Dallas is Done!

Wow! The semester flies by when you’re working with wonderful schools, families, and fresh produce! During the eight weeks, we brought  healthier choices and fun food experiences to our families.  One mother of three and a weekly volunteer at John Q. Adams Elementary, Elizabeth Salazar, absolutely loved Brighter Bites and the positive influence it had on her family!   Elizabeth and her family Our mission is to feed with impact by providing access to fresh produce and increasing food literacy with fun and informative nutrition education materials. Elizabeth used the 30 pounds of produce, donated by the North Texas Food Bank, to make delicious and healthful meals for her family. She said “with the fresh produce I receive, I can cook for my whole family and everybody is happy!”  Elizabeth was able to stretch her weekly grocery budget to ensure her three growing youngters have healthy meals and full bellies. Cheese Stuffed Zucchini that Elizabeth made NTFB and Brighter Bites impacted 1800 families this semester in nine Dallas schools! Each week we distributed 54,000 pounds of fresh produce; that’s a total of 432,000 pounds of freshness, crispiness, crunchiness, and unfiddled around with goodness over the course of the semester! Our amazing mom and volunteer, Elizabeth, said “the program is awesome because it’s nice to help and be helped at the same time!” We can’t wait to get back in the swing of things and bring more color and crunch to our families in the spring of 2015!