URI Nutrition Club

2011-09-22T15:59:00.002-04:00

Welcome to the Nutrition Club!

The executive board of 2011-2012
Laura Kovacs- President
Jamie Kievit- Vice President
Megan Hanrahan- Secretary
Elizabeth Vandeputte- Treasurer

Thanks to everyone who came to the meetings this week!! We look forward to seeing you throughout the semester!

2010-04-27T14:11:00.002-04:00

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE NEW OFFICERS OF THE URI NUTRITION CLUB, who willl be serving for the 2010-2011 school year!

President - Megan Umbriano
Vice President - Stephanie Haskins
Secretary - Carolyn DiMicco
Treasurer - Kylie Johnson

END OF THE YEAR PARTY - May 4th at 4pm at Kylie Johnson's house. 39 Joy Lane, Narragansett, RI, 02882! SEE YOU THERE!!

MARCH IS NATIONAL NUTRITION MONTH!!

2010-03-05T20:33:00.002-05:00

Spread the word - March is National Nutrition Month and Registered Dietitian Day is Thursday, March 11th!

FIRST MEETING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR

2009-09-08T20:16:00.000-04:00

Hey everyone, welcome back to URI!

Our first meeting will be Thursday, September 17th, at 2 pm. It will be held in the Ranger Student Lounge, on the 4th floor.

Bring your friends. You do not have to be a nutrition/dietetics major to attend!!

MEETING RECAP

2009-04-20T17:15:00.000-04:00

The new 09-10 officers ran the meeting. Please feel free to contact us at any time..it doesn't just have to be about the club! Anyquestions about classes, assignments, or just life - talk to us! You are welcome to contact us on our private e-mail accounts.

President - Nicole Barragan: nicole_barragan@mail.uri.edu
Vice President - Tiffany LeBlond: tleblond@mail.uri.edu
Secretary - Katy Hartman: katy_hartman@mail.uri.edu
Treasurer - Kylie Johnson: kylie_johnson@mail.uri.edu

EXTRACURRICULAR OPPORTUNITIES

-Research with Ingrid Lofgren: URI Dietary Education and ActiveLifestyle (UR-IDEAL) Study. We do not know the specifics of what you would be doing, but if interested, e-mail (ingridlofgren@uri.edu),call, or stop by Ingrid's office on the 3rd floor of Ranger Hall.

-Research with Dr. Greene: Research looks at health habits and barriers to health on the URI campus. If interested, attend a meeting, this Wednesday, 2pm, in the first floor conference room of Ranger Hall. Please let us know if you will be going to the meeting so we can give Dr. Greene an idea of how many students will be attending. (if you signed the pink paper at the meeting, you are allset).

END OF THE YEAR PARTY - April 29th, 7:30 pm
Alex and Abby's House - 12 Major Clethe Runway, Narragansett, RI 02882
- from campus, take 108 down towards the beaches. Take a right onto Knowlesway Extension, then a left on Major Clethe Runway.
- if you need a ride from campus, e-mail us back and we will set you up. We really want everyone to have fun and hang out, so please don't hesitate to let us know if you need a ride!!
- if you didn't sign up to go but still want to, e-mail us back andl et us know what you're going to bring.

AVAILABILITY for Fall 2009 - Let us know!

WIGGIO - http://www.wiggio.com - Check it out! Search URI Nutrition.

FIRST NIGHT - September 6th, a welcoming night for incoming freshmen. Volunteers needed.

IDEAS FOR NEXT YEAR - keep em' coming!

2009-04-16T14:47:00.000-04:00

NEXT MEETING: April 20th, 3pm, 4th floor of Ranger Hall!

This meeting will be run by the new fall09-spring 2010 officers! Please come get acquainted with us and brainstorm ideas for next year!

END OF THE YEAR PARTY: April 29th, 7:30, Alex and Abby's House!

There will be sign ups for items to bring at Monday's meeting!

Alot of important info

2009-02-24T14:56:00.000-05:00

Hellooooo NFS clubbers!

So I hope most of you made it to the meeting yesterday and worked off
a few calories getting to the 4th floor lounge, umm there are some
very important things that we would like to go over in case you
couldn't make the meeting!

THANK YOU:
- For helping us raise $387 big ones for National Wear Red Day!!!
yayyyy MVS (Most Valuable Seller) Award goes to Meagan O'Leary for
selling 15 pins ( 75 bucks)!!! Nice!!! And...Im gunna give a second
shout out to Steph Haskins because her stalking people down should be
recognized a second time...woohooo
- And for helping with the RIDA 5K mailing list and trying not to go
blind in the process -- those flyers were bright!

