Food Pyramid

Did you know that the Food Pyramid has changed? The Food Pyramid was developed by the US Department of Agriculture as a tool to help families make healthy food choices. The Food Pyramid helps in choosing a variety of foods to get the nutrients needed and to control the amount of calories, fat, saturated fat, cholesterol, sugar and sodium. Oregonians that are struggling with adequate food supplies may not be able to “eat healthy” due to limited resources.

And that is where the 5th fundraiser for my office comes in. We already had quite a collection of food and today I challenged everyone to the following:

1) look through the foods we have already collected
2) see what else we need to build our own Food Pyramid in the office
3) bring in some more food and build a pyramid!

In response to the challenge, this afternoon one of the attorneys went to the store and donated a GIANT bag of beans. We placed them at the base of the pyramid…it’ll be interesting to see if the beans make for a “shaky” base or not. Pictures to follow this week!

p.s. Steve Cotton dropped by my office late this afternoon. He’s looking good and headed back to Mexico. But he’ll be back soon and we hope to get together!