Food For A Long Life

So proud of our work with Centra Pace in Lynchburg, Virginia with providing important support during the pandemic.

Collaboration and Intergenerational Programming to Promote Wellness and Healthy Aging | Open Space | National Recreation and Park Association Collaborations and partnerships between organizations and universities came together during COVID-19 to provide creative and innovative solutions to safely provide recreation, nutrition education and intergenerational opportunities to 120 homebound Centra PACE older adults in Lynchburg, Virginia.

Interesting solution to a real problem.

National Food Strategy: Tax sugar and salt and prescribe veg, report says Boris Johnson says he will consider the proposal, but finds the idea of extra taxes on people unattractive.

Our Virginia team is putting together a Blessing Box similar to the one pictured. Lynchburg already has Blessing Boxes located in public places & stocked with non-perishable food items & anything else considered a blessing. Items are anonymously donated and received. Stay Tuned!

Libbie & Together, We Inspire Smart Eating's Windy WISE brought beans to the children of Timberlake United Methodist Church's ELC this month. Green beans in their raw form were great to explore using the 5 senses!

Together, We Inspire Smart Eating's Windy WISE was excited to bring the topic of “greens” to the children at Timberlake United Methodist Church's ELC. Children and teachers enjoyed tasting a variety of salad greens with a dab of a healthy raspberry vinaigrette dressing. They also enjoyed a classic story with a great review of how vegetables grow!

AARP and OATS/Senior Planet have come together to offer free technology classes for older adults. Check it out!

AARP Joins With Nonprofit to Teach Tech to Older Adults AARP is joining with OATS/Senior Planet to offer its free technology classes to older adults across the country. Find out more about the free classes.

Students at Timberlake United Methodist Church's ELC were excited to review vegetables and share a special art project with the senior adults at Centra PACE. The topic of “vegetable soup” was perfect for a winter day!

Happy National Nutrition Month! Check out this website for some handy resources.

National Nutrition Month National Nutrition Month® is a nutrition education and information campaign created annually in March by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.

Two new infographics to share chronicling our modified activities both for year four of our project and our COVID pivot in Virginia.
We could not have done it without partners like Timberlake UMC ELC's Fillin' Station and others mentioned in the Infographics.

Together, We Inspire Smart Eating's Windy Wise's flight to Timberlake United Methodist Church's ELC in January brought tomatoes of all kinds! After exploring with tomatoes students talked about the many common foods & recipes that have tomatoes in them. They wrapped up the lesson with “shopping” for items to make salsa! What was the main salsa ingredient??.... tomatoes!

Libbie & Together, We Inspire Smart Eating's Windy Wise were excited to fly back to Timberlake United Methodist Church's ELC after the holiday break in January! This time Windy Wise brought sweet bell peppers. Using our 5 senses to explore and learn about the peppers was a big hit!