The Provincial government are getting behind a South Shuswap Health Services Society (SSHSS) project that promises to help educate South Shuswap Seniors about nutrition. The project, called helping seniors access nutritious and safe food, received a $15,000 through the province’s age-friendly communities grant program. The funds were applied for by the Columbia Shuswap Regional District of behalf of the health services society.
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SHSS director Sue McCrae says the program will educate seniors living in the South Shuswap on a variety of nutrition-related topics including the ways dietary needs change as they age and where to access locally grown food.
“I think for anybody who can access locally grown produce it’s a bonus. It supports the local economy in addition to providing food that’s safe and you know where it was grown and how it was grown,” McCrae said.
McCrae added the program will feature an interactive element where participants can help prepare food.
Dr. Jerre Paquette co-author of Eat to save your life will be facilitating the program; McCrae said he is preparing it now.
“We’re excited to receive the grant so we can continue with our work,” McCrae said.
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