Word has gotten out: Inter-Faith Food Shuttle’s Community Health Education (CHE) program has tailor- made life skills curricula for the diverse populations that make up our community of neighbors. Our inclusive programming can be adapted to fit the special requirements of individual audiences, meeting community members at their point of need and ensuring that the lessons being taught resonate and have a true impact with those in attendance.
In recent months, the Food Shuttle’s CHE program has designed and implemented classes for groups from the Governor Morehead School for the blind, for those in transitional housing at Raleigh Rescue Mission, for young people aging out of foster care through Youth Villages, for teen parents at H.E.A.R.T.S., and more. The classes are being booked through next January and most are coming to the program through word of mouth as news of the programs’ impact spreads through the community.
The lessons for each group are written from scratch by Food Shuttle Director of Community Health and Nutrition Kylee McCombs and the dietetic interns who are working with the program. They mainly focus on life skills, cooking on a budget, cooking in a limited space, and including more fruits and vegetables in one’s diet. Feedback on the programs has been overwhelmingly positive.
“This is an extension of the principle on which the Food Shuttle was founded—listening to the community and responding in kind. That work is continuing,” said Kylee McCombs of the CHE efforts to expand their inclusive programming. “We don’t do a one-size-fits-all approach because that simply wouldn’t serve the needs of our neighbors.”
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