Implementing Agency (IA)
Key Contacts
Lewis & Thurston Counties WSU SNAP Ed Program
About Us
WSU Extension Lewis-Thurston County SNAP-Ed teaches nutrition to elementary aged youth, and develops school gardens and school food pantry programs. Additionally, we partner with farmers’ markets and community food pantries with a focus on nutrition education to help make fresh, local produce more accessible to SNAP participants.
Meet our Team!
Contact Us
Elizabeth Stratton, elizabeth.stratton@wsu.edu
Current Programming
Direct Education
- Food Smarts – Youth
PSE
- Elementary school:
- School Gardens
- Food pantry
- Smarter Lunchrooms
- Physical activity
- Healthy Celebrations
- Farmers market:
- Food rescue program
- Volunteer ambassador training program
Community Partners
- School leadership: Principals, teachers, community partnership coordinators, and support staff are all essential to leading and facilitating SNAP-Ed activities.
- PTA
- South Sound Food System Network
- GRuB
- Olympia School District: Garfield Elementary School partner
- North Thurston School District: Pleasant Glade Elementary
- Centralia School District: Ford’s Prairie Elementary, Jefferson-Lincoln Elementary partners
- Chehalis School District: Orin Smith Elementary partner
- WSU Master Gardeners
- Centralia Salvation Army
- West High School FFA
- Farmers Markets
- Lewis County Food Bank Coalition
- WSU Extension Small Farms
- WSDA