Nutrition Fair

At the beginning of February the foundation put on a nutrition fair in Amouli. Amouli is at the other side of the island, and is one of the areas hardest hit by the tsunami. The road to get there is not great, and since many people do not have cars, Amouli is not heavily trafficked. Having a health fair out there was a big deal! It was as if the circus had come to town. The school even sent all the middle-schoolers and their teachers for the morning so they could participate.

W-CAP put on three different nutrition puppet shows.

We had a great DJ who really had the kids out dancing up a storm. He talked about the importance of exercise, and how exercise can be fun!

The children got to play games, try different nutritious foods, and talk to the different vendors whose main goal was nutrition education.

There were people from Land Grant who had seedlings and shared gardening info, people from Sea Grant who talked about eating fresh fish in your diet (surprisingly something they do not do a lot of. They eat mostly corned beef and SPAM instead), the Deptartment of Health, WIC, the nutritionists at the hospital, Pizza Hut who brought veggie pizza's and salads, and the gas company who provided burners for us to do cooking demonstrations with. It was all free for the families that attended and we were so happy how many people were able to attend and participate.  A special thanks to all those who made this event possible!