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    Network for a Healthy California: Fruit and Veggie Fest

    Network for a Healthy California: Fruit and Veggie Fest

    Presented by Health Education Council at FoodMaxx

    May 23, 2010

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    Join the Network for a Healthy California—Gold Country Region Retail Program, FoodMaxx and the Health Education Council for a Fruit and Veggie Fest to learn how you can make budget-friendly changes to improve your family’s health. The annual event is part of a statewide effort to empower low-income families to make healthy, active living a priority. It is one of several Fruit and Veggie Fest celebrations happening throughout California during the month of May.

    Free to the public, Fruit and Veggie Fest Sacramento will offer a variety of fun and educational activities to help low-income shoppers learn how to shop smart to improve their health and the health of their families.

    Fruit and Veggie Fest activities will include:
    • Network for a Healthy California—Gold Country Region providing nutrition information, leading store tours and sharing tips and ideas to help shoppers make small, budget-friendly changes to improve their families’ health.
    • Local families participating in fun physical activities
    • Sacramento Food Bank providing food stamp information and
    • Women, Infants and Children (WIC) providing program information
    • Free Health Screenings (blood pressure, cholesterol, diabetes) provided by Health Net
    • Special guests A.G. Kawamura, Secretary, CA Dept. of Food and Agriculture; Bonnie Pannell Dist 8- Councilmember and Carlos Guiterrez Gonzalez- General Consul
    • Local Champion Mom, Yemanya Napue, from Sacramento


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        FoodMaxx

        3860 Florin Road
        Sacramento, CA 95823

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        Free

        Info Phone: (916) 556-3342

      • Dates & Times

        Dates:
        May 23, 2010

        Times:

        Sun Noon-4pm



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