Tuesday, January 17, 2017
New York State Health Foundation Supports Campaign to Urge Nutritious Food Donations
The Clinton County Health Department is working to ensure healthier meal options are available at places that often get overlooked by such efforts — area food shelves.
“Research shows that the food that is at the food pantry is of lesser nutritional quality,” said the department’s Public Health Nutrition Educator Kelsey Barnes.
In an effort to change that, her organization has launched “Donating to Better Health,” an initiative funded by a two-year, $175,000 grant from the New York State Health Foundation...