by admin | Feb 15, 2011 | SNAP Challenge: Living on $30 a Week
It is Sunday evening and I am not hungry. For the first time in a week. I took stock of what food was left from week one, and I’ll admit, I pigged out. It wasn’t pretty. And, as I look at the list of foods consumed, it wasn’t really what I would have...
by admin | Feb 13, 2011 | Franciscan Center, Press Releases
This Valentine’s Day, to celebrate American Heart Month, the Franciscan Center, in association with the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future (CLF), will be hosting a special “Healthy Heart and Soul Monday” event to promote heart-healthy food choices and behaviors...
by admin | Feb 10, 2011 | SNAP Challenge: Living on $30 a Week
Waking up day three. The first thing on my mind is food. Usually I would flip on NPR, make coffee, start notes for the day, plan out the ideas I had for work. Usually my mind begins working from the time I open my eyes. But not today. Instead I’m am thinking...
by admin | Feb 10, 2011 | SNAP Challenge: Living on $30 a Week
Day 3 and we’re already seeing some changes. Hmm… Things Heather and I have in common currently: We’re not starving by any means, but we feel hungrier than normal and think about food a lot! We are drinking a lot more water. We feel awkward going out. A...
by admin | Feb 8, 2011 | SNAP Challenge: Living on $30 a Week
This is Jan from A-SPAN (Should be easy to remember). Like Heather, I work to raise awareness and funding for a population at risk: the homeless of Arlington, Virgina. An anonymous sage shared with me that “homelessness isn’t a genetic disease or something you...
