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HANNAFORD PREPARES FRUIT SALAD AT ROCKDALE YOUTH CENTER
HANNAFORD PREPARES FRUIT SALAD AT ROCKDALE YOUTH CENTER
Do you know which fruit Dice-K would refer to as a gooseberry? The children at the Whitin Community Center’s Rockdale Youth Center can tell you that it is a kiwi after a visit from associates at the Uxbridge Hannaford Supermarket on April 12, 2007.
As part of the Survival Cooking program partnership between Hannaford Supermarkets and the Whitin Community Center’s Rockdale Youth Center, Produce Department Manager, Jim Giro, and Sandy Donnelly, Associate Relationship Manager, for the Uxbridge store visited approximately 26 children and taught them about various fruits used to make fruit salad.
Children were shown how to identify fruits, how to determine ripeness, and some interesting facts about different fruits. For instance, they learned that pineapple in season right now comes from Costa Rica and that it is always ripe. In addition, they were introduced to a new fruit, the pepino melon. A pepino melon smells like a pumpkin but has a cucumber-type of consistency on the inside and its seeds are edible.
The Survival Cooking program is designed to teach safety precautions and simple meal planning that is nutritious to children at the Rockdale Youth Center. The center is an after school activity and homework help center for children ages 8 – 13 located in the Rockdale section of Northbridge, MA. The center is open from 2:30-6:00 PM on school days, 12:00-6:00 PM on no school days and half-days. The program provides a safe and nurturing place for children to go when school is not in session and parents are working. The enrichment program meets once a week for one-hour sessions at the Youth Center under the supervision of Assistant Outreach Director, Kristy Gaska. Hannaford Supermarkets donated $1,000 to purchase the food for these sessions.
The children at the Rockdale Youth Center look forward to more visits from the Uxbridge Hannaford as they learn more about eating healthy.
The Whitin Community Center is a private, non-profit, community-based organization serving the Blackstone Valley since 1922. The Whitin Community Center is committed to enhancing the health and well-being of individuals and families and building a strong community in the Blackstone Valley. We offer social, recreational, educational, and outreach programs that bring community members of all ages and backgrounds together. The Whitin Community Center is the Blackstone Valley’s most complete family and recreation center with approximately 3,700 members, two pools, a gym, a fitness center, child care and after school programs, and a seven-acre park. For more information call 508.234.8184 or visit www.OurGym.org.
Hannaford Bros. Co., based in Scarborough, Maine, operates 158 stores under the Hannaford Supermarket and Hannaford Supermarket and Pharmacy names. Hannaford stores feature Guiding Stars, America’s first storewide nutrition navigation system. Hannaford employs more than 26,000 associates. The company is owned by Delhaize Group of Brussels, Belgium. Additional information can be found at www.hannaford.com.
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