Health & Nutrition Programs
What's New?
Beaver Bites Newsletter Clip: Get recipes and tips on eating healthy. Cut and paste this clip into your newsletter at school or work. Found under "school wellness" section.
Food Safety Tips for the Holidays: Don't make other people sick this holiday season. Learn how to prepare foods safely for others and yourself.
Feeding the Family on a Budget?
Low income youth and families learn how to budget for food and make healthy choices. Classes are offered in schools (K-6th grades) and at partner sites such as Food Stamp Office, Head Start and Workforce Training.
Do You Have Diabetes or Other Chronic Conditions?
More than 80% of people over age 65 have at least one chronic disease condition, over 50% have two or more. We offer in-depth class series in meal planning for diabetes and self management skills for chronic diseases such as arthritis, heart disease or fibromyalgia.
Want to Meet Other Foodies?
We train Family Food Education Volunteers to provide information on cooking and food preservation at food pantries and community workshops. Make new friends and share your cooking skills with others. Certification in Food Preservation available.
Need a Handout or Lesson Idea?
Our resources come in many forms including video, lesson plans, handouts, activity kits, slides and more.
Is it Safe to Eat?
Wondering if you should eat it or toss it? Get information on how to prevent the spread of food-borne illnesss, how to store food and preserve food safely.
Partnerships for a Healthy Community
The issues facing our community today require collective thought and action for meaningful solutions. We are involved in a number of partnerships including including Healthy Active Klamath Coalition. Members work together to make the "healthy choice the easy choice.
Meals Made Easy for Diabetes:
Topics covered in 4 classes include:
-What you eat makes a difference
-Planning Healthy Meals
-Shopping Smart
-Cooking Healthy Meals
Living Well with Chronic Health Problems -Six Week Workshop:
Are you or a loved one living with arthritis, cancer, heart problems, diabetes, asthma or other chronic diseases? This workshop shows you how to take small steps toward healthier living and managing day-to-day activities of life.
Leader Training for the "Living Well with Chronic Conditions" series:
We hope you will consider joining us to become a certified leader. The training will be engaging just as the "Living Well " series is.
Feeding Your Family Classes: Learn how to stretch your food dollar and prepare healthy meals you family will enjoy. Classes held several times a month on Friday at WorkSource, 801 Oak Ave (near Post Office) 9 am -1030 am. Call Extension (541-883-7131) to verify schedule.
About Our Programs
In Klamath County we offer practical education for youth, seniors and low income families in the areas of nutrition, food preparation, food safety, physical activity, diabetes, and self management of chronic diseases. Program Flier. We empower individuals, families and the community to make healthy food and activity choices and create environments that support these behaviors. Each year over 6,000 citizens receive education in these programs. As a result, many have improved their food and activity behaviors and reduced risk factors for chronic disease such as heart disease, diabetes, obesity and cancer. For every $1 invested in nutrition education, $3.60 is saved in future health care costs. Learn more about how we are making a difference to people inthe Klamath Basin. Points of Pride 2007 and Other
