May 15, 2012

Today Melissa Alfano came to speak to us about WIC. WIC is a supplemental nutrition program that is federally funded. The mission of WIC is to safeguard the health of low-income women, infants, and children up to age 5 who are at nutrition risk by providing nutritious foods to supplement diets, information on healthy eating, and referrals to health care. Melissa stated that this program was evaluated every 2 years. My cousin is a supervisor at a WIC office in Columbus, I have shadowed her before and really enjoyed the experience so I would be interested in doing this type of work.