Piggly Wiggly helps Louie’s Kids families make the best grocery store choices!
“The support that Rita Postell and the folks at Piggly Wiggly Carolina continue to give Louie’s Kids Fit Club at Mitchell Elementary downtown and the message we are delivering to these Title-1 school children and their families is just amazing” says Louis Yuhasz of Louie’s Kids. “Their assistance with some tuitions, the snack throughout the first program and the additional gifts of healthy foods and this tour are just so much help to us in this first launch,” “kids begin learning about food choices at the table!” he adds.
This past Saturday the folks at the Piggly Wiggly Carolina teamed up with Louie’s Kids Fit Club to host a complete grocery store tour with their on-staff Registered Dietician and some of the children and their families who are working so hard to lose weight in the program this summer and fall at Mitchell Elementary in downtown Charleston.
The one-hour tour highlighted the most nutritious foods that are low-fat, high fiber as taught in the Fit Club model fashioned after one of the best weight loss programs for kids in the country.
“We’re extremely grateful to the folks at Piggly Wiggly Carolina for embracing our idea of empowering these children and their families to make healthier choices in this 4 month program at Mitchell,” said Yuhasz. “Since we started in June we have a combined weight loss of over 75 pounds, but even more significant is the fact that we have a 94% attendance record –that’s because of the people like the Pig who have rallied around our cause from the start,” adds Yuhasz.
Rita Postell of Piggly Wiggly Carolina said they enthusiastically embraced this cause from the start. “Between Eileen, our Registered Dietician and Louis’s ‘no nonsense’ approach to food shopping when it comes to price and healthfulness, there was no way the families participating in this tour were left without many healthier choices. We see so many kids who need the help Louie’s Kids and Piggly Wiggly can provide, and we’re very excited about supporting an initiative that is helping children right here in the Charleston community,” she said.
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