Travis County

Success Stories

• Mary is a homemaker that has attended the Travis EFNEP adult class series twice in the past two years. She had this to say about the EFNEP program: "For the past 2 years I have been attending the program of Building Healthy Families (EFNEP). When I joined the program I weight 348. I was eating all the wrong foods. This program has helped me to eat right and has showed me how to cook healthy meals for my family. Since I changed my eating habits I have lost 40 pound. This program is working for me and my family."
  
• Lissy is a homemaker enrolled in EFNEP nutrition classes at one of the WIC clinics. Lissy said this about what she had learned: "I learned a lot about how to stop drinking so many sodas and eat healthy. I now try to drink more water and juices. I have a problem with my child, she doesn't like vegetables, only corn. The EFNEP lady gave me advice on what to do to try to get her vegetables. Thank you."
• A previous EFNEP participant in one of the WIC clinics shared with the class how the program has helped her. She told the class that she had learned so many helpful things about portion sizes, eating foods from all of the food groups, and especially how to defrost meat safely. She encouraged the others to pay attention and learn.