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Updated: April 23, 2024

A Family Recipe Outreach Toolkit

A photo from A Family Recipe book with a grandmother and grandchild making kimchi.

A Family Recipe, by Maryland SNAP-Ed, encourages families to explore activities that support lifelong health, as told through a story highlighting diverse traditions and cultures. The activities and resources within the book and on the Family Recipe webpage can increase awareness of community resources and support student and family wellness.

This outreach toolkit contains resources for communicating with families about the book, and amplifying its messages.

 

  • Promotional graphics: The graphics and verbiage below can be shared with families via sitewide emails, newsletters, or social media prior to distribution of the books.
Graphic  Suggested Message

Coming soon…Free books! (download .png)

 

[Spanish] Próximamente... ¡Libros gratis! (download .png)

On [date], your family will receive a copy of a storybook from our partners at Maryland SNAP-Ed. Mark your calendar to read the book as a family!

 

 

[Spanish] El [fecha], su familia recibirá una copia de un cuento de nuestros socios de Maryland SNAP-Ed. ¡Marque su calendario para leer el libro en familia

Books arriving today! (download .gif, .png)

 

[Spanish] ¡Los libros llegan hoy! (download  .gif, .png

Check your child’s backpack for a free copy of the book, A Family Recipe. Read the book tonight with your child, and discuss your family’s unique healthy traditions…or new traditions you’d like to create! Visit go.umd.edu/family-recipe for more information and resources.

 

[Spanish] Busque en la mochila de su niño un ejemplar gratuito del libro Una receta familiar. Léalo esta noche con su niño y hablen de las tradiciones saludables únicas de su familia... ¡o de las nuevas tradiciones que les gustaría crear! Visite go.umd.edu/receta-familiar para encontrar más información y recursos.

Take the Healthy Traditions Challenge

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[Spanish] Tome el Reto de las Tradiciones Saludables

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Join other Marylanders in celebrating family and special occasions with healthy foods and fun physical activity. Look for the Healthy Traditions Challenge  in the back of your copy of A Family Recipe! Visit go.umd.edu/family-recipe for additional resources. Follow @EatSmartMD on Facebook or Instagram for ideas and inspiration.

 

 

[Spanish] Únase a otros residentes de Maryland para celebrar ocasiones familiares y especiales con alimentos saludables y actividades físicas divertidas. ¡Busque el Reto de las Traducciones Saludables en la parte trasera de su ejemplar de Una receta familiar! Visite go.umd.edu/receta-familiar para encontrar más recursos. Siga @EatSmartMD en Facebook o Instagram para encontrar ideas e inspiración.

 

 

  • Promotional poster: Email or print this page-sized poster and display within the school to direct families to resources on the Family Recipe webpage.
  • Resources for families: The book highlights behaviors that support good health, which in turn supports attendance and learner readiness. Schools distributing A Family Recipe are encouraged to share the on-going messages and resources links with families via site-wide communications:
Resource Suggested Messages

Maryland Farmers Market Directory

 

 

 

 

 

Directorio de mercados campesinos de Maryland (en inglés)

Make the farmers market a family affair!

 

Use EBT benefits, including Summer EBT, at participating farmers markets.

 

 

[Spanish]

¡Convierta el mercado campesino en un asunto familiar!

 

Use los beneficios EBT, entre ellos Summer EBT, en mercados campesinos participantes.

 

Physical Activity Resources by County

 

 

 

Recursos sobre actividades físicas por condados (Language selection available on page)

Use the weekends for family fun.

 

Turn off the screens and get outside!

 

[Spanish]

Use los fines de semana para la diversión familiar.

 

¡Apaguen las pantallas y salgan afuera!

 

Eat Smart Recipe Database

 

 

 

 

 

 

EatSmart Recipe Database - Spanish


 

Make health a tradition! Celebrate family time with healthy meals.

 

A family that cooks together stays together. Plan and prepare your next meal as a family!

 

 

[Spanish]

¡Convierta la salud en una tradición! Celebre el tiempo en familia con comidas saludables.

 

Una familia que cocina unida se mantiene unida. ¡Planeen y preparen su próxima comida en familia!

 

Explore more! The “For Families” section of the Family Recipe webpage includes additional resources to help families integrate healthy traditions into their lives!

 

 

 

Using A Family Recipe in the classroom

Promoting healthy traditions at school events