Other Programs

Community & Professional Programs

• Add Color to Your Plate and Move More - Fruits and vegetables offer multiple health benefits. Get ideas to fit more into your diet. Benefits of increasing physical activity
• Building Family Health History - Do you know the health history of your relatives? Knowing your risks can help you stay healthy by getting the right tests and practicing prevention strategies.
• From Our Farms - Fun-filled learning boxes teach children and their families about the importance of good nutrition, the value of local agriculture and the role farms play in enriching our communities and the environment.
• Herbs & Health: Safety & Effectiveness - Learn about the safety and effectiveness of the herbs.
• Helping Kids Eat Well - Workshop will highlight current nutrition and health issues, then focus on healthful food choices, portion control, fat and sugar in foods, fast food savvy, and snacks for energy and heath.
• Lighten Up the Fat - Research shows many health benefits from a low fat, low cholesterol diet. Cutting back on fat is easy by reading food labels, making healthful choices at home & in restaurants and adapting cooking methods. Benefits of increasing physical activity.
• Living Well: It's A Family Affair - Learn more about the relationship between obesity & risk for major diseases, portions sizes, tips for healthier eating, and the benefits of increasing physical activity.
• School Wellness Education - Schools are making changes to address the issues of overweight and obese kids by providing access to more healthy food choices, limiting access to foods and beverages with little nutritional value, improving nutrition education for students and staff, and increasing physical activity. FCHS provides training and materials for students, parents and staff.
• Small Steps to Health & Wealth - a program to motivate people to make changes that simultaneously improve both their health and personal finances.
• Strong Bones for a Lifetime - Strong bones are necessary for an active lifestyle. The program will identify risk factors for osteoporosis and strategies to strengthen bones, including diet and exercise.
• Supersize - Super size portions result in an expanding waistline & rising rate of chronic diseases. Learn how large portions and lack of physical activity affect our health. .
• Youth Farmstands: Seeds to Success - Gloucester County's project targets at-risk high school age special needs students. Youth participate in a hands-on business and life skills training program to prepare them for the workforce. The youth staff farm stands that make local fresh fruits and vegetables available in the community.