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March is National Nutrition Month and ACL needs your help to
celebrate. Throughout the month, we will be highlighting how you make your mark, one bite at a time
through the Congregate Nutrition Program.
You, the congregate program, and all of its participants are
vital to the community:
- Congregate
nutrition programs help provide older adults with a high quality
diet through healthy meals that look good, taste good, and provide
choices.
- Congregate
nutrition programs are inviting, hospitable, and inclusive creating
a comfortable and welcoming environment.
- Congregate
nutrition programs connect people to each other through fun,
engaging activities that decrease social isolation and solidify
friendships.
- Congregate
nutrition programs promote health through physical activity, active
learning, nutrition education, and eating together.
- Congregate
nutrition programs increase food security through meals and access
to vital social services such as heating and cooling assistance
programs, SNAP, and health care programs.
You make
your mark, one bite at a time, one step at a time, every
day, and we want to spread the word. We are asking you to share your
success with us by sending us your photos, videos, audio clips, and
testimonials.
Between now and the end of March, please send photos,
videos, audio clips, or testimonials from seniors about your meal site,
program activities, or nutrition education to healthpromotion@acl.hhs.gov. Please include your contact
information and permission to use the material.
ACL will feature one photo, video, or audio clip weekly on
its website and Facebook page with attribution and a caption about how to
Make Your Mark, One Bite
at a Time. In addition, ACL will begin a project using your photos, videos,
and testimonials to develop a lively, engaging video that the aging
services network can use to show what congregate nutrition is all
about, address misconceptions, and demonstrate its crucial role in
healthy aging.
We hope that you will join us and spread the word as we
celebrate good food, good companionship, and good programs.
Stay tuned: ACL will also be celebrating National Nutrition
Month with blogs, webinars, tip sheets, and more.
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