Drexel University’s PA SNAP-Ed / EAT RIGHT PHILLY program is a Pennsylvania Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education (PA SNAP-Ed) partner which provides free nutrition outreach programs to SNAP-eligible participants. We reach students, families, and staff in approximately 80 School District of Philadelphia schools, charter schools and community sites throughout the city of Philadelphia. Starting in 2002, the team has grown to 16 shining individuals, who come from a variety of educational backgrounds. Each staff member brings their own personality to the work that they do, fostering connections at our sites that turn into meaningful partnerships.

What do we do? The Eat Right Philly team facilitates interactive nutrition education programming using a variety of interventions to promote healthful eating and physically active lifestyles. Programming is conducted with students in kindergarten through twelfth grade, as well as with adults. Outside of our lessons, we help to encourage schools to promote wellness initiatives, encouraging all to make balanced choices.

Some of those are initiatives are: 

• Hydration promotion

• Fruit and Vegetable of the Month promotions

• Physical Activity promotion

• Gardening promotions

• Food Access

• And more! 

Check out Drexel University’s PA SNAP-Ed / EAT RIGHT PHILLY program’s 2023 Annual Report to see all the wonderful work our staff helped to accomplish in the past year.