Providing Nutrition Education Through Hands-On Learning
PÉCAN supports children and families choose healthier lives through exposure to fresh fruits and vegetables with Hands-On Nutrition Education.
Services
What We Do
We focus on supporting children and families choose healthier lives through exposure to fresh fruits and vegetables, with hands-on nutrition education.
When we aren’t doing workshops or presentations, our focus is on researching food insecurity to determine what else can be done to combat hunger in America. Change needs to be in response to the needs of its people, and we are changing the approach from need-based to rights-based because we believe everyone should have the right to food security.
We provide a welcoming learning environments for people of all ages, genders, and ethnicities in English and Spanish. Pecan, works with children and families, we leverage our workshops to create culturally appropriate, engaging spaces were everyone can thrive.
Berks County
Our Community in Numbers
33,247
students across five districts in Reading
71.8%
are economically disadvantaged
23,859
qualify for reduced or free lunch
59,448
residents receiving SNAP in Berks County
Pecan, The HONE Initiative’s focus is to establish principles of equity to build healthy and thriving neighborhoods in Berks County. The organization provides opportunity to develop useful cookery skills and food knowledge to make healthy choices at home.
Why Your Donation Matters
There has never been a better time to eat healthily. Healthy means were taking advantage of what nature provides to optimize our physical, mental, and social well-being. Unfortunately, the Covid-19 pandemic illuminated the shortcomings for at-risk communities that struggled to secure healthy foods for their families. PÉCAN promotes health within our community to reduce socioeconomic inequalities.
“Life-changing”
PÉCAN is a life-changing entity which will make a huge impact on the future of our kids. Developing intellect as well as providing opportunities to defeat barriers set on society in these challenging times.
Nathalía
“Necesario”
Los niños necesitan ayuda para elegir mejores alimentos. PÉCAN es una excelente manera de hacer que el aprendizaje de la nutrición se adapte a la vida diaria.
Lourdes
“Food is life”
Nourishment is life sustaining. In order to have long healthy lives we have to make the right choices. We have to do this together as a community.
Syed
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