Affiliated with Montgomery County Office for Aging
(Formerly SHINE, Seniors’ Health Improvement and Nutrition Education)
SHINE, Seniors’ Health Improvement and Nutrition Education, has transitioned to SNAP-Ed New York for Fulton, Herkimer and Montgomery Counties. SNAP-Ed NY for this area continues to serve older adults 60 years of age and older.
Take advantage of these free, educational services as a result of COVID-19!!
*One-On-One Nutrition Education Phone Calls are available at this time. Interested?
Please call Montgomery County OFA at 518-843-2300.
*Community Workshops are available in an alternative format – via conference call. If you or your group is interested in joining in on a group education, telephonically, please give us a call!!
*These services will include follow-up materials that will be sent to your home – handouts and items to support the nutrition message discussed during the call.
Please be on the lookout for short educational video clips that will be available over the internet, by our SNAP-Ed NY educator and Registered Dietitian, Molly Capito.
Fun, Interactive Community Workshops
SNAP-Ed NY provides workshops at locations such as senior centers, public housing, places of worship, libraries, meal sites, and other sites where people likely congregate.
Healthy Eating Resource Fairs
Fairs are held in collaboration with other organizations to increase awareness of community resources related to nutrition awareness and food access, in effort to support healthy eating.
Food Box Distribution
SNAP-Ed NY has been partnering with Catholic Charities’ Mobile Outreach and Vehicle Extension to provide educational materials for food box recipients at select locations.
As a result of COVID-19, SNAP-Ed NY has additionally been providing informational handouts to recipients of MCOFA’s Emergency Home Delivered Food Pantry Program. Handouts are sent out in each food box for every recipient of this program.
Check us out online.
Follow our new, statewide SNAP-Ed NY Facebook page
For more information, check out snapedny.org for tools, tips and tricks that help you make nutritious foods choices within a limited budget and choose a physically active lifestyle.
Comments from Molly, nutrition educator for SHINE:
- “I enjoy working with the seniors of Fulton, Herkimer and Montgomery counties. Not only do participants learn from me, a nutrition professional, but I too have learned a lot from participants- from gardening, to cooking, to shopping, since starting workshops in July of 2018.”
- “I enjoy making workshops interactive as it seems like people learn better that way. I also have more fun instructing when it’s not just me up in the front lecturing. Participants are more interested to learn if they can share their thoughts with not only myself but with others, have hands on activities and the ability to taste test healthy items and recipes.”
- “Yes I do utilize the lesson plans from Eat Healthy, Be Active Community Workshops book, however, I prefer to tailor them to my audience and I love to incorporate other topics of choice into the lesson, upon participant request.”
Shared, anonymous comments from SHINE participants from workshops:
- I totally enjoyed the workshops. The instructor was very informative and very nice. We have all cooked and shopped for years but we are never too old to learn something new or be reminded of important things for health. Good job; well done. Thank you!
- The foods were delicious and nutritious and Molly really helped me to be active and to eat more proper. Now I know I will lose the weight. I want to. Thank you for doing this for us.
- Molly Capito has a gift of the way she presents herself. She explains everything in detail very well. The information of these workshops has given me a new insight on how to life a healthier life. Thank you.
- I enjoyed learning about reading nutrition labels and calories. I now know a lot more about portion sizes and how to use them.
- I love the portion control workshop the best and I learned a lot.
- Molly Capito has a gift of the way she presents herself. She explains everything in detail very well. The information of these workshops has given me a new insight on how to life a healthier life. Thank you.
- I enjoyed learning about reading nutrition labels and calories. I now know a lot more about portion sizes and how to use them.
- I enjoyed the presentation because it was very informative. Because of it I will read labels of the food before I buy.
- All sessions were interesting and helpful in planning meals. A very good instructor.
- If Molly didn’t know the answer she researched and gave us the answer next time. I would recommend this to everyone. I enjoyed it very much.
- Great info on reading labels of foods. Surprised at sugar in drinks.
