Piscataquis Public Health Coalition offers free healthy food shopping tour

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Piscataquis Public Health Coalition is offering a free “Cooking Matters at the Store” shopping tour event at Will’s Shop ’n Save on Thursday, Aug. 11 from 1:30-3:30 p.m. Educators will coordinate information tables with samples, recipes, and activities throughout the store. Event participants who visit each station and complete a short survey will receive a $10 gift card. This event is free and open to the public.

Tour participants will gain a variety of practical skills including buying fruits and vegetables on a budget, comparing unit prices to find bargains, reading and comparing food labels, identifying whole grains and sticking to a budget.

Cooking Matters at the Store shopping tours offer new tips and tools to purchase healthy foods on a budget. The tours are a lot of fun and very hands-on. At the end, participants will receive a free $10 Hannaford gift card to purchase a healthy meal, a reusable grocery bag and recipe booklet with simple tips on buying healthy, low-cost foods.

For more information, please contact Krystle Bean at 564-4159 or kparkman@mayohospital.com.

Piscataquis Public Health Coalition Nutrition Education classes are made possible through Maine SNAP- Ed. Maine SNAP-Ed is a USDA funded grant, administered by Maine DHHS, implemented statewide by University of New England through contracts with the Healthy Maine Partnership.

Cooking Matters at the Store is a curriculum of Cooking Matters, a program of Share Our Strength and the Good Shepherd Food Bank in partnership with Healthy Community Coalition. Cooking Matters is sponsored locally by Hannaford.