Hidalgo County Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program

10/06/2025

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02/29/2024

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12/01/2023

Our Hidalgo County TX A&M AgriLife Extension Expanded Food & Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) Nutrition Educator Assistant – Iris Villanueva had conducted EFNEP ‘s nutrition educational adult class sessions in person series titled - Healthy Bites Healthy Moves; of which, was conducted at Captain D. Salinas Elementary School Parental Involvement Group in Alamo, TX.
Each EFNEP class session included group discussions, educational nutritional lessons, physical activity and EFNEP recipe demonstration & EFNEP recipe cards. Participants received booklets of each class session topic and other free EFNEP enhancement items. The items distributed from the series taught were to reinforce key messages. In addition, graduation certificates were awarded state hours upon completion.
Thanks to a donation from & our organization was able to raffle a small kitchen gadget & portion plate to one lucky EFNEP graduate – Elizabeth Castillo
For more information on scheduling our TX A&M AgriLife Extension EFNEP Adult class sessions, please call us at (956) 383-5721.

12/01/2023

Our Hidalgo County TX A&M AgriLife Extension Expanded Food & Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) Nutrition Educator Assistant – Iris Villanueva had conducted EFNEP ‘s nutrition educational adult class sessions in person series titled - Healthy Bites Healthy Moves; of which, was conducted at B.G. Guzman Elementary School Parental Involvement Group in Donna, TX.
Each EFNEP class session included group discussions, educational nutritional lessons, physical activity and EFNEP recipe demonstration & EFNEP recipe cards. Participants received booklets of each class session topic and other free EFNEP enhancement items. The items distributed from the series taught were to reinforce key messages. In addition, graduation certificates were awarded state hours upon completion.
Thanks to a donation from our organization was able to raffle a small kitchen gadget to one lucky EFNEP graduate – Laura E. Gonzalez
For more information on scheduling our TX A&M AgriLife Extension EFNEP Adult class sessions, please call us at (956) 383-5721.

12/01/2023

Our Hidalgo County TX A&M AgriLife Extension Expanded Food & Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) Nutrition Educator Assistant – Iris Villanueva had conducted EFNEP ‘s nutrition educational adult class sessions in person series titled - Healthy Bites Healthy Moves; of which, was conducted at Vanguard Academy GEARUP Program in Edinburg, TX.
Each EFNEP class session included group discussions, educational nutritional lessons, physical activity and EFNEP recipe demonstration & EFNEP recipe cards. Participants received booklets of each class session topic and other free EFNEP enhancement items. The items distributed from the series taught were to reinforce key messages. In addition, graduation certificates were awarded state hours upon completion.
Thanks to a donation from our organization was able to raffle one Texas size kitchen skillet to one lucky EFNEP graduate – Adrianna Sanchez
For more information on scheduling our TX A&M AgriLife Extension EFNEP Adult class sessions, please call us at (956) 383-5721.

05/12/2023

Our Hidalgo County TX A&M AgriLife Extension Expanded Food & Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) Nutrition Education Associate – Jessica Ugarte had conducted multiple nutrition educational class sessions in person titled Healthy Bites Healthy Moves; of which, was conducted at the Valley View C.I.S.D.’s Parental Group.

Each EFNEP class session includes group discussions, hands-on activities, physical activity, and a healthy cooking demonstration with a recipe card. Participants received a class session booklet at each session as well as various enhancement items that coincided with the lesson that were distributed during the session series to reinforce key messages & practices. Graduation certificates were awarded by EFNEP upon completion of at least six completed class sessions.

Thanks to a donation from our organization was able to raffle one kitchen appliances to one lucky EFNEP graduate 👩‍🎓👏👏👏

For more information on scheduling our TX A&M AgriLife Extension EFNEP Adult class sessions, please call us at (956) 383-5721. 😊

05/12/2023

Agua Dental has partnered with our TX A&M AgriLife Hidalgo EFNEP Youth class sessions this FY 2022-2023 school year at some of our EFNEP scheduled youth class sessions at various I.S.D gym class sites in Hidalgo County during our Healthy Hero Adventures-Dairy presentation, to speak to students on the importance of brushing and flossing their teeth twice daily to keep those sugar bugs away and to help keep maintaining strong bones and teeth.

Andrea R. representative of Agua Dental reads the kids a book to explain to students the process of their dental visit and what to expect to see once you arrive at their amazing dental offices; I am ecstatic to announce their office was able to donate 3,400 packets which included toothbrush, toothpaste, dental floss, sugar free lollipop with instructions on proper brushing, also raffled 14 Fire HD 10” tablets (2 per campus).

Coaches & youths at Edith & Ethel Carman Elementary School in San Juan, TX were pleased with the presentations and enjoyed being physically active afterwards doing our dance with their mascots.

For more information on scheduling our TX A&M AgriLife Extension EFNEP Youth class sessions for grades Kinder-12, please call us at (956) 383-5721.

