This week, some locals learned new tips on making healthy choices when shopping on a budget. Nutrition educators pointed out those healthy foods (and those that are lacking any nutritional value) that don’t cost a lot of money on a recent tour of Shop Smart. Read the rest of the article.

Making the Del Norte Family Resource Center a smoke-free zone made sense to those who run it, and they hope other organizations will do the same. “It’s our organization’s mandate to protect children,” said Nancy Suksi, who is on the center’s board. Read more in the Triplicate article.

On Friday, March 26th at 5:30 p.m., the FRC sill show Disney’s ‘The Princess and the Frog.’ The movie is rated ‘G’ and is approximately 98 minutes long. Champions for Change, Network for a Healthy California will provide free snacks and the Tobacco Use Prevention Program will provide information about tobacco use. Attending children will [...]

Please join the FRC and First 5 Del Norte in celebrating tobacco free grounds on Kick Butts Day! Wednesday, March 24th, starting at noon! There will be a free BBQ, provided by the Tobacco Use Prevention Program. At 12:30 p.m., there will be information stations manned by the 6th graders that did the butt-pick-up of [...]

Presented by the FRC in partnership with the Del Norte Unified School District’s Network for a Healthy California and Shop Smart: SUPERMARKET SMARTS! Come tour a local supermarket and learn how to make healthy choices on a limited budget. Tours are scheduled for Monday, March 22nd and Wednesday, March 24th at 10:00 a.m. Participants receive [...]