Friday, November 26, 2010

Parkview Health Fair


See us in action at our first event - the Parkview Secondary School Health Fair.

Along with several other health and nutrition groups, we set up a table in the school gym to help educate students on the importance of healthy, nutritious and local food. Meanwhile, we had students complete surveys to gauge their interest in a project like Operation Smoothie.

The response was overwhelming. Kids love smoothies, and most would even be willing to try a smoothie with vegetables in it. And for kids who really love their veggies, we brought along a giant carrot suit...

That's right! A giant carrot suit! Everyone loved it (including intern Rebbecca), and we gave away some pretty cool prizes for everyone who was brave enough to try it on and consent to having their picture posted online for all the world to see.



If you put on the carrot suit, but can't find your picture here, you can see the rest of them at http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=259250&id=506649175&l=92232797a0

Thursday, November 25, 2010

Welcome to Operation Smoothie!

Welcome, new recruits, to the OPERATION SMOOTHIE blog.

We are Operation Smoothie. Our goal is to introduce the kids of Hamilton to locally grown and produced food through our delicious smoothies. We are a pilot program run by Hamilton Eat Local. We are working with Hamilton Partners in Nutrition to help provide healthy and nutritious breakfast smoothies to Breakfast Clubs of Canada affiliated elementary schools.

Join Operation Smoothie today!!!

Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to consume these healthy and delicious smoothies! In the coming weeks we will be posting smoothie recipes, videos and updates on the project for our breafast club kids to read.

Stay tuned for more Operation Smoothie updates!