Pantry Reflection

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The pantry was a busy place. Currently, we don’t have a partnership with this pantry. I spoke with the person in charge on site, Cheryl or Sheri. She said we would have to ask Lt. Terry Olson, the person in charge of the pantry, if we could come in for nutrition education. However, the woman I spoke with seemed very receptive to our ideas and the other initiatives we were doing at other pantries.
There is a small waiting area for clients with room for a table for nutrition education. That day, someone from Medicare was tabling and signing people up for insurance. The pantry is a walk-through grocery store style. Clients took numbers when they walked in. Presenting nutrition education while the clients wait would be the best scenario. I didn’t

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