National Head Start Association

The National Head Start Association is providing Cooking Matters at the Store mini-grants to reach 10,000 Head Start families this year

In partnership with Share Our Strength, the National Head Start Association is pleased to announce a Cooking Matters at the Store grant opportunity to programs who would like to offer tours in their community. Cooking Matters at the Store is an interactive grocery store tour that gives families new skills they can use to shop for healthy, affordable food.

About the Mini-Grants

Mini-grants of $100 each will help Head Start programs facilitate shopping tours for up to 25 people.  Each mini-grant comes with easy-to-follow instructions, materials, and other fun stuff for families. Programs can request as many mini-grants as they can successfully facilitate before December, 2013.

To learn more, look over this fact sheet (PDF) or watch the video below.

Benefits for NHSA Members:

Quality education to build cooking and shopping skills is essential to help connect kids at risk of hunger to healthy food every day. Cooking Matters at the Store participants learn smart shopping techniques like comparing unit prices, buying fruits and vegetables on a limited budget, identifying whole grains, and how to get the most out of their food resources. With these types of food skills, families are empowered to make healthy meals on a tight budget. 

Cooking Matters at the Store Provides:

• Participant booklets with tips and recipes
• Reusable grocery bags
• Interactive and on-going training
• Technical support
• Smart phone app with 100s of affordable recipes!
  
• Tour leader flip books and planning guides
• Template recruitment flyers and communications