Welcome to the Nutrition Pantry Program category!
Connect with fellow NPP implementers and share insights on your organization’s work, ask questions to the network, and celebrate each other’s graduations and successes!
Start by sharing a bit about yourself below (name, organization, position, years of implementation, and a fun fact)!
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Loving this platform already! Excited to use this space to connect with fellow implementers. 
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Good Morning, I’m Connie Smith, my title is a Nuli Pomaws Nutrition Educator for SNAP, I work for the Wabanaki Public Health and Wellness in the Maliseet and Mik’maq communities. I am newly hired in May of this year and getting used to the programs. I really enjoy teaching and cooking. 
I look forward to what ideas I have for future PSE work in the pantries.
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Hello my name is Gorham and I’m a volunteer with ABC2 a nonprofit organization focusing on youth empowerment and getting the youth involved in leadership,healthy living,higher education,government and community advocacy.We have been in service for over ten years. I am looking forward to learning new ways to help empower our youth.
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Glad to join this community. I am looking forward to connecting pantries in my community,
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Danielle Trotter from UT Extension in Blount County TN. I am a Nutrition Educator learning about implementation. A fun fact is that I am starting Graduate School in fall to pursue my PhD in Public Health.
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Hello! My name is Vickie DeLoach. I am a Program Assistant with UT Extension Office in TN I work with TNCEP and SNAP. I work with children starting at the age of 3 all the way thru to adults 80 plus. I have retired twice. I taught school 33 years and then 9 years in the church I attend and almost 1 year at my prest job.
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Hi everyone! I’m Shay. I am a Family and Consumer Sciences Extension Agent with the University of Tennessee. I am excited to use this platform to learn more about the wonderful work being done through NPP!
Hello, My name is Lucy Ortega- Community Health Worker. I work for Metro Health - City of San Antonio, TX . I have been partnering with food pantries for the past two years. Is a great learning about Leah’s Pantry and NPP. I am excited to learn more about food pantries and start using the skills to educating myself and others once completed the program.
Welcome.
Congratulations, Danielle!
Hi! I’m Jen Ford, working in CDSS as a research & evaluation specialist in CalFresh Healthy Living. I’m new in this role and here to deepen my understanding of how things work at the implementer level. I’m passionate about the food as medicine space and curious if any of our nutrition pantries are situated in health clinics or medical centers to support produce prescriptions. Anyone heard of ‘food is medicine’ or ‘food as medicine’? It seems logical for CFHL to provide DE programs to folks receiving Produce Rx or for CFHL to create PSE programs to improve nutrition security for folks who are under-resourced and also experiencing chronic, diet-related health conditions…
Hi my name is Muriel Gutierrez. I’m new! to the NPP community and to food banks as a whole. I am still working on my certification and am enjoying the classes. I’m excited and nervous to get started!
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