President’s Message · GCDA member Jessica Johnson, RD, LD, SNS, Food Service Director of Milford...
Transcript of President’s Message · GCDA member Jessica Johnson, RD, LD, SNS, Food Service Director of Milford...
Dear GCDA Members:
Welcome to the winter GCDA newsletter. We
are a little more than midway through our
membership year and time is flying by. I’d like
to thank all of you – our members – for attend-
ing meetings, encouraging others to join and
for your contributions to our profession. I’d
also like to thank the incredible GCDA Board
for many hours of hard work!
I would like to encourage every member to
discuss the benefits of GCDA with someone
who is not a member, to encourage them to
join. Having a robust group allows us the
greatest diversity in both programs provided as
well as opinions and help in moving the organi-
zation forward.
Thank you to the presenters from our first two
membership meetings. The expertise and
information presented was outstanding. This is
one of the greatest benefits of this wonderful
group – getting to know other nutrition profes-
sionals and learning from them. We are all
lifelong learners after all.
As you look through the newsletter please
consider attending the February membership
meeting detailed on page 2. Our field is so
unique and diverse. Have you considered
starting your own business, perhaps undertake
consulting…. Statistics show that moving
forward the work place will continue to evolve
and most of us will change jobs numerous
times. Are you prepared for what might lie
ahead, even if you don’t think this applies to
you today?
Additionally, as you will see in reviewing the
newsletter, our members have been very
busy. Please consider helping in the various
ways detailed in the newsletter and remember
– NNM is just around the corner. Additional
opportunities for community assistance will be
noted on our GCDA homepage prior to March.
We hope you all will consider attending the
OAND Conference in May as we celebrate the
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics 100th anni-
versary. Our own Jason Roberts has worked
countless hours leading the team putting this
tremendous event together. Jason has also
worked very hard in championing helping as
many students as possible attend the confer-
ence. You can still help by making a dona-
tion. (See page 9)
On a final note, please use the guest pass and
invite a friend to come to the next GCDA
membership meeting. We welcome all for a
meal, learning and fellowship.
Thank you and good health to all!
Diane Dew, RD, LD, CSC
GCDA President 2016-2017
President’s Message
Editor: Monica Smith, MS, RDN, CLC Contributors: Diane Dew, RD, CSC Meghan McNeill, RD Lisa C. Andrews, MEd, RD Jason Roberts, RDN Betsy Oriolo, MS, RD, CDE Miranda Fisher Alli Bokenkotter, RDN Patricia J Becker, MS, RDN, CSP, CNSC Suzanne Summer, RDN Cynthia Blocksom,
RDN, MEd, RDN,
FAND
Lois Smith, RD
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Meghan McNeill, Council on Professional
Issues Chair (COPI) 2016-17
UPCOMING 2016-17 GCDA MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS
Membership Meetings are FREE for GCDA Members. Don’t forget to Renew! Non-members are welcome to attend for a small fee.
A light dinner is served! Network with other local RD’s.
One lucky member of GCDA will win a free AND Membership at EACH
membership meeting just for attending!
Register/RSVP for meetings as they are posted on the event page of the
website at http://eatrightcincinnati.org/
Tuesday, February 21, 2017 — “The Nuts and Bolts of Nutrition Entrepreneurship: How to market your services & get paid as an MNT provider” Location: MERC auditorium at CCHMC Time: 5pm-7:30pm
Speakers: Jane Snyder, RD, CSR, LD, LMT & Patricia Becker, MS RD CSP CNSC
1) Discuss the impact of Branding on private practice 2) Describe the costs and benefits of starting a private practice 3) Identify steps to getting paid as a private practice provider of MNT
This meeting is approved for 2 CEUs and a light meal will be provided. One GCDA member will win a FREE AND Membership!
*Register before February 14th to DOUBLE YOUR ENTRY into the drawing for a FREE Academy of Nutrition Dietetics Membership!
