Celebrating National Nutrition Month® and how food has the power to unite communities.
March is National Nutrition Month® and for the Marion County Hospital District, nutrition is something we’re always celebrating!
At MCHD, we create specific initiatives which will impact prioritized health concerns and promote healthier lifestyles of Marion County citizens. Food connects communities and we’re proud to support many initiatives, but two deal with what we’re celebrating this month — nutrition!
Fitness and Nutrition in Schools (FANS)
Have you heard about FANS? Our initiative Fitness and Nutrition in Schools is designed to help Marion County kids create healthy habits that will serve them throughout their lives. Through school-based nutrition, physical fitness opportunities, and healthy lifestyle education, we’re on a mission to provide a healthy roadmap for children, parents, and employees in Marion County Schools.
We’re proud to partner with area schools to campaign for healthier snacking in our schools. For elementary school students, we provide hands-on nutrition education through raised garden beds.
For secondary level students, we provide:
- State-of-the-art crop producing greenhouses and learning landscapes.
- Partnership with MCPS Food & Nutrition Services to serve crops in the cafeteria; track consumption of healthier choices made by staff and students.
- Health education and awareness on proper nutrition.
Our FANS CLUBS are made up of students from each middle and high school to promote innovative health activities, taste tests and health awareness campaigns.
Community Home Project
The Community Home Project assists Marion County families with healthy food options, employment, educational tutoring and continuing education, healthcare navigation and dental clinics, fitness and nutrition classes (diabetes education, grocery orders) and much more.
Fitness and nutrition assistance helps with:
- Grocery orders and delivery
- Cooking classes
- Diabetes education classes
- Gardening classes
Let’s Get Healthy
Celebrating National Nutrition Month in Marion County is a great way to raise awareness about healthy eating and the role food plays in bringing people together. Check out MCHD’s nutrition-based services and let us know which nutrition tips you loved! Tag us on Facebook or Instagram.
