Strengthening the Food Resource Safety Net Annual Conference

Posted by on January 22, 2007

Save the Date!!

Strengthening the Food Resource Safety Net Annual Conference
Featuring Ellyn Satter
May 14-15, 2007

The Pennsylvania Nutrition Education Network and the Pennsylvania Hunger Action Center present Strengthening the Food Resource Safety Net to be held May 14?15, 2007 at the Radisson Penn Harris Hotel and Convention Center in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania.

The Pennsylvania Nutrition Education Network, in collaboration with Pennsylvania Nutrition Education tracks and Penn State’s Department of Nutritional Sciences in the College of Health and Human Development, are pleased to welcome acclaimed speaker Ellyn Satter to this year?s event!

Ellyn Satter, MS, RD, LCSW, BCD is a family therapist and feeding and eating specialist. Her books, journal and magazine articles, teaching materials, seminars and media interviews have made her well-known to the lay public, professionals and the media as a leading authority on feeding dynamics and eating competence. Satter specializes in psychodynamic psychotherapy and in the symptom management of eating disorders and established eating and feeding problems in adults and children; she pioneered the concepts of the parent-child feeding relationship and of adult eating competence.

Ellyn Satter will join many notable speakers and panels in addressing hunger, obesity and other food and nutrition related issues at the 7th annual Strengthening the Food Resource Safety Net conference, co-sponsored by the Pennsylvania Nutrition Education Network and the Pennsylvania Hunger Action Center.

Meet your colleagues and work together to boost the nutrition of low-income families and eliminate hunger. Take advantage of the opportunity to share ideas and challenges and gain insight into emerging issues and initiatives. Use the conference setting to expand your personal or organizational network while enhancing your skills and knowledge.

Continuing education credits will be available (pending approval)!

The Pennsylvania Nutrition Education Network and the Pennsylvania Hunger Action Center empathize with the growing financial constraints faced by Pennsylvania?s nonprofit organizations. In an effort to accommodate these ever-tightening budgets, we will offer a 1-day rate to those unable to attend the entire conference.

Stay tuned for more details!

If you have any questions, please contact Julie Masteller at 717-233-1791 or [email protected].