KSLA’s Priscilla Borrego toured the 108,000 sq. ft. facility, and she says she was so impressed with its all-inclusive feel, that even she wants to move in!
March 24, 2021 Healthy and fit was one of the themed kits distributed to 2,000 families.
Jimmie Johnson has been teaching health and nutrition through University of Minnesota Extension SNAP-Ed in Pine County since 2015. Aware of the food insecurity in certain parts of the county, he always mentally prepares himself for his work, with the intention of greeting each person with a smile and best wishes, and without judgment.
A new initiative among Extension partners gave Johnson an opportunity to do just that.
The Pine County board, the county’s Health and Human Services, and a nonprofit organization called Family Pathways worked together to develop and distribute family engagement kits to 2,000 households for eight weeks at four food distribution sites in late 2020.