“Serving the communities of Boston, Somerville since 1998 to fight hunger and teach families nutrition skills”
Mission: Strengthen the cognitive development of children by monitoring family nutrition through professionally supported, community-based nutrition education and on-going research.
The Nutrition Education Outreach Project (NEOP) is a Brookline-based nutrition education outreach organization.
Our outreach includes:
• Circulating recipe flyers for English, Spanish, and French speaking families highlighting ingredients, quantity and portion size.
• Distributing recipe flyers to encourage traditional and ethnic foods for non-native families.
• Facilitating a program of nutrition workshops for families with children.
• Coordinating cooking classes instructing families in how to prepare recipes.
• Establishing cooking classes for school-age children teaching them how to prepare recipes.
History
In 1988, a nutrition pilot program was established that later became know as the Nutrition Education Outreach Project. The following year NEOP created an outreach program with six community partners. In 2000 and 2001 NEOP circulates holiday recipe cook booklets in English, Spanish and French in Cambridge.In 2003, NEOP creates client nutrition workshops in at the Ruby Rogers Mental Health and Advocacy Center and Project Care and Concern. In 2005, NEOP coordinates client-based cooking classes at the Ruby Rogers Mental Health and Advocacy Center and Project Care and Concern..Growth continues in 2006 with establishment of a program of cooking demonstrations in with the Union Square, Somerville Farmers Market.
NEOP added a thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth community partnership in Arlington and Quincy for 2007.
Successes
In 2007, NEOP facilitates classes for 825 people or 10 percent of our total client population.
In 2006, NEOP completed a client assessment in Roxbury, Massachusetts at the Grace & Hope Mission Food Pantry which showed a 30% client interest level in our recipes.
In 2005, NEOP developed a nutrition and health newsletter.
In 2004, NEOP developed a publicity and promotional web blog page.
In 2003, NEOP distributed 1,500 English Second Language recipe flyers.
Community Partnerships
Ruby Rogers Mental Health and Advocacy Center
Salvation Army Cambridge
East End House
Massachusetts Avenue Baptist Church
Cambridge Economic Opportunity Committee
St. Paul's Episcopal Methodist Church
Grace & Hope Mission
Project Care & Concern
Pilgrim Church and Pilgrim Day Care Center
Cambridgeport Baptist Church
Town of Arlington Human Services & Arlington Housing Authority Seconds Market
Contact Us
Please support NEOP with your time, your donation or your interest. Contact Robert Sondak, Executive Director:
bosonma@yahoo.com
P. O. Box 766 Brookline, MA 02446 . (617)-283-2532
To join our email list please contact Robert Sondak, Executive Director, directly at bosonma@yahoo.com