{"id":44270,"date":"2013-04-04T08:30:55","date_gmt":"2013-04-04T12:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=44270"},"modified":"2013-04-03T08:31:36","modified_gmt":"2013-04-03T12:31:36","slug":"job-readiness-training-program-collaboration-with-cornell-cooperative-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=44270","title":{"rendered":"Job Readiness Training Program Collaboration with Cornell Cooperative Extension"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pictured from left: Karin Zipko, Herkimer Working Solutions Manager, Arlene Miller, Herkimer Working Solutions Employment Specialist, and Joan Clanton, Nutrition Program Educator with Cornell Cooperative Extension of Herkimer County<\/em><\/p>\n

(Herkimer, NY \u2013 April 2, 2013) Ove\"JRT<\/a>r 45 participants from the Herkimer Working Solutions Career Center Employment Readiness Program have joined the \u201cEat Smart NY\u201d program through Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) of Herkimer County.\u00a0 Nutrition staff from CCE provide a four session series of workshops covering healthy food choices, reading food labels, stretching food dollars, and increasing physical activity.<\/p>\n

Comments from graduates of the program regarding the changes they have made in their food choices and physical activities since starting the program include: \u201cI learned to look at labels a lot closer and to eat healthier\u201d; \u201cI\u2019m shopping smarter\u201d; \u201cI eat more fruits and vegetables\u201d; and \u201cI\u2019ve started walking more.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis has been a great partnership with Herkimer Working Solutions that has enabled CCE to reach more participants who can benefit from our nutrition education programs,\u201d according to Linda Robbins, Assistant Director at CCE.<\/p>\n

“The focus of our Employment Readiness Program is to equip our customers with the tools needed to be successful in today’s job market.\u00a0 This collaboration with Cornell Cooperative Extension has added value to our program by also providing information that can help them lead a healthier lifestyle,\u201d added Karin Zipko, Herkimer Working Solutions Manager.<\/p>\n

\u201cEat Smart New York\u201d is a free nutrition education program available to SNAP recipients and SNAP eligibles; and is funded by USDA’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in cooperation with Herkimer County Department of Social Services and CCE of Herkimer County.\u00a0 For more information on \u201cEat Smart NY,\u201d call CCE at\u00a0(315) 866-7920.<\/p>\n

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Pictured from left: Karin Zipko, Herkimer Working Solutions Manager, Arlene Miller, Herkimer Working Solutions Employment Specialist, and Joan Clanton, Nutrition Program Educator with Cornell Cooperative Extension of Herkimer County (Herkimer, NY \u2013 April 2, 2013) Over 45 participants from the Herkimer Working Solutions Career Center Employment Readiness Program have joined the \u201cEat Smart NY\u201d program […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[22341],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-regional"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p43meu-bw2","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=44270"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44270\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}