UPCOMING EVENTS:
1. Registered Dietitians Day- Wednesday, March 11, 2009
What we’re going to do: card + cookies for the RDs on campus, Send
letters/make phone calls to state officials, radio stations,
news papers, televisions shows, anyone you think will help make it more public
(If people are going to contact these places- let us know who you are
going to contact and we’ll send u a sample letter + information)
URL address: http://www.eatright.org/cps/rde/xchg/ada/hs.xsl/NNM_2007_landing_18900_ENU_HTML.htm

2. Bowling for Bods- with the National Society of Collegiate Scholars
Sign Up TO BOWL! Thursday, March 26th, 2009 7 PM, Old Mountain lanes
- proceeds benefit the National Eating Disorders Association, so get
your bowling shoes on they play really fun music also and have alot of
snack machines if that's any motivation. And if anyone has any fab
ideas for Sponsors please let us know!!

3. Dining Halls Booth Tuesday, March 24th Time: TBA
In honor of National Nutrition Month and the topic we chose
that Sue loves "CAFFEINE," we are going to be holding a booth most
likely at Hope Commons. We ask that you start thinking/making some
posters and flyers on Caffeine, some benefits/harmful effects it as,
certain caffeinated beverages, and think of an interactive activity we
can do to grab people in as they walk by. Sue is trying to get
samples for us to give out cause everyone loves free food/drinks!

4. Relay For Life: Does anyone want to head a Nutrition Club team to
benefit the American Cancer Society?! I did it for my sorority last
year and its so fun, you get to be in charge of the t-shirts and tent
and it's always fun to be in charge.
URL address: http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR?pg=entry&fr_id=16256

5. As sad as it is to say....I cannot be URI Nutrition Club Secretary
forever...soo with that its time to think about Executive members for
next year!!!!!! if you want to run for a position please:
write us a short letter to the club about why you want to run and
what you want to do with the club - so members can get an idea for
what you stand for and what your visions are. (don’t stress over this,
it doesn’t have to be elaborate)

6. Dining/Health Services
Student Cookbook- Please brainstorm and e-mail us recipes and ideas
so I can put it together and post it on Sue's website!!
-3 breakfasts, 3 lunches, 3 snacks, 3 dinners, 3 desserts (these
recipes can be for a microwave OR a stove)
-necessities for college cooking (utensils and cookware)

AND LASTLY,

Future Meetings:
March 9th 2009- 3pm
Ranger Hall Student Lounge (4th Floor)

March 23rd, 2009- 3pm
Ranger Hall Student Lounge (4th Floor)

April 6th, 2009- 3pm
Ranger Hall Student Lounge (4th Floor)

April 20th, 2009- 3pm
Ranger Hall Student Lounge (4th Floor)

Ok, sorry that this took about 15 minutes to read but we are busy
little nutrition bees!!!

Have a great weekkkk :)

URI Nutr. Club Secretary,
Steph

New Updates!

2009-01-29T18:35:00.000-05:00

hey ya'llllllll.

SO for those of you who got Alex's lengthy - but important - email, here is a shortened version re-cap:

1. Unfortunately we are unable to attend the NYC Food Show this year (boooooo) we tried extremely hard to get a discount but you cant win them all!

2. Our first Nutrition Club meeting will be MONDAY, Feb. 2nd at 2pm and 3pm in Ranger 104.

3. National Wear Red Day for the American Heart Association is FRIDAY, Feb. 6th. We would like your participation in:
- Selling "Red Dress" pins for $5
- Helping out at a booth in the Union (Time/Date is TBA) most likely it will be Tuesday, Feb. 3th, but we will let you know!
- Spreading awareness about Heart Disease in anyway, shape or form!! ie. posters, facebook groups, marching bands, whatever you want.

4. We will be co-sponsoring an event in the beginning of March and will relay information to you on it as we receive it!

That is all the good news I have, we will see you all on Monday!! Have a great weekend.

- Steph (Secretary)

What went down at the last meeting!

2008-11-29T12:21:00.001-05:00

Hello All!!

We just wanted to say thank you for coming to the meetings this week!!
If you were unable to attend here is a re-cap of what we went over:

1. Independent Study on Obese 18-24 year old women on campus, please
e-mail us if you would like more information on helping out with this
study.

