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Cooperative Extension at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State
University invites you to join us for Passport to Health.
Passport to Health
September 25, 2021 8:00 - 5:00 ET
Cooperative Extension at N.C. A&T’s Try Healthy (SNAP-Ed) program presents Passport to Health, a virtual health fair experience!
Learn to improve your health! Enjoy all the event offers, including food and fitness demonstrations, swag bags, a scavenger hunt, and much more!
For more information, including how to become a virtual vendor, please contact Kelsey Armstrong at or call 336-285-4677.
8:00 AM – 5:00 PMMeet and chat with representatives of North Carolina health and wellness organizations. Most booths will have a someone on hand to answer your questions throughout the day.
9:00 – 9:30 AMAlaina Hart
MPH, CHES, Senior Health Educator
Alice Aycock Poe
Center for Health Education, Raleigh
Learn how to use MyPlate to plan meals, navigate the grocery store, shop smart on a budget, manage stress and eat mindfully.
9:35 – 10:05 AMDer Holcomb
Extension Agent, Family and Consumer Sciences, Alexander County
Discover how to engage with children in the kitchen, the learning benefits of involving kids in the kitchen, and watch a demonstration on making quick and easy snacks with your child.
10:00 – 11:00 AMPatrice G. Dollar
MS, CFP, Family Resource Management Associate, Cooperative Extension at N.C. A&T
Learn how to maximize your food budget by planning your meals from available resources and using unit pricing when you shop.
10:00 – 10:45 AMEmily McClure
Extension Agent, Family and Consumer Sciences, Jackson County
Food labels can be confusing. Learn how to read them and how the numbers on labels apply to your health.
11:00 – 11:45 AMHayley Cowell
Extension Agent, Family and Consumer Sciences, Stanly County and Rhonda Peters, Extension Agent, Family and Consumer Science, Montgomery County
Family & Consumer Sciences Agents will discuss the LIFT Program and why exercise is important. They will also lead participants through a LIFT warm-up, the eight-core exercises, and a cool down. Lastly, we will discuss how others can get involved in this program at a local level.
12:00 PM – 1:00 PMGuilford County
Partnership for Children and Healthy Families - Healthy Futures, Greensboro
Enjoy a virtual cooking class hosted by Guilford County Partnership for Children. Special guest Chef John LaTour of Healthy Families – Healthy Futures will create two wonderful recipes: a healthy vegetable succotash and sweet potato quesadillas
1:30 – 2:00 PMMatias Murano, EFNEP Educator, Durham County
You don't have to skip dessert. Join us for a cooking demonstration of the Rainbow Parfait that can be used as a healthy dessert alternative
1:00 – 1:30 PMDee Decker
Extension Agent, Family and Consumer Sciences, Swain County
Healthy eating means limiting portion sizes to what our bodies need. Learn helpful tips to help you and your family serve more appropriate portions.
Jasmine L. Barber, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC. Dr. J. Barber is now an Associate Professor at Winston Salem State University, School of Health Sciences, Division of Nursing. Her experience and interests are in obesity, prevention and wellness, and decreasing health care disparities.
Dr. Barber will discuss how the COVID vaccine can keep you and your family safe.
1:30 – 2:00 PMSally Sampson
Founder, Executive Director and President, ChopChop Family, Belmont, MA
Make cooking fun while teaching math, reading comprehension, science, and financial literacy to the kids in your life. Use ChopChop, the fun cooking magazine for families, and Eatable Alphabet Kitchen Activity Cards for kids ages 2 and above.
2:00 – 2:45 PMAlexander Ruppert
Director of Aquatics and Wellness, YWCA, High Point
Learn how older adults can safely exercise and set appropriate fitness goals. Then join a short demonstration of fitness activities for older adults.
3:00 – 3:45 PMGuy A. Holley
Extension Agent, 4-H Youth Development, Bertie County
Learn strategies for eating healthy and staying active in all stages of life.
3:00 – 3:20 PMRaven Tuffin
EFNEP Program Assistant, Guilford County
Learn to stretch your food dollars by meal prepping for the work week. The session includes a cooking demonstration of a delicious burrito bowl using homemade black bean corn salsa.
3:30 – 4:00 PMRanjana S. Lord
MS, RD, LDN, Senior Dietitian, Atrium Health, Charlotte
This session will discuss the importance of nutrition in the presence of cancer and what current research says about prevention.
3:30 – 4:45 PMDr. Heather L. Colleran
RDN, CSSD, LDN, CSCS, Department of Family and Consumer Sciences, Food and Nutritional Sciences, N.C. A&T
Do you have picky eaters in your house? Learn how engaging your kids in preparing a nutritious, kid-friendly recipe can help.
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