"How has 'Food, What?!' impacted you?"
Responses from some of the 2011 youth crew
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| Natasha |
"Mainly I learned about myself, that I can be a leader. The communication skills I have learned have helped me to express myself better at home with my mom and with friends and at school. I learned life is short so make the most of it. We are the way of the future, right?!"
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| Thairie |
"I’ve accomplished many aspects throughout the summer from making beds, weeding, transplanting, planting, flipping compost, improving my hard work and work ethic. I developed more skills working as a team player and communicating with others. I’m mainly proud of providing food for my family and getting a chance to help out my community."
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| CC |
"I have accomplished beyond what I could ask for out of this program. I’ve gained a sense of what a community is. I have changed in ways that help me live healthier. I’ve grown personally. I have always taken things harshly and beaten myself up for silly things. In FoodWhat I’ve been able to focus more on the positive things in life. I’ve been able to do a really good job, work hard, complete it, and be proud of it. And that feels good, being proud of myself."
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| Josh |
"I accomplished my goal of doing something over the summer instead of sitting down and playing video games. I learned to eat healthier. My eating habits are better, to say the least. I eat more fruits and vegetables instead of junk food and fast food. I feel better when I eat healthy and when I eat unhealthy food it makes my stomach nauseous and irritated."
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| Kayla |
"I have successfully worked a regular hour workday. I wasn’t absent one day. I’ve learned how to speak to people professionally and really gained confidence in what I am capable of doing. I have learned how to be a hard worker and how what I put into my body affects it more than I think. I have grown in ways that are hard to describe. For a while I was really unsure of everything I did or said. Now I’m more comfortable with myself."
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| Erik |
"I am now more of an outside person. Usually I would be in my house everyday not caring about whether I eat healthy or not. Now after the Spring Internship and Summer Job with FoodWhat I became more aware of what I eat and I’ve learned to hang out more outside."
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| Jacques |
"I’ve learned how to be a leader, flip a compost, trellis tomatoes, plant corn and beans together effectively, irrigate a crop, cultivate crops, how to be more professional, how to do well when applying for a job, and how to be a better person, and make better life and health choices. I am more confident and I have more knowledge and skills."
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| Irma |
"I learned how to eat healthier and to know what I am putting into my body. I changed what I am actually eating, how to be mature, and put up with lots of distracting situations. I feel more aware of what I buy and how I talk. I am more responsible."
Read what past youth have said about FoodWhat:
2010 Youth Voices
2009 Youth Voices
