REGISTRATION UPDATE!

Since the Workshops under Phase 2 of the Empowering Family Health Workshop began in June, 2017, our count for Registrations in ALL of the Workshops is 88!

Currently the highest uptake thus far has been in Baker Creek!

There are still 5 more workshops that you can register in.  They are Dehydration, Pressure Canning, and Fermented Foods.  All are hands on & in each of them, participants go home with a "Meal in a Jar".  To Register, please email empoweringfamilyhealth@gmail.com, call 250.249.0228 or 250.249.5329, & check out the Schedule on the Workshops page.

We are so pleased with this project and greatly appreciate the support from all of the communities involved, the volunteer commitment of the P4HC:NC members, and Northern Health. Without all of the collaboration between all of the groups involved this project may not be rolling out as it is.

Thank you!

FABULOUS SUPPORT IN BAKER CREEK - October 22, 2017

The Empowering Family Health Project ventured west to Baker Creek with 2 workshops - Pressure Canning in the morning of Sunday, October 22nd followed by Dehydration & "Meals in Jars" in the afternoon.  Both workshops were extremely well attended with 13 people for Pressure Canning and 15 for Dehydration.

For the morning workshop, each participant went home with a pine of beef stew and baked beans.  For the afternoon class each got to make one jar of either dried mixed bean soup or noodle soup to take home.

Everyone enjoyed themselves. A very BIG thank you for the Baker Creek Community Association for hosting these workshops and supporting the Empowering Family Health Project.  Partnerships such as this with the Partners for Healthier Communities - North Cariboo is what the Empowering Family Health Project is all about.

MEET THE WORKSHOP LEADERS....

Now that the Workshop Schedule has been finalized, it is time now to meet the Workshop Leaders.

Susie Myles of Paradise Hill B&B in Bouchie Lake will be leading both workshops on Pressure Canning and Dehydration.   These workshops are very much HANDS ON and all participants will go home with a sample of pressured canned product and a dehydrated meal.  Susie is the Bouchie Lake representative on the P4HC: North Cariboo and the Chair of Growing North Cariboo Society.  Susie is an active canner and dehydrator throughout the year.

Esther Mann will be leading the workshops on Fermented Veggies and Kombucha.  Esther very kindly offered to lead these workshops and we are thrilled to have her involved and her share her expertise.  Esther is an avid food fermenter.  

To register in any of the Workshops, please check out the Workshop page and /or contact empoweringfamilyhealth@gmail.com or call 250.249.5329 or 250.249.0228.

FOOD SKILLS FOR FAMILIES - To Baker Creek we go on October 26th!

Growing North Cariboo Society, the non-profit society that is assisting with administering the Empowering Family Health Project, is also very thrilled to announce that it has partnered with the Baker Creek Community Association to bring the Canadian Diabetes Association FOOD SKILLS FOR FAMILIES Program to Baker Creek.  This is the second time the course will be offered in a rural community of the North Cariboo.  The program was held under the Bouchie Lake Country Club earlier this year in Bouchie Lake.   The program fits well into the EFH Program as its mandate is "Building Healthier Communities by: Connecting people in the kitchen, Teaching fun hands-on cooking skills, and making healthy eating easy, enjoyable, and affordable".

The Food Skills for Families Program is a program that has a duration of 6 weeks and is open to residents at NO CHARGE.  It begins on October 26th & is from 10 am - 2 pm.  To register, please contact either Sheila Gibbons (Baker Creek Community Association) at 250.249.5393 or Melody Peck - 250.249.0145.  The program needs a minimum of 8 people to register for it to run.


For information on the program, please check out http://www.foodskillsforfamilies.ca

UPDATED WORKSHOP AUTUMN, 2017 SCHEDULE

On behalf of the Partners for Healthier Communities Committee: North Cariboo, we are excited to announce the FINAL Schedule for EFH Workshops.  If you have been following this project, you will notice a few changes... one being the addition of a Fermented Vegetable & Kombucha Workshop & the second being Workshops being held in Baker Creek, BC.  The Baker Creek Community Association has joined the project as a partner and we are very excited about this.

The Workshop Schedule is as follows effective today (October 9, 2017):

Baker Creek Hall, Tibbles Road, Baker Creek, BC
Sunday, October 22, 2017
#5 - Pressure Canning: 9:30 am - 1:00 pm, 

#6 - Dehydration: 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Parkland Community Centre, Bjornson Road (Parkland Elementary School)
Saturday, November 4, 2017

# 7 Dehydration:10 -12 noon

# 8 Fermented Foods: 1 - 3:30 pm

Barlow Creek Hall, Barlow Creek, BC
Sunday, November 12, 2017

#9 Pressure Canning: 9:30 am  - 1 pm

#10 Fermented Foods: 1:30 pm - 4 pm

Baker Creek Hall
Saturday, November 18, 2017

#11 Fermented Foods: 1 - 3:30 pm

To register, please go to the Workshops Page.  Thank you.  :)