Your community nutrition program ideas, plus our licensed dietitian nutritionists make a healthy, winning combination! We have experience working with government health departments, food businesses and food donation centers creating, editing, refining and promoting science-based community nutrition programs. We can help you stretch your grant dollars by soliciting business donations, getting community “buy-in”, and obtaining free media for promotion. Whether it’s a creative Meals on Wheels program, writing healthy recipes for a food pantry, improving restaurant meals, or promoting healthier hydration, we can help you make it successful!
Check out these Community nutrition success stories that our community dietitian nutritionists have been a part of:
Chelsea Area Wellness Initiative hired Dietitian on Wheels® to promote their Michigan 5 healthy towns wellness initiative to area food retailers through a community wide presentation (I have the PP if would be beneficial to incorporate it here?), encouraging them to take advantage of an individual dietitian business consultation to launch their own healthy food programs that were then marketed and promoted in their community. This resulted in area grocery stores hiring dietitians to promote healthier foods and corner stores bringing in fresh fruits and vegetables for their communities.
Dietitian on Wheels® provided food and nutrition consulting services to Kwik Trip, Inc., a chain of 400+ Wisconsin-based convenience stores where we implemented the Eat Smart Menu Guide, promoted a healthier concession program, and started their collaborative work with the Partnership for a Healthier America. We went on to promote their healthier eating programs within community collaborations like The La Crosse County Healthy Living Collaboration, Live Well Winona, Making it Better Olmsted County, Dodge Refreshed and on Community Leadership Teams in Freeborn, Mower, Faribault and Martin Counties in MN for the next 4 years. Area successes resulted in Kwik Trip hiring a full-time registered dietitian as part of their product development team in their successful effort to make the healthier choice the easy choice in all the communities they serve in Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin.
Faribault, Martin and Watonwon County Health Department in Minnesota hired Dietitian on Wheels® to provide food and nutrition consulting serves to restaurants and food retailers as part of their Statewide Health Improvement funding. Here we collaborated with restaurant owners and food retailers to promote the healthier food options as part of the Eat Well! menu initiative, and Eat Well! Healthier Cornerstore Initiative, increasing their bottom line while improving the health of their communities.
A Nutritious Dish…in a matter of minutes™ was a highly successful collaborative cooking education series between HGTV in Winona, MN, Winona Volunteer Services and Dietitian on Wheels®, where we taught area residents how to choose, store and prepare a nutritious seasonal fruit or vegetable each weak as part of the local TV news line-up. Recipes videos were then used and distributed by Channel One Regional Food Bank and other food banks across Minnesota to educate food recipients on how to incorporate healthy seasonal and locally grown foods into their daily meals through a quick and easy recipe.
