Another county new to offering SNAP-Ed services in FFY16, the Graham Extension has reached adults through a consistent presence at the local food bank, Our Neighbors Pantry, and also through events held on the San Carlos Apache tribal lands in the town of Bylas. The senior program coordinator describes the success of her team in encouraging behavior change at these two sites:
“The cooking demos at ‘Our Neighbor's Pantry’ are…held monthly and on average 100 families participate. All items needed to reproduce the recipe that was demonstrated are included for all families that receive food that day. Families are then empowered to make the recipe at home; this was very well received by participants at the Pantry.”
“A direct education event in Bylas was to have the participants make ‘Indian Fry Bread’ using the My Native Plate recipe. It was interesting to watch the reaction of the people: many of them were skeptical about the healthy version of one of their favorites. They were all pleasantly surprised that they liked it.”
