2012 was a fabulous year for Nurture! We reached over 7000 people through our family and school Programs, a 40% increase over 2011. According to a February survey of our alumni from our Family Programming, they are thrilled with what they learned and continue to use many of the strategies. Here’s what a few have [Read More...]

Every Monday after school, 20 to 40 six to twelve year old students cook, exercise and learn about nutrition as The K.L.E.O. Center teaches Nurture’s Elementary Nutrition & Wellness Program. The K.L.E.O. Community Family Life Center is a non-profit organization and facility dedicated to strengthening families and providing a safe haven, through education programs, training programs, motivational [Read More...]

Nurture received a one-time grant to purchase slow cookers, meat thermometers, groceries and workbooks for 100 families participating in Nurture Family Programs in 2013. The timing of this grant could not be any better. Nurture has distributed just about all the slow cookers, rice cookers and groceries that were donated in the past. These are [Read More...]

Nurture Idaho was thrilled to participate in the second annual national Food Day, a week of education and action to promote a better food system.  Food Day is orchestrated by CSPI (Center for Science in the Public Interest) from our nation’s capitol.   For a public event held at the Wood River YMCA, Nurture Founder Kathryn Guylay teamed up with an [Read More...]

Kathryn Guylay was nonimated by members of Hemingway Elementary School’s wellness committee and selected as a Community Hero by The Edible Schoolyard’s Hero for her work to bring nutrition education to students at their school.  After moving from the Chicago area to Idaho in the fall of 2011, Kathryn began to slowly bring the concepts from [Read More...]

Nurture was honored to participate in a national grant program through Chefs Move to Schools and the American Culinary Foundation.  On September 14, 2012, Nurture held a “Rainbow Day” in collaboration with the Community School of Sun Valley,  Idaho.  For this event, children in each grade K-5 were assigned each grade a color of the rainbow, wore [Read More...]

On August 20, Nurture Founder Kathryn Guylay and her daughter Elena, 11, were proud to attend the first-even Kids State Dinner.  This dinner (which was actually a lunch) celebrated the winners of 54 Junior Chefs from all states and US territories of the Healthy Kids Lunchtime Challenge.  Kathryn and Elena’s recipe, Fiesta Casserole, has been [Read More...]

Summer is a magical time: fresh fruits and vegetables readily available at Farmers Markets, children excited to spend more time with friends, and long days allow for family bike rides and trips to the park after dinner. Nurture spent the summer helping schools prepare for upcoming school and Nurture programming and conducting programming with several [Read More...]

We are very excited at Nurture!  Founder Kathryn Guylay is on her way to the White House in August with daughter Elena to share “Fiesta Casserole” with Michelle Obama, Sam Kass, distinguished chefs from Epicurious and restaurants, and representatives from the USDA and Department of Education.  This summer Elena and Kathryn (who developed this recipe [Read More...]

Nurture is honored to participate in a national grant program through Chefs Move to Schools and the American Culinary Foundation.  Nurture Founder and Nutrition Educator Kathryn Guylay was thrilled to be selected as one of the twelve recipients of grant monies to educate children about healthy eating across the nation.  Kathryn plans to spend the [Read More...]