Japango FUNdraiser a Success!! Kids Weigh Out a Success!!

Just one short week ago, the Family Nutrition Center Foundation had it's 2nd fundraiser. To refresh your memory, I have started a 501(c)3 non-profit to help low-income families. Moreover, these deserving families have youth who are overweight and obese with co-morbidities such as hypertension, diabetes, and high cholesterol and have been denied nutrition coverage by their insurance, including Medicaid.

Elizabeth Seeley, RD, LD is the non-profit's fund seeker and group program educator; together we may provide FREE programs on a weekly basis [pending funding.] Our current weekly program is entitled "Kids Weigh Out" And, thanks to (1) Whole Foods Market Coral Springs for giving us some seed money, (2) Japango Restaurant and Lounge for hosting our latest social, and (3) to the generous folks who showed up last Friday to make donations, eat, drink, and socialize at Japango, "Kids Weigh Out" is flourishing.

Lesson 1 of 6 went off with out a hitch this week! Of course we must also thank Northwest Medical Center who is giving us an extremely fair deal to use their conference rooms for our classes. THANK YOU! The room was packed Tuesday night with families who were eager and ready to learn about healthy eating. Elizabeth and I are very excited for Lesson 2. We'll keep you posted on our progress...