April 2017 — Health Coaching (Date/Location TBD)
Save the Date! May 18 & 19, 2017—OAND Annual Conference The 2017 OAND annual conference will be held in Cleveland (the birthplace of AND
formally ADA) at the Hilton Downtown Cleveland. #OANDCLE2017
2016-2017 GCDA Board, Elects & Committee Chairs:
back L to R: Diane Dew—President
Kati Klinger—Secretary Elect
Jason Roberts—Past President & GCDA Website Chair Meghan McNeill—COPI Elect Alison Cassin—Secretary
Miranda Fisher—Student Mem-
ber representative Sarah Borman—President Elect
& OAND Website Chair Jessica Zaccagnini—Treasurer
Elect Alli Bokenkotter—Membership
Chair Elect
Jamie Unkle—DTR Member Cynthia Blocksom—Legislative /
Reimbursement Chair
Front L to R: Monica Smith—eNewsletter Editor & Historian
Suzanne Summer—Past President & Officer Selection
Patricia Becker—Membership,
Journal Club East
Not pictured: Irmalis Flores—Treasurer Lyndon Davis—Policies/Procedures Chair
Nick Bess—COPI-Elect
Lisa Andrews—PR/Media Chair Betsy Oriolo—Listserve Manager
Lois Smith—Journal Club West Elizabeth Vennefron—National
Nutrition Month/Diversity Chair
Andrea Drott—eNewsletter Asst. Emily Sillies—Website Asst.
OPEN—Awards/Scholarships
Mark Your Calendars!
Meet the 2016-2017 GCDA Board
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Listserve
Betsy Oriolo,
GCDA Listserve
Manager
If you have a job posting or event
announcement please email GCDA at:
The listserve is checked every 1-2
days. Thank you!
GCDA History
GCDA IS 92 YEARS OLD.
The Cincinnati Dietetic Association
(CDA) started in 1924 with its first meeting on May 4th with seven people.
In 1929 it became affiliated with the American Dietetic Association (now
AND) and in 1934 with the Ohio Dietetic
Association (now OAND).
GCDA Website
Visit www.eatrightcincinnati.org to:
Renew membership
RSVP for all GCDA meetings
View the Membership Directory
NNM 2017
Check out National Nutrition Month
2017 for lots of tips on how to promote
it with
your
clients,
in your
commu-
nity,
school
or work
place!
Membership
Pat Becker Membership Chair
Renewal for 2016-2017 is online!
Refer NEW Members to www.eatrightcincinnati.org
Current members as of Jan 2017:
Honors, Awards
& Grants
Awards & Scholarships
Committee Chair — OPEN
Thank you! We had several nomina-
tions for awards for 2017 and will
find out soon! Winners will be
awarded in May 2017 at OAND.
Social Media
“Like” GCDA’s Facebook
page HERE for GCDA news
and info! Contact Lisa
Andrews to post info on our
facebook page at
We’re also on Twitter! Jessica
Zaccagnini posts for GCDA.
Follow @EatRightCincy
Board Positions
We need strong leadership for the
future and are seeking, talented in-dividuals to fill the officer positions
to start in June 2017: President-elect, Membership Chair-elect, Sec-retary-Elect, and COPI-elect Also the Awards & Scholarships Committee Chair . If you interested in any of these posi-tions please contact Suzanne Summer at
GCDA Board Updates
G C D A N E W S L E T T E R
Member
Category
Number of
Members
Active RD 155
Active DTR 6
Active
student 57
50+ years 3
Retired 6
totals 227
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GCDA Journal Clubs: West & East
Local GCDA Dietitians in the News
CLICK ON THE HYPERLINKS TO READ MORE!
Lisa C. Andrews of Sound Bites Nutrition did a few segments on varying nutrition topics re-
cently and through the fall.
January 11, Lisa was interviewed on Fox News
about the Lil Pantry she started in Pleasant Ridge: 10 new 'Lil Pantry' locations to open
around the Tri-State
January 1, Lisa was featured on Fox News with
Hangover "cures" for 2017
December 16, Lisa shared shopping tips for on
Fox News: Grab N Go Snacks
November 23, Lisa shared a recipe on Fox for honey glazed carrots.
On November 18, Lisa’s project was one of the eight funded and announced on Fox: Eight
$10,000 grants awarded for community devel-
opment projects
November 14, Lisa discussed skin health on Fox
news National Healthy Skin Care Month
Suzzane Summer of Cincinnati
Children’s Hospital Medical Cen-ter had an article featured in
Edible Valley Ohio: Kitchen Lab At Cincinnati Children’s,
important medical research is
happening not with beakers and droppers, but with pots and
pans.
Monica Smith of the Northern
Kentucky Independent District Health Department provided
healthy lunch tips for the NKY Chamber of Commerce January
NKY Business Journal Magazine: It’s in the Bag and for the
Northern Kentucky Health
Department News & Views: A Healthy Lunch? It’s in the Bag!
Journal Club West
Meetings are held near Drake
Hospital in Hartwell at 8128
Woodbine Ave., Cinci, 45216
The next Journal Club
West is on Tuesday,
February 7, 2017
Time: 7pm-9pm
Topic: Inflammation
For articles and information,
contact Lois Smith at
New members wanted!
