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Keeping Food Safe to Eat

Use Safe Handling and Storage Techniques

• Be aware of the condition in which perishable foods are purchased and delivered. Inspect foods to make sure frozen foods are frozen solid and refrigerated foods are the appropriate temperatures.
• Improper temperature control before and after purchasing or delivery can shorten a food's shelf life. 
• Date incoming food items. Rotate stock properly. Placing oldest food out front will encourage the use of foods on a "first-in, first-out" (FIFO) basis. 
• Keep a daily log of temperature readings. Temperature logs should be maintained for cooking, cooling, holding, and reheating procedures and for refrigerators and freezers.

How quick do bacteria grow? The following numbers will give you an idea.

Bacteria Double...

At this temperature...    In this amount of time....

90 F                                every 30 minutes

70 F                                every hour

60 F                                every 2 hours

50 F                                every 3 hours

40 F                                every 6 hours

32 F                                every 20 hours

28 F                                every 60 hours

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EGSS Orphanage & Childcare

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How Does It Feel?: Child Care From Families' Perspective

One of the challenges of working with young children is finding ways of working effectively with their families. In How Does it Feel? author Anne Stonehouse challenges the reader to look at situations in an early childhood program from families' perspectives.

Encouraging programs to move beyond traditional parent and family involvement, this book contains insights on what it takes to create and maintain effective partnerships that benefit young children the most.

Click here to find the book!

Finger Foods & Snack Ideas

Finger Foods & Snack Ideas

• Apple wedges
• Banana slices
• Bread sticks
• Cabbage sticks
• Cauliflower florets
• Celery sticks
• Cherry tomato halves
• Dried apples
• Dried cranberries
• Dried pears
• Fresh peach wedges
• Fresh pineapple sticks
• Halved grapes
• Hard-cooked egg halves
• Green pepper sticks
• Meat cubes
• Nectarine wedges
• Pizza wedges
• Pretzels, hard or soft
• Raisins
• String cheese
• Tomato wedges
• Turnip sticks
• Bagel quarters
• Berries
• Broccoli florets
• Carrot sticks
• Cucumber sticks
• Cheese cubes
• Cinnamon toast fingers
• Dried cherries
• Dried peaches
• Dry cereal
• Fresh pear wedges
• Graham cracker strips
• Halved meatballs
• Grapefruit sections
• Green beans, whole
• Melon cubes
• Orange sections
• Plum wedges
• Rice cakes
• Trail mix
• Zucchini sticks

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Hanna's Orphan Home - Zeway, Ethiopia
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Steps to Creativity

"To approach a workplace problem creatively, we need to be fluent, flexible thinkers," says author Michael Michalko in his book Cracking Creativity, reported in Work & Family Life (July 2011). As he sees it, fluency just means coming up with lots of ideas, and flexibility means looking for new ways to think about a subject — any subject. Here’s Michalko’s five-step process:

Defer judgment. Get your juices flowing, but wait to decide which ideas are worth developing.

Generate lots of ideas. Most of your ideas may end up being discarded, but all it takes is one or two good ones to make a difference.

List ideas as they arise. A good idea can disappear the minute you get dis tracted by your daily routines. Keep a written record of your ideas and musings.

Keep on tweaking. Elaborate and improve on the ideas you and your coworkers have generated. Look for novel combinations, surprises, and new perspectives.

Do something different. Good ideas need time to incubate. Tap into your subconscious. Take a walk. Visit an art gallery. Then return to thinking about the problem and see what new ideas emerge.

Be Aware of Choking Hazards When Selecting and Serving Foods

Keep in mind that young children - especially ages 2 to 3 years - are at risk of choking on food. They remain at risk until they can chew and swallow better by about age 4. Always supervise children during meals and snacks.

Foods that may cause choking include:

• Hot dogs
• Raisins
• Whole grapes
• Chips
• Raw celery
• Nuts and seeds
• Chunks of meat
• Marshmallows
• Popcorn
• Cherries with pits
• Raw carrots
• Peanut butter (spoonfuls)
• Round or hard candy
• Pretzels
• Large pieces of fruit with skin

Some foods can be offered if you change the form. For example...

1. Cut hot dogs lengthwise into thin strips.
2. Steam carrots or celery until slightly soft, then cut into sticks.
3. Cut grapes or cherries into small pieces.

Source: USDA.gov

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Meet Gopi of the Refugee Sewing Society (RSS). She is a refugee who escaped genocide and now resides in Clarkston, GA. She is an active member of RSS.

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