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KNN November Newsletter

Welcome to the November 2004 issue of KNN’s email newsletter. Please visit our web site at www.kansasnutritionnetwork.org We are always interested in how our partners are “partnering” to improve nutrition and physical activity education throughout Kansas.
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Our Featured Partner this month is the Kansas Association of Community Action Programs (KACAP). Visit their website at www.kacap.org. Check out the report, Living on the Edge. This report is also available on the KNN website, Go to WHAT, HOT TOPICS, Poverty and Hunger.

Our KNN Final Report for FY2004 is now available on our web page.

Information on food assistance is available on line in Spanish and English. From the KNN website, click on “How” then “SRS Self Assessment.”

Upcoming KNN Meetings:

November 18th - Topeka. January 13, 2005 in Manhattan.

Quick Quiz. What is one of the most successful social marketing campaigns? Did you say Smokey the Bear? 95% of U.S. adults can identify the fictional character that 60 years ago first promoted the slogan "Only YOU can prevent forest fires!" Now Smokey says, "Only YOU can prevent wildfires!" Smokey has no middle name – no "the." People started including a middle name after a popular 1952 folk song aired with a rhythmic "Smokey the Bear, Smokey the Bear. Prowlin' and a growlin' and a sniffin' the air." (Editorial note: How many of you can sing the whole song? I’ll bet a bunch of us can!!)
Living on the Edge, a report on the state of low-income working Kansas families, was produced by KACAP and is available on their website, www.kacap.org, and also on the KNN website under Hot Topics www.kansasnutritionnetwork.org
By spreading the word about healthy eating and the availability of the Kansas Food Assistance Program and how to access it, you will help people of all ages who need financial and nutrition support. www.oznet.ksu.edu/humannutrition/foodassistflyers.htm
Obesity and hunger are not mutually exclusive. Poor people may have less access to healthy food because they often lack transportation, particularly in inner city and rural areas. Consequently they rely on the corner convenient store or small market as their supermarket, where prices are higher and fewer healthy foods are available. http://www.commercialappeal.com/mca/healthy_memphis/article/0,1426,MCA_19196_3211769,00.html

In American Dream, a book by two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist Jason DeParle tracks one family for seven years, literally following the story from the White House to the local crack house. This is believed to be a country where anyone can make it, yet as DeParle illustrates with Angie, Jewell and Opal, some families succeed and some don’t.
www.jasondeparle.com

The Hunger Heroes Program was established to honor local food assistance offices that provide exemplary service in assisting eligible clients obtain food stamps. The nomination process is simple. Any individual, agency or organization who has worked, observed or has personal experience with a local food stamp office that provides exemplary service to food stamp clients and/or applicants may nominate that office to be honored as a Hunger Hero. Nomination forms are available here and on the KNN website. Nominations must be submitted by March 1, 2005.

Go to http://www.bagpipesatbest.com/ to hear some bagpipe tunes. They don’t sound like “bagpipes” – more electronic, but fun anyway.
This is a great time to let all of the organizations in your community know about the wonderful Thanksgiving Dinner food package coming in November. For a gift of love for the holidays or for yourself, the November Thanksgiving SHARE is the perfect way to SHARE the holiday spirit and save on good food! www.heartlandshare.com Place orders by November 8.

I think our 5 minutes is just about up. Send an email to Karen Fitzgerald kfitzger@ksu.edu if you have information you want to include in next month’s KNN email newsletter.
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