Show
host: Jane Blanchard
Links to Women
Matters shows: August 25,
2009: Guest Jill Collins:
Jill
Collins is a Registered Dietitian and the
Director of Nutrition Education at All Faiths Food Bank. She has been
with the food bank for three years and thoroughly enjoys working with
the many local organizations affiliated with the food bank and the
people these organizations serve. As Director of Nutrition Jill runs
programs that serve to educate and empower low income children,
families, and adults to make healthy lifestyle choices on a limited
budget in order to prevent malnutrition, obesity, and chronic diseases.
Jill has developed and currently runs the Growing Healthy Kids Program
(serving over 2,300 children/families), the Hunger 101 Program
(educating 500+ community members annually), the BackPack Kids Program
(serving 250 children at 5 elementary schools last school year), and
the Dinner A’Fare and Operation Frontline Cooking Classes (7 separate
classes for everyone from kids, to teens, to pregnant teens, to adults,
to families, to persons with HIV/AIDS). Jill also writes the bi-monthly
All Faiths Food Bank newsletter, the monthly Growing Healthy Kids
newsletter, and develops menus and ensures food delivery for two Kid’s
Café sites, Laurel Civic and the Roy McBean Boys and Girls Club. Jill
is also specially certified by the American Dietetic Association in
Child & Adolescent Weight Management and is completing her
Personal
Trainer Certification. In her free time she enjoys running, volleyball,
basketball, and going to concerts.
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