Journal Club is a FREE
benefit of GCDA member-
ship where presenters earn
continuing education
credit. Two CPEs requested
per meeting.
Prior to the Journal Club
meeting, an article from a
previously approved bibliog-
raphy is read. At the meet-
ing, a brief summary is
presented, with discussion
following. Meeting days and
times vary depending on the
needs of the group.
Journal Club East
Meetings are held at the
Hyde Park Library
The next Journal Club
East is on Monday,
February 6, 2017
Time: 5:30-7pm
Topic: Diversity &
Cultural Competency
in Nutrition
Please RSVP. To get the arti-
cles and information, contact
Patricia Becker at
G C D A N E W S L E T T E R
Lisa C. Andrews, PR/Media Chair
Lois Smith,
Journal Club West
Patricia Becker,
Journal Club East
If you have
been in the
news, contrib-
uted to videos
or articles
online, please
share it with
us!
Email Lisa at
lisa@soundbite
snutrition.com
(Above) Picture of hundreds of recycled foam lunch trays compacted
by a machine. Students at one of Rachel’s schools found out about it
and helped in the initiative to get it to the school to reduce waste!
September GCDA Member Meeting
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The first GCDA Member Meeting of the year on Wednesday, September 28th was a GREAT event! The topic:
“School Foodservice: Successful Strategies to Meet Federal School Nutrition Guidelines and Improve Kids’ Health” was held at Cincinnati State Technical and Community College in their fabulous Cooking Theatre!
A big thank you goes out to GCDA member Laura Horn for working hard as our liaison at Cincinnati State and she
put a lot of behind the scenes work in in getting everything arranged and set up.
GCDA member Jessica Johnson, RD, LD, SNS, Food Service Director of Milford Schools; and Rachel Tilford, DT,
SNS, Food Service Director of Little Miami Schools tag teamed their fabulous presentation. They are very passion-ate about their jobs and feeding hungry kids a healthy breakfast and lunch so they can learn! And so much more!
It is clear they are hard workers benefiting our profession. Jessica and Rachel made a wonderful sage squash soup and provided a cooking demo. Everyone loved the soup and asked many questions. It was a fun night.
GCDA member Jessica
Johnson, RD, LD, SNS,
Food Service Director of
Milford Schools and
Rachel Tilford, DT, SNS,
Food Service Director of
Little Miami Schools
demonstrating their
delicious sage butternut
squash soup recipe that
participants got to
taste.
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(Above) GCDA member,
Richard Slavinski was the
winner of the FREE Academy
of Nutrition & Dietetics
Membership for 2017!
Congratulations!
(L) Picture of the flavor concentrate that Rachel and Jessica used to flavor the soup and other foods without providing salt and calories so they meet the new federal nutrition guidelines required by the Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act.
Gluten Free, No-added MSG, Low Sodium,
Instant Fire Roasted Poblano flavor at your
fingertips - 1 year shelf life
Use in soups, marinades, sauces, dips,
spreads, dressings, and more
Ingredients: Poblano peppers, fire roasted poblano peppers, canola oil,
water, onions, garlic puree, corn masa flour (corn masa flour, lime), salt,
2% or less of cilantro, Anaheim powder, lime juice concentrate, yeast ex-tract, onion powder, dried jalapeno peppers, spice, guar gum, chipotle
powder, potassium sorbate (a preservative), xanthan gum, natural flavor-ing. *No Added MSG other than that which occurs in yeast extract.
Where to buy: http://www.soupbase.com/Minors-Fire-Roasted-Poblano-
Flavor-Concentrate-136-oz/productinfo/183/
G C D A N E W S L E T T E R
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November GCDA Member Meeting
GCDA President Diane Dew having one
of the presenters, Carina, draw the
AND membership winner! (pictured
below)
The November 1, 2016 GCDA
Member Meeting “Food Allergies Across the Lifespan: The Dietitian's Role in Prevention and Management” was a huge hit! “It was very informational, as well as wonderful
respect for the RD aspect of the food allergy connection.” - comment from
GCDA Member
Presenters: (R) GCDA Member, Allison Cassin, RD and (below) Carina Venter, PhD, RD.
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BRING A FRIEND TO A FUTURE GCDA MEETING OR JOURNAL CLUB!
Use this Guest Pass to invite friends/co-workers that are non-GCDA members to attend any of our events, meetings or
journal clubs for FREE! One per person. Redeemable Only For Winter & Spring 2017 Membership Meetings
GUEST NAME (non-member): ___________________________________________ AND MEMBER # _____________
EMAIL ADDRESS: __________________________________________________ PHONE# ______________________
GCDA MEMBER THAT REFERRED YOU: ________________________________________ DATE: ________________
Thanks to all those that participated!
