Elijah's Promise
@ElijahsPromise
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Harnessing the power of food to break the cycle of poverty, alleviate hunger and change lives. Donate to our COVID-19 emergency fund at the following link
facebook.com/elijahspromise
Joined January 2014
Thank you @BloombergDotOrg for joining us again last night! From sponsoring meals to donating thousands of snack bags & hygiene packets, #Bloomberg has been a fantastic partner throughout the pandemic. #FoodChangesLives
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Special Easter lunch: pork chops, sweet potatoes, stuffing, corn & salad prepared by Chef Griselda, EP staff & three wonderful volunteers. Many thanks for your support that keeps EP serving meals 365 days a year. Wishing #HappyEaster to all who celebrate! #FoodChangesLives
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TONIGHT 🐰🍻 It's the Inaugural Bunny Hop Bar Crawl! Join us for our spring fundraiser Bunny Hop Pub Crawl on Thursday, April 14th to benefit @ElijahsPromise! Give a $20 donation per person and join the crawl. Details at https://t.co/k5SxKLRdns
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Can farmers and food aid organizations work together on value-added products? Yes! And community members can help with product development… #farmersmarkets #localfood @RutgersU @ElijahsPromise Read the @JAFSCD article for free: https://t.co/RKr9CrXtq0
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A8: The best way to ensure everyone safe and healthy lives is to fully support and fund the initiatives that help ensure that for our communities’ most vulnerable members. You can support Elijah’s Promise and our public health work today at https://t.co/kLZ3gSzwdc
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Q8 It’s @PublicHealth’s 150th anniversary this year! As we look toward the next 150, how can we expand public health to ensure everyone can live a safe and healthy life? #NPHWChat @UnitedHealthGrp
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A7: Resilience is trying again and again regardless of the difficulty or potential outcomes. The only way forward is by pushing forward and our communities are at their strongest when they are working together to move forward together #NPHWChat
Q7 What does resilience look like in your community? How can we help communities around the world build resilience? #NPHWChat @UnitedHealthGrp
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A6: Students are the foremost stakeholders in their school food programs, yet, they’re the most likely to be excluded from decisions around school food. We all need to listen to students’ experiences and allow them to lead in shaping school food systems’ futures #NPHWChat
Q6 We just celebrated Student Day yesterday for #NPHW. What’s a lesson you’ve learned or would like to learn from a public health mentor? What lessons would you give to students? #NPHWChat @UnitedHealthGrp
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A4: The Your Food, Your Choice Program teaches our students about the intersections of food and various forms of oppression. We must provide our students with the language and tools with which to describe their public health realities and to address its shortcomings #NPHWChat
Q4 How do we address the public health crisis of racism and advance racial equity to improve health? What’s an example that’s working in your community, and where can we do better? #NPHWChat @UnitedHealthGrp
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to devise ways of partnering with their schools to advance the success of school food programs in feeding, nourishing, and educating their students #NPHWChat
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A3.2: Our Your Food, Your Choice program brings together 10 New Brunswick High School students to learn about school food systems, discuss their school food experiences, and work together…
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A3.1: With partners, from @NBPSchools to @NBTomorrow to @colabarts and so many others, we work with parents, teachers, students, community advocates, and city officials to share perspectives and ideas for how to improve food and nutrition access and education #NPHWChat
Q3 Partnerships are a cornerstone of public health. How is your community engaging and collaborating with one another to support public health and advance health equity? #NPHWChat @UnitedHealthGrp
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A2: School is where so many of our community’s children receive a substantial portion of their nutrition. We fight for equal access to good nutrition by encouraging our local schools to provide the most healthful culturally significant food, and nutrition education #NPHWChat
Q2 How are you creating and advocating for more accessibility in your community? #NPHWChat @UnitedHealthGrp
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A1.2: Through our @PublicHealth Healthiest Cities & Counties Challenge, we support public health by partnering with local schools and partners like @FoodCorps to create school food systems that feed our students well and teach them to build healthy food relationships #NPHWChat
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A1.1: At Elijah’s Promise, we support public health every day by making sure that each guest is served healthful meals, has access to social, health, and nutritional services, and learns about the connection between food and health #NPHWChat
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Read about our work with New Brunswick high school students and school food in the new Healthiest Cities & Counties Challenge Highlights Report released by @PublicHealth this week! #Communities4Health
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Athena, Jessica, Lauren & Valentina are @RutgersU seniors w/ internships at @ElijahsPromise & @NBTomorrow, where they learn & apply #globalhealth concepts to #socialwork practices. @RutgersSSW & @RutgersGHI developed this new program last year. ➡️ Story: https://t.co/4QPcxn66Ga
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Want information about SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program)? On 02/16 at 10AM, a representative from @ElijahsPromise will join @NoBrunsLibrary virtually to answer questions about SNAP. Register at: https://t.co/Pf3c2AtQvz
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All the #ValentinesDay love to @SoupKitchen411 & @NFLAlumni for their generous donation of lunch via our friends @Food_Architects and to @CityofNewBruns Council President Suzanne Sicora-Ludwig for bringing special treats for all of our guests. Thank you! #FoodChangesLives
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It’s Football Friday at Magyar Bank today! Magyar employees excited for Sunday’s Big Game wear their favorite team jerseys and make donations in support of their favorite team to @ElijahsPromise . To learn more about Elijah’s Promise or to donate, visit: https://t.co/q32P1EK0iX
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Want information about SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program)? On 02/16 at 10AM, a representative from @ElijahsPromise will join @NoBrunsLibrary virtually to answer questions about SNAP. Register at: https://t.co/Pf3c2AtQvz
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