Thursday's class was spent by each student talking about their agency assignment to the rest of the class. It was neat to see how many different programs are available to people in need. It is important for us to know about these programs so we can direct clients who are in need to them. It was also interesting to see how some programs have grown or downsized over the years, for instance, the special milk program isn't as important as it once was due to the growing school lunch program.
My program was the Senior and WIC Farmer's Market Nutrition Program. It is an extension of the WIC and SNAP programs where the participants can get vouchers to use at farmer's markets to get local, fresh produce and support local agriculture. My grandmother receives these vouchers, and I find it funny because I don't think she fully gets the concept of the program. Whenever I'm in town she will use her vouchers and give me a few peppers, or some other vegetable I like, and when I ask her why she doesn't keep them for herself she says "I don't like going to the farmer's market, all of the stuff is too expensive"...even though she's getting FREE vouchers. Truly a "LOL" moment. Maybe now that I know more about the program I can sit down and explain it to her and she will start using the vouchers more often. That about sums up Thursday's class, it was beautiful out and we got out of class early. YAY! I'm pledging to be a better student this week and actually blog on time..stay tuned:)
-Alex
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