RSVP to Childrens Foundation

Kick off Oct. 24...Babies and Butterflies. New Project to promote Maternal and Child Health and Wellness.

Attended Focus Group on Locally Grown Food

Met Oct. 12 in the evening at Schroeder Hall

Pantagraph Newspaper

Working on the next set of workshop descriptions to send to the Pantagraph. They agreed to put in a monthly piece on these classes. We consider it great strides in the promotion of these wonderful parenting classes.

Harvest of Hope

Venison Recipes from a U of I publication ready for Harvest of Hope group. It appears they are the beneficiaries of a quantity of processed venison

Caregivers Day Out

To be held Friday, Nov. 17. Plans are going well. Robin Orr will be speaking at this event on "The Funny Side" of care giving.

Parent Expo...

To be held Saturday, Nov. 4. Plans and promotion continue on workshops etc. I am co-presenting Picky Eaters with Easter Seals.

NEAFCS

National Conference in Denver was great. Went to several good sessions on Nutrition this time. Great to be with FCS Extension Professionals from all over that nation. Illinois will be co-hosting the national session next year with Minnesota and Wisconsin.

Have several volunteers to visit acts of entertainment for next year.

Interesting Phone Inquiries

Q: How do I prepare Hamburger BBQ for 100?

A: I referred to the Food for Fifty book

Upcoming .....

Parent Expo.... Will teach PICKY EATERS again...co-presenting w/ Easter Seals... 11-4

Gifts from the Kitchen...for local PEO 11-17

Caregivers Day Out...11-17

Your Young Child...PDO...Dec. 13-14

Summertime Grilling Safety... 4-9-07

This week kicked off the Bloomington Hoursing Authority tutor program! We made Sunrise Smoothies and had a fruit paper activity for them as well. We broke the group into 2 parts so that the kids could participate in the process of making the smoothies. The smoothies were very well received!!

At Kathy Johnson's request we are taking a break from Jr. Chefs for October. I working on programming beginning again in November.

I also met with the Irving Elementary school principal to talk about getting our wellness program into this school.Our information was very well received. His thought was that he would like to see us work with the PE teacher. He needed to talk to others and said he would get back to me.

I also had Fitness Fun Night at Pepper Ridge Elementary. I thought this event was very well attended! I had about 160 kids and 50 parents stop by my booth. I did the comparison of the Snickers bar to a homemade snack mix. I had snack mix already bagged except for the sweet add-ins. They got to choose from mini marshmallows, mini M&Ms, and chocolate chips. I had prepared 120 baggies and only the children got them but we still ran out. I also spoke with the PE teacher about our Wellness program. (The Pepper Ridge principal had acknowledged receipt of my letter about our program.) I will be getting back to her with more information.