SAN ANTONIO – School is beginning for lots of in and round our neighborhood, and the San Antonio Food Bank is offering extra training to tens of hundreds of households due to a solidified partnership.
The CHEF Culinary Health Education Program can be built-in into the meals financial institution’s actions and the way it can assist long term generations throughout South Texas.
“Kids, older, elderly people, some families, seven or eight family members in their household. So we’re honored that we can help them out,” mentioned Michael Barry, president of the St. Vincent de Paul meals pantry program.
With the meals financial institution’s assist, Barry and his Nest Food Pantry assist dozens of households around the East Side of San Antonio.
“You know, the more produce that we can get them, the more roughage that we get in their diet, which is good for them,” Barry mentioned.
Nutrition, well being, and training are key when elevating kids.
“This program initially got started to address specifically the rates of chronic obesity, diabetes, a lot of these diet-related issues here in our community,” mentioned Raquel DeHoyos, CHEF’s supervisor for colleges and neighborhood engagement.
That’s the place DeHoyos and the CHEF program are available.
“CHEF is a Culinary Nutrition Education Program here in San Antonio, and we provide basic nutrition and culinary skills to youth in grades pre-K through eighth grade,” DeHoyos mentioned.
The meals financial institution is helping tens of hundreds of households weekly, however receiving the meals is solely step one.
“The CHEF program will be an easy way to find simple, affordable, culturally relevant recipes,” DeHoyos mentioned.
The non-profit CHEF group has a brand new construction and can transition into the San Antonio Food Bank.
“Bringing the CHEF team with ours, we think, is really going to strengthen us because it’s just like, you know, the medical validation that they’ve done around their recipes, really emphasizing the healthy cooking part of that more than the San Antonio Food Bank has,” mentioned Michael Guerra, sustainability officer of the San Antonio Food Bank.
The plan is to assist out extra households with meals and dietary steering.
“Bring this full other layer to help the community eat better, cook better, and eat together at home. Just so we know that we can bring people together at home around a healthy recipe that our community is going to be better,” Guerra mentioned.
“This is the pivotal point where our program really is wanting to mesh more in the community,” DeHoyos mentioned.
If you have an interest in serving to the San Antonio Food Bank with a donation, you’ll achieve this here.
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