Our Favorite Recipes
November 14, 2011 in Tools
Cleveland Corner Store Project, 2009. This 62-page booklet / cookbook features nutritional, food safety, and cooking information, as well as dozens of healthy recipes.
Program materials
Evaluation Tools from the Minneapolis Healthy Corner Store Program
November 14, 2011 in Tools
The Minneapolis Department of Health and Family Support (MDHFS) developed these evaluation tools to determine the availability of healthy foods in corner stores. Based on the results from these surveys, MDHFS launched The Minneapolis Healthy Corner Store Program. See more information about the project here.
Corner Store Visual Assessment Tool.
This 7-page tool can help organizers determine the availability of healthy foods in corner stores, as well as gain information about the potential of a store to offer healthier foods in the future. Surveyors can obtain information such as: services provided by the store (i.e. do they accept EBT); types, quality, and price of healthy food sold; a physical description of the store; availability of coolers and other space for displaying healthy items; and much more.
Corner Store Owner Survey.
Organizers can use this 5-page storeowner survey to help choose corner stores for participation in a healthy corner store project. The survey includes questions to gauge a store owner’s involvement in the neighborhood and community, commitment and interest in the project goals, and to gain information about the business itself.
The Neighbors Project
November 14, 2011 in Tools
Food & Liquor Project This pilot project in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood provides social marketing and technical support for local corner stores that carry fresh produce and to encourage others to follow suit. The site includes information on the “Bodega Party in a Box,” and tips for how to hold a corner store cooking class and how to increase produce in your local corner store.
Healthy Stores Project
November 14, 2011 in Tools
The Healthy Stores Project is based in Baltimore at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for Human Nutrition. It works with projects in Manitoba, Ontario, Michigan, Arizona, Hawaii, and the Marshall Islands, some of which involve First Nations communities. Each project webpage includes background information and downloadable resources such as recipe cards, flyers, newspaper articles, and research reports. Click on “Intervention Materials” to see additional promotional/educational resources from each project, including resources in Korean for Baltimore store owners.
St. Louis Healthy Corner Store Resource Guide
January 1, 2011 in Tools
2011, Linda S. Rellergert and Mary E. Wissmann. This resource guide, created by the St. Louis Healthy Corner Store Initiative includes many useful program materials including:
• memorandum of understanding
• description of the benefits to storeowners of becoming healthy corner stores
• tips for marketing healthier foods
• tips on purchasing, safely storing, and displaying fresh foods
• community food assessment survey
• youth food assessment survey
A Toolkit for Community Organizers and Storeowners
January 1, 2009 in Tools
Delridge Healthy Corner Store Project, 2009. This extensive toolkit was created as a collaboration between a Seattle community group, a neighborhood development organization and students at the University of Washington. They developed the kit after identifying best practices from other projects around the country. It contains three parts: 1) A manual for community organizers who are coordinating a healthy corner store project; 2) A toolkit for storeowners who are taking steps to stock, market and sell healthy foods, particularly fresh produce; 3) An appendix with templates of materials community organizations can use as they develop and evaluate their project.
- Information for community organizers on produce selection, display, and handling on pages 22-24
- Information for store owners about healthy food selection, display, marketing and handling on pages 34-49
- Template letter inviting store owners to participate on page 59
- Template application for interested stores on pages 65-68
- Template congratulations letter to store owners who have been accepted to participate on page 69
- Memo of agreement between participating store owner and Seattle nonprofit on pages 73-75
- Intake form for participating corner stores, including a store inventory and store interview on pages 75-86
- Template project plan for healthy corner stores on pages 87-93
- Evaluation form to assess store progress on pages 95-104
- Customer survey asking what they buy on pages 105-106
- Information for project organizers about on-site marketing and social marketing strategies such as product placement and displays on pages A10-A15 Information targeted to store owners about marketing strategies on B8-B13
Good Neighbor Healthy Foods Cookbook
January 1, 2008 in Tools
Literacy for Environmental Justice, 2008. This cookbook was created by young people to encourage their community to eat fresh, healthy foods. It features simple recipes that are inexpensive and includes nutrition tips to prevent diabetes, heart disease and obesity. Follow link to mail order for $25.
Apache Healthy Stores Manual of Procedures
June 1, 2004 in Tools
Healthy Stores Program, June 2004. This Manual details the responsibilities of the project interventionist(s) and describes the intervention plan, promoted foods, and communication materials for each phase of this one-year program. (Online version gives only sample pages.)