CookShop^® for Seniors

This is FoodChange’s innovative nutrition education program for seniors who participate in senior congregate meal programs in East and Central Harlem and the Lower Eastside. Through this program, seniors increase their self efficacy to purchase, prepare and consume fresh/frozen vegetables as well as to prevent/manage specific nutrition related diseases by participating in nutrition education workshops, hands-on cooking workshops and field trips.

The goal is to promote both enjoyment and experiential relevance as integral components of learning. Program staff provides 6 nutrition education workshops and 9 hands-on cooking workshops to qualifying senior congregate meals sites. FoodChange provides all curriculum materials, cooking equipment, and technical assistance for sites to host nutrition and cooking workshops with their clients.

For more information, contact Margrethe Horlyck-Romanovsky, Director, Food & Nutrition Services at mhr@foodchange.org.