Our Feed Your Potential campaign started as part of Aramark’s five-year Healthy for Life 20 by 20 initiative with the American Heart Association to help improve the health of Americans. We’ve enjoyed every day that we get to connect with you whether on Instagram, here on the blog, or through our weekly newsletter that you find in your inbox. Inspiring you to feed your potential by discovering what healthy food can do is our goal – supporting healthy lifestyles among all consumers, our employees and in our communities.
To reach our communities, we established ten Feed Your Potential 365 clubs in community centers in cities across the country including Philadelphia, New York, Chicago, Dallas, Minneapolis, Miami and San Francisco. These Feed Your Potential clubs help families improve their health through a proven health and wellness curriculum created with the AHA. Our goal is to build a culture of health by equipping primarily single parents and head of households in low income communities with the knowledge, skills and confidence to discover, choose and prepare healthy food for themselves and their families.
Now that the clubs have been underway for a few months, we’re excited to be able to share with you some of their successes. Our first two stories are from the Feed Your Potential 365 club at Pathways, a local community center in Philadelphia.
Adam B.
Family chef for five children
Adam B. listens in as chef Charles Schermer talks healthy salads.
Adam B. of North Philadelphia is a father of 6 children, and he’s the family chef for the five children at home, ages two to 13. He heard about the Feed Your Potential 365 Club through a parenting class he attended at the Pathways center, and he’s attended every session since he joined.
His “ah ha” moment? Learning that he can buy healthier foods that are affordable. And that a family staple, ramen noodles, are loaded with sodium. They’ve been eliminated from the menu.
Andrea P.
Multi-generational family cook
Andrea P. (right) listens to directions for the chopped salad competition.
Andrea P. of Fishtown is chef for multiple generations of her family. She prepares meals for grandmother, sister, brother and her two children who are 5 and 3. Andrea, who won a Feed Your Potential 365 prize as the best shopper following a field trip to a grocery store, says she’s now on the lookout for lower-carb, lower-sodium foods. She’s also become a fan of brown rice, whole wheat pasta and olive oil. And instead of sugared juices, she now keeps fruit infused water in her fridge.
She’s also proud of a family favorite she created: Chicken baked with brown rice, peas and low-sodium mushroom soup.
Note: Since everyone’s health history and nutritional needs are so different, please make sure that you talk with your doctor and a registered dietitian to get advice about the diet and exercise plan that‘s right for you.
Note: Since everyone’s health history and nutritional needs are so different, please make sure that you talk with your doctor and a registered dietitian to get advice about the diet and exercise plan that‘s right for you.