2. We all were in favor of going to the Fancy Food Show again in the
spring (Yay!!), the whole trip will be between $25-30.

3. Nutrition Club Party at Alex/Abby's House on December 9th at 7pm -
9pm. (we will provide directions when it gets closer to the date). If
you have any food ideas or things you know you would like to bring
please let us know!!

4. Please pick up your "Eat Your Heart Out" Sweatshirts from Alex if
you have not done so already

5. Ideas for Dining Services -- thank you for all your ideas, we are
going to talk with Sue sometime next week before Thanksgiving break
and hopefully decide a date to put on an event similar to the Whole
Grains one last year. If you have any more ideas please feel free to
let us know, we really appreciate all your input!!

6. Thank you to those of you who signed up to receive more information
about volunteering for the Kids Smart Program. It deals with putting
on nutrition workshops for children at schools in Providence talking
about food and health and nutrition. If anyone is interested please
e-mail us!!

I think that is allll, if i forgot something Alex will yell at me and
ill send another e-mail ;) haha. Have a great weekend!!!

Steph
URI Nutrition Club Secretary

Sweatshirts!!!!!!

2008-10-02T17:47:00.000-04:00

Hey Everyone!!

Here are the shirts we are voting on. ONLY vote if you want a sweatshirt, they would be about $30 each.

If you already voted, DO NOT e-mail in to vote again please...

#1~ Eat Your Heart Out, #2~ Go Green, #3~ 100% Natural

First Meeting Updates!

2008-09-12T16:52:00.000-04:00

Hey Everyone-
It was so great to see you all at our first meetings. We have a few things we wanted to go over in case we missed them or you weren't able to attend the meetings.

First- if you could not make the meetings, e-mail urinutrition@gmail.com with your availability or what meeting times are better. We want to try to find the best meeting time for everyone, if possible.

2. If you have volunteered for anything this month, you will be getting an e-mail regarding it in the next week or so. [Student Organization Fair, Taste of Rhode Island, URI 101 visit] If you are volunteering make arrangements with us to pick up a URI Nutrition Club T-Shirt.

*For Taste of Rhode Island Volunteers
-you must let me know if you cannot volunteer.
-Directions: http://www.newportfestivals.com/directions.htm
-Sign in at the ticket booth with Amica and you will get a name badge!

- If you have any suggestions regarding sweatshirt "slogans" e-mail in up until NEXT FRIDAY (9/19/2008). After that we will vote and decide on them and place orders!

-For those of you who signed up for the Senior Mentoring Program, if you haven't received an e-mail already, be on the look-out for an e-mail from your team leader (one of the officers).

Also- if anyone is interested in organizing a Nutrition Club Team for a Diabetes Walk in Providence on September 27th please e-mail us and let us know! We would love to be able to send some members for that great cause.

We look forward to hearing from all of you. Have a great weekend!

Alex, Abby, Steph & Katy

Pres, VP, Sec, Treas

1st meeting!

2008-09-10T19:48:00.000-04:00

Hello all,

Can I just say on behalf of the nutrition club we are so happy to see the turnout this year!! Its so awesome we have so many new faces and ideas to help this club grow and get our name out!

I just wanted to re-cap on what happened at todays meeting:

- We got people to sign up for the Student Organization Fair on Sept 17th!! yayy

- We talked about some ideas for the sweatshirts, but we are welcome to new ones if anyone has a cute slogan they want to tell us about!! We will be voting on designs within the next few meetings.

- We all agreed that the trip to the Food Show last year was the best idea ever and the food was really yummy and we are working on trying to go down again this year!!

- We talked about some issues that would like to be addressed in future meetings such as...

Antioxidants
Types of Fats, good vs bad
Healthy Dinging Hall Options
Alternatives to meat for example leaner cuts or healthier options

That is all my food fanatics, please check the blog regularly and feel free to post comments or ideas or email the nutrition club at urinutrition@gmail.com

Thanks!!

Steph
Nutrition Club Secretary

Yay we have a blog

2008-08-22T15:10:00.000-04:00

Hello all,

So we have a blog now! Yessss. I will be posting information about meetings, events, important nutrition club tasks, and other fun stuff on this page - so please save it in your favorites. I will also create a link on our facebook group page so you can access it there as well.

I hope the last few days of summer treat you all well -- make sure to get your Vitamin D ;)

and get ready for an amazing fall semester!! :)

See you all so soon,

Steph
URI Nutrition Club Secretary