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The Nutrition Center recognizes that a complex web of social, economic, and environmental factors determines a person’s long-term health and wellbeing. The NC aims to create multiple opportunities for engagement that have greater impact when woven together. A child from the downtown elementary school may be involved in the NC-led school garden or after-school cooking club. His older sibling could apply for her first job with the NC Summer Youth Gardener program while their parents can sign up for a garden plot on their street or attend free cooking education classes down the block.
These programs and services are matched with the NC’s strategic investment in collaborations, as well as community-based assessment and planning activities. More than ever, the NC plays a convening role and provides some consistent backbone support to leverage capacity, talent, resources and leadership towards broader community goals in Lewiston and Auburn.
