If you’re a fan of Oprah, then you know she is auditioning candidates to host their own show on her new TV network.
One of the audition tapes really caught my eye.
Tiffany is from Bowie, Md., with a husband, three children, a full-time job and a passion for cooking. All-in-all, she’s someone who’s just like you and me. In her audition tape, she talks about the challenges we all face in providing our families with nutritious meals when we don’t have a lot of time or energy. Not to mention how confusing it can be to determine what foods are the best ones for your family.
As a mother and wife with a full-time job too, I can absolutely relate to Tiffany’s story. Watch Tiffany’s audition.
But, as the Executive Director of the ConAgra Foods Foundation, I also see another side to this story.
I have a full-time job that allows me to comfortably support my family, but not everyone is as lucky. In fact, according to U.S. government statistics, 15 million people in America are unemployed.
For mothers, fathers or other caregivers who are struggling to make sure they can pay all of the bills and feed their families, the challenge of providing nutritious meals every day is multiplied several times over.
That’s why the ConAgra Foods Foundation is the national sponsor of Operation Frontline, a ground-breaking cooking and nutrition education program that teaches families how to prepare healthy, delicious meals on a limited budget.
In the first year of our partnership with Operation Frontline, we helped them increase participation in the program by 35 percent and the number of graduates by 40 percent. Even better, the overwhelming majority of adult graduates reported they had improved their families’ food budgeting abilities and their cooking and eating habits.
This is just one way we’re helping families in need across the nation. We hope you’ll join us and that you’ll support people like Tiffany who are also looking for unique ways to help improve the health of our country.
The above post was originally published on June 24, 2010.
