesful fair and had lots of people in attendance. 

Clara the Clown with her balloon shaped fish were a huge hit!

Iron Man came and danced with the kids to show off his strength from eating Vitamin C, so he could absorb iron, and build muscles.

The kids loved the games - fishing for good nutrition, food bingo, potato sack nutrition relay, vegetable bean bag, an Easter egg hunt for fruits and vegetables, spin the wheel, nutrition treasure hunt and more.

The children of the island were introduced to peanut butter, banana and raisin sandwiches on rye bread. That was a great hit! The bread was donated by a local bakery, Pritchards, which began making whole grain bread nearly two years ago for the island.

The Extension Nutrition ladies from the Land Grant made nutritious berry smoothies for a delicious breakfast idea. Land Grant agriculture had seedlings of lettuce, papaya, eggplant, cucumber and tomatoes all available to help people in their gardens. The door prizes were great and included a baby quilt, baby bottle supplies, electronic scales gardening kit, 'C is for Cooking' children's cookbooks, girls Hawaiian jewelry, a leather bound Bible, religious paintings, t-shirts, mugs, key rings and gas burners.

Our sponsors included the following companies. Thank you!

Niuborn baby store
SMLS - Swap Meet Liquidation Store at Coconut Point

CBT True Value Hardware

Origin Gas
Pritchard's Bakery
Land Grant - EFNEP Nutrition
Land Grant--agriculture 

Sea Grant & The University of Hawaii

McDonald's

WIC - Women Infant Children

A special thanks to each person that made this event a success and to those that have not been recognized here, but provided anonymous donations, or volunteered their time to help.