02/03/2023

Our Hidalgo County TX A&M AgriLife Extension Expanded Food & Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) Nutrition Education Associate – Jessica Ugarte had conducted multiple nutrition educational class sessions in person titled Healthy Bites Healthy Moves; of which, was conducted to three Valley View ISD 's Baking Class Groups.

Each EFNEP class session includes group discussions, hands on activities, physical activity, and a healthy cooking demonstration with a recipe card. Participants receive a workbook at each session and enhancement items are distributed during the series to reinforce key messages. Graduation certificates are awarded upon completion of at least six sessions.

Thanks to a donation from Healthplan our organization was able to raffle three kitchen appliances to three lucky EFNEP graduates 👩‍🎓👩‍🎓👩‍🎓👏👏👏

For more information on scheduling our TX A&M AgriLife Extension EFNEP Adult class sessions, please call us at (956) 383-5721.

02/03/2023

Our Hidalgo County TX A&M AgriLife Extension Expanded Food & Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) Nutrition Education Assistant – Iris Villanueva had conducted our Nutrition Educational Adult class session series titled Healthy Bites Healthy Moves was conducted at the Hurla MidKiff Elementary School.

Each EFNEP class session includes group discussions, hands on activities, physical activity, and a healthy cooking demonstration with a recipe card. Participants receive a workbook at each session and enhancement items are distributed during the series to reinforce key messages. Graduation certificates are awarded upon completion of at least six sessions.

Thanks to a donation from our organization was able to raffle two kitchen appliances to two lucky EFNEP graduates. 👩‍🎓👩‍🎓

For more information on scheduling our TX A&M AgriLife Extension EFNEP Adult class sessions, please call us at (956) 383-5721. 🙂

02/03/2023

Agua Dental has partnered with our TX A&M AgriLife Extension Summer Foods Summer Meals Hidalgo EFNEP programming camps since 2015 and now has recently joined EFNEP this 2022 school year at some of our EFNEP scheduled various Hidalgo County I.S.D gym class sites during our Healthy Hero Adventures-Dairy presentation, to speak to students on the importance of brushing and flossing their teeth twice daily to keep those sugar bugs away and to help keep maintaining strong bones and teeth. Andrea R. representative of Agua Dental reads the kids a book to explain to students the process of their dental visit and what to expect to see once you arrive at their amazing aquatic offices; I am ecstatic to announce their office was able to donate 3,400 packets which included toothbrush, toothpaste, dental floss, sugar free lollipop with instructions on proper brushing, also raffled 14 Fire HD 10” tablets (2 per campus). 👏👏👏
Coaches and kids were pleased with the presentations and enjoyed being physically active afterwards doing our dance with their mascots.
For more information on scheduling our TX A&M AgriLife Extension EFNEP Youth class sessions for grades K-12, please call us at (956) 383-5721.

06/13/2022

Our Hidalgo County TX A&M AgriLife Extension Expanded Food & Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) Nutrition Education Associate – Jessica Ugarte had conducted the nutrition educational adult class session series virtually titled - Healthy Bites Healthy Moves; of which, was conducted via Zoom to Thigpen Zavala Elementary School, McAllen TX. 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦

Each EFNEP class session includes group discussions, educational nutritional lessons, food safety, knife handling skills, making healthy goals, meal planning to save more, physical activity, and a virtual healthy cooking demonstration. Participants received workbooks of each class session topics and enhancement items. The items distributed from the series taught were to reinforce key messages. In addition, graduation certificates were awarded state hours upon completion. 👩‍🎓👨‍🎓

Thanks to a donation from for support in our organization, we were able to raffle a kitchen appliance to one lucky EFNEP graduate – Rocio Morales 👏👏👏

For more information on scheduling our TX A&M AgriLife Extension EFNEP Adult class sessions, please call us at (956) 383-5721. 🙂

06/13/2022

On March 8, 2022, TX A&M AgriLife Extension EFNEP provided a two-hour presentation at the City of Edinburg Dustin Sekula Memorial Library for National Nutrition Month. EFNEP Adult Nutrition Educator Assistant - Emilia Padron discussed the importance of physical activity as well as completed a warmup and demonstrated a physical activity using a strengthening stretch band. And EFNEP Agent - Melissa De Leon educated participants on MyPlate.gov, reviewed each food group, the food sources of each MyPlate group and recommended servings per food group based per each age group. In addition, reviewed the importance of food safety topics of safely refrigerate food, and how to properly take food temperatures, and conducted a healthy cooking recipe that incorporate all of the MyPlate food groups title - Carmel Apple Salad. In addition, Superior Healthplan volunteer & Community Ambassador - Marylou Cavazos conducted a brief 5-minute presentation on Well Better.

Thanks to a donation from for support in our organization, we were able to raffle a kitchen two appliances to two lucky EFNEP audience members – Rosie Castillo & Xavi Castillo; of which, was made possible through the continued sponsorship & support of .👏👏👏
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For more information on scheduling our TX A&M AgriLife Extension EFNEP Adult class sessions, please call us at (956) 383-5721. 🙂