Nutrition Links staff teach thousands of
Pennsylvania's limited resource citizens
with much-needed education on topics
of food and nutrition, food safety,
food preparation,
and food budgeting
The big thing now with the economy 
is stretching their food dollars 
it really helps them get the most out of
their food dollars and provide the
most healthy meals for their families
and themselves
programs help participants end the cycle
of dependency on emergency food
as well as the cycles of poor nutrition
poor health and poor quality of life this
is done by increasing knowledge of basic
nutrition
increasing ability to select and prepare
nutritional foods improving food safety
practices
increasing ability to manage food budget
and resources
and increasing frequency of healthy food
choices
it's really important because
a lot of people just aren't sure
there's so much nutrition information out
there and they have no idea what's
real and what's not real
with the support of community partners
Nutrition Links provides program lessons
food demonstrations and hands-on
cooking experiences to groups and
individuals
the program is really important for
families to get involved in because it
helps! It helps with
living a healthier lifestyle
so the obesity rate can go down
that gives them vitamins and nutrients
they need for a healthier life advisors 
use research based curriculum and hands-on 
learn by doing techniques to help participants
gain the skills they need to make
positive changes
they get happy when
they
know they are saving money
and their having more money at the end
of the month
and sometimes when we help them with that
just little things 
like food dollars they can figure 
out where to spend that somewhere else
programs are tailored to be appropriate
age culture
reading ability and physical or
developmental limitations of a
particular audience
program participants also gained job
readiness parenting and socialization
skills
many of them also want to keep coming
because they just enjoyed being with
other people in the group
and so they often say can i
come back? We're like bring a friend
and you can be a volunteer
you do learn something each time
you come to a Nutrition Links class
Nutrition Links is part of the community
it serves and works hard to improve the
lives of those in it.
