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Feb. 15, 2021
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By Janet Stolfi Alfano
I ve led The Diaper Bank of Connecticut for a decade, but there are still times I get a jolt of adrenaline when I walk through our North Haven warehouse.
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With pallets piled high with diapers, and devoted staff and volunteers preparing them for distribution, the warehouse is the heartbeat of our organization. Sometimes I can t help but be amazed by it.
I m in awe for two reasons: on one hand, I m incredibly proud that we are distributing roughly 75,000 diapers each week, more than we ever have. On the other hand, I know it s not nearly enough - that we could distribute fives times as many diapers and still not meet the need in our community.
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This story first appeared on Civil Eats.
When the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Department of Agriculture (USDA), released new Dietary Guidelines for Americans on Dec. 29, 2020, they looked almost identical to the ones released five years earlier. There were new guidelines related to pregnancy, breastfeeding, and children under two, but to those who d been paying attention to the process, what stood out was what had not changed.
Most glaringly, the guidelines failed to take up key recommendations from the 2020 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, the group of experts responsible for preparing a detailed report intended to inform the final guidelines. This year, that document was 835 pages long and included recommendations for lowering the amount of recommended daily sugar from 10% of one s daily calories to 6%, as well as limiting alcohol consumption to one drink a day for both men and women.
Oaks of Righteousness to open Village Market next month
For the first time in a long time, the City of Monroe s Orchard East neighborhood will have its own grocery store.
The Oaks of Righteousness recently purchased, and is currently in the process of transforming, the defunct Pop Stop Party Store at 1104 E. Fourth Street into the Village Market, which will be a grocery store that also offers educational services designed to encourage healthy dietary habits. The store is expected to open March 1.
The market project is the brainchild of Oaks Pastor Heather Boone, who told the Monroe News in November that she hoped to open both an ice cream parlor and grocery store on the east side of Monroe within the next couple of years.
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