Seattle Nutrition Action Consortium (SNAC)
Mission Statement:
SNAC's mission is to improve the health and nutritional well being of limited income families with children in Seattle and King County. SNAC promotes the good taste of healthy food.
Our message is simple:
Healthy meals are easy to make and taste great!
 Goals:
- To encourage healthier food choices for students and their families in a positive environment.
- To promote the message that healthy food can taste delicious and be easy to prepare from scratch.
- To make food preparation an enjoyable and satisfying experience.
- To change behavior of children in hopes of impacting long-term nutritional status.
Community partners:
SNAC members have worked collaboratively since 1994 to promote common nutrition messages and teach practical nutrition education. Community organizations, government programs, businesses, volunteers and an enthusiastic staff are responsible for the program's success.
Consortium members who make in-kind or financial contributions to SNAC include:
- Seattle Public Schools
- Public Health - Seattle & King County
- City of Seattle, Human Services Department
- City of Seattle, Parks & Recreation Department
- Puget Sound Educational Service District
- Solid Ground's Apple Corps
Community programs:
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Mission Delicious
An elementary school-based program developed in collaboration with Seattle Public Schools (Child Nutrition Services and Health Education Department), Seattle Nutrition Action Consortium, Solid Ground's Apple Corps, and community volunteers to bring messages about healthy eating to elementary students in selected schools. Staff and school district personnel work with students to teach food preparation skills and to promote healthful eating. The Mission Delicious curriculum includes classroom-based and take-home elements to reinforce nutrition messages.
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Cook and Learn
A series of eight, interactive nutrition lessons for preschoolers attending Early Childhood Education Assistance Program (ECEAP) sites in Seattle & King County. During each lesson students are read a book, featuring a nutrition theme, and then prepare a healthy snack. SNAC also makes presentations at ECEAP parent meetings. Parents learn about nutrition, participate in preparing a healthy recipe and taste freshly prepared foods. |
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The Cooking Club
Offered for at least 10 weeks to school-aged and teen childcare programs in after school and summer day camp programs. The Cooking Club provides an interactive, hands-on cooking, tasting, and nutrition experience. Students learn about MyPlate and prepare and taste a new, healthy recipe during each class. |
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Eat Better, Feel Better
Eat Better, Feel Better is a school-based, community partnership that creates healthier school environments through healthy eating and active living. Public Health - Seattle & King County implements Eat Better, Feel Better in five Seattle Public Schools in partnership with Solid Ground's Apple Corps at Concord, Emerson, John Muir, Maple and Van Asselt elementary schools. The program was originally funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's national initiative Healthy Eating by Design and received the "School Innovation" award in 2006. |
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You Can Cook!
You Can Cook! is a culturally-relevant, skill-based nutrition program for middle school students attending Secondary Bilingual Orientation Center. The program is a six-class series for using healthy, culturally-appropriate, economical, and easy-to-prepare recipes, as well as homework assignments, for students to prepare healthy recipes to encourage parent involvement. |
Recipes:
The following SNAP-Ed recipes are used with our SNAC program. We encourage you to try them out! (PDF)
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