GCDA raised $274.30 at the Chipotle fundraising event in October! The fundraiser was held at the Chipotle on Stetson
Street in Clifton to help send students, RD2Bs & DTR2Bs to the Ohio Academy of Nutrition and
Dietetics Annual Conference in Cleveland Ohio on
May 18-19, 2017!
GCDA received 50% of the proceeds to help sponsor student attendance at the OAND conference in
2017.
GCDA “ Sponsor a Student ” Fundraiser
GCDA Guest Pass
Sponsor a student! All funds raised will go directly to help reduce the registration cost for students. All donors contribut-
ing $20 or more to sponsor a student will be recognized in the Conference booklet (name only, not dollar amount) and receive a sponsor ribbon for their nametag at the 2017 Conference. To support students Click here #OANDCLE2017
Help Send Students to the OAND Conference
Our trip to FNCE allowed us to
gain exposure to the professional
dietetic community and inspired
us for our future careers as
dietitians.
Pictured: Kristy Weber, Caroline
Riewe, Mariah Sano, Anna Smith,
Carley Schmidt, Amy Simone,
Rachel Lizzio, and Miranda Fisher
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GCDA Student Section
UC students' trip to the 2016 Food and Nutrition Conference
and Expo (FNCE) held in Boston, MA in October 2016!
By Miranda Fisher, GCDA Student Representative
HELP SEND A STUDENT OR
INTERN TO OAND 2017!
We are celebrating the Academy’s 100th Anniversary!
We will honor our past, celebrate the present and look to the future in Cleveland on May 18-19th, 2017 at our Annual Conference themed “Rooted in Our Past…Growing Our Future.”
G C D A N E W S L E T T E R
OAND Public Policy Advocacy Day
By Cynthia
Blocksom, Public
Policy &
Reimbursement
Co-chair
The 27th Annual Legislation & Public Policy Advocacy Day held on March 29, 2017 at the Verne Riffe Center and State Capitol Buildings in Columbus.
The workshop provides 5 Continuing Education Credits and is approved for the Jurisprudence CPEU required this year for the Ohio LD credential. The registration form may be downloaded at: http://www.eatrightohio.org/aws/ODA/asset_manager/get_file/145922?ver=76
For more information or if members are interested in car-pooling with a group from Cincinnati, please contact Cynthia Blocksom at [email protected]
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Save the Date! 2017 OAND Conference!
G C D A N E W S L E T T E R
Come celebrate the birthplace of the Academy at the centennial conference in Cleveland Ohio in May!
Speaker information and registration will be open in Febrauary! #OANDCLE2017
http://www.eatrightohio.org/aws/ODA/pt/sp/annualconvention
G C D A N E W S L E T T E R
10 new 'Lil Pantry' locations to open around the Tri-State
LOCAL HEROES NEEDED!!!
To help with the project called People’s Pantry Cincy. The project is funded by a People’s Liberty grant which provides
$10,000 to provide 10 mini food pantries in food insecure neighborhoods in Cincinnati.
The pantries will be similar to the little librar-ies that you see around many Cincinnati and
NKY neighborhoods where neighbors can donate books and others can take
them. Local artists will design/decorate them
using old newspaper metal boxes.
We are looking for civic-minded individuals that are interested and willing to “champion”
one pantry by engaging the neighborhood
where it is placed. This can be done using social media, going to community council
meetings, writing press releases, etc. We want the food pantries to be engaging and
sustainable in each neighborhood. You do not have to live or work in the targeted
neighborhoods, but if you have a connec-
tion there, it will make it easier to man-age. Ideally, they should be placed near a
church, recreation center or bus line for safe, easy access.
These are the neighborhoods we are targeting:
Avondale
Camp Washington (have a possible champion) Lower Price Hill (have possible champion)
Millvale/South Cumminsville North Fairmount
Please email or call Lisa Andrews (513-675-6780) | [email protected] if you are interested in helping
with this project. It takes a village! Thank you!
The Lil Pantry in Pleasant Ridge that has served as the pilot for the project. Check out facebook/pleasantridgepantry for info about how to donate and what needs are. So far, the pantry is either full or empty. Neighbors tend to donate a few times per week and we have received some feedback from those using it.
Over the Rhine (OTR) Roselawn
Walnut Hills (have a possible champion)
West End Winton Hills