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Big Blue Book Club Presents SNACK Club · Talking FACS

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  Welcome to Talking FACS, what you need to know about family,
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  food, finance, and fitness.
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  This nationally recognized, award-winning podcast is hosted by the University
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  of Kentucky Family and Consumer Sciences Extension Program.
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  Our educators share research knowledge with individuals, families,
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  Hello, and welcome to Talking FACS, what you need to know about family,
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  food, finance, and fitness.
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  I'm your host, Mindy McCulley, Extension Specialist for Instructional Support
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  with Family and Consumer Sciences Extension at the University of Kentucky.
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  Whether you have children of your own, or you care for children on a regular basis,
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  or you get the privilege, as I do, of caring for your grandchild or other related
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  children occasionally, on any given day, feeding children can be a delight or a challenge.
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  Today, my guests, Dr. Courtney Luecking and Anna Cason, have hit upon an innovative
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  idea to help those who care for children solve the puzzle of feeding children.
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  Courtney, our Extension Professor and Specialist for Maternal and Child Health,
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  and Anna, our Extension Associate for Food and Nutrition will help us delve
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  into this age-old dilemma.
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  So welcome to you both. Hi Mindy. Hi Mindy. Thank you.
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  So you all have created SNACK Club. What is that?
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  You know, we love our acronyms, but we just thought that would be a really cute
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  way to bring child nutrition resources together.
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  So SNACK actually stands for something.
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  It's Supporting Nourished and Active Children in Kentucky.
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  Because to your point, for those who have or care for children in any way,
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  shape, or form, it's a journey. It's an adventure.
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  It can be delightful. It can be frustrating. And we just wanted to have a place
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  to pull together all of these resources to help people navigate that journey.
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  We are going to feature SNACK Club as a part of Big Blue Book Club,
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  which is a program that Family and Consumer Sciences Extension has been hosting
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  for the past three years.
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  So why did we decide to do it as part of Big Blue Book?
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  Well, I won't say that I jumped in willingly at first, if we're going to be totally honest here.
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  We saw how successful, or in our University of Kentucky language,
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  how wildly successful it was for connecting people, especially during the pandemic. Right.
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  But, you know, I really was digging my heels in the ground because I strongly,
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  because of personal experiences, but also professional experiences,
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  felt that caregivers of children just don't really have time to read a book or attend a book club.
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  Whether it's because they're in the early phases of hands-on,
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  and as I like to say it, you're in the butt-wiping phase or like the snuggling
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  phase, or later on when you're just getting kids to and from activities or social
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  events or things like that.
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  So I was really concerned about whether or how we could really engage people
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  in a book club experience.
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  And so, Anna, you want to chime in on what we thought our solution might be to that concern?
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  Yeah, absolutely. So our solution was essentially to read these books that we
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  have found to have a lot of valuable information for this group.
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  We have done the reading and then we digested the information and we're spitting
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  it back out to you all in little bite-sized amounts so that it's the information
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  that is relevant to you as a caregiver across all age groups for feeding children
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  and going along this journey.
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  And so by featuring it on Talking FACS and also on our YouTube channel,
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  the FACS Learning channel, then people can digest it in the way that works best for them.
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  So they can either listen to it while they're making those drop-offs or they
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  can watch it, you know, after they've put the kiddos to bed and they'll be able
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  to use it in the way that is most beneficial to their family. Yeah, it's brilliant.
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  Well, that's the hope, right? And we'll see if it works. So this is always kind
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  of trial and error sometimes.
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  And so that's why we're really excited. We thought this might be a solution
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  and we'll see how it works for people. And we want to hear from them. Did this work?
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  Were you able to participate in a way that worked for you?
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  Well, and if you are in that butt-wiping stage, as you said,
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  you might only be reading Hop on Pop or another Dr.
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  Seuss favorite. Or if you're further on down the road, then you might be reading,
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  you know, Fancy Nancy or something else.
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  But we're going to do the reading of these books.
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  And we do, as we typically do for Big Blue Book Club, have books available for you.
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  And so if you want to at least have the book as a resource, we have the book
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  Raising a Healthy, Happy Eater that people can put on their bookshelf to have as a resource.
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  Course. And so if you're one of the first 200 to register, then we will send
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  that book to your local extension office and you can have that available to
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  you to add to your library.
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  And if you are interested and able to read the books, and if you do love a traditional
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  book club format, we will be providing the suggested readings to go along with
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  what we're going to be talking about in the podcast episode.
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  So you can follow along in the books if that is what you would like to do.
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  That is exactly right. And many of our extension offices will offer these book
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  clubs in sort of a traditional format.
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  They'll do watch parties, and then they can talk about it in the office with
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  other people who are reading the books and listening along together.
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  So lots of opportunities to listen, to watch, to engage in whatever manner works best for you.
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  What books are we featuring for our Big Blue Book Club Presents SNACK Club?
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  We have two of them. Like Mindy mentioned, if you register and if you are able
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  to get one of the books that we have available, you will be getting Raising a Healthy, Happy Eater.
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  And this book was written by a pediatrician, Namali Fernando,
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  and also a speech language pathologist, Melanie Potok. So that is kind of our
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  leading force for book club.
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  And then we're also featuring another one, How to Raise a Mindful Eater.
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  And this book was written by a registered dietitian and kind of talks about
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  the mindful eating experience to really kind of complement the Raising a Healthy
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  Happy Eater that talks about kind of the logistics of the eating experience,
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  and identifying some underlying issues for feeding disorders and also how to combat those.
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  And so I'll say that we purposely selected two, and that's why this book club
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  is a little bit unique or different than our previous ones, because we picked
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  one book and we kind of worked our way through.
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  And in this one, we really tried to pull out the common themes across the books
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  and kind of talk about what that looks like in real life.
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  The Raising a Happy Healthy Eater is really great in terms of sequential presentation of information.
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  So it It starts with birth, and it goes all the way through school age.
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  So for people who have children in that younger space, that's a great book with
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  even more detail that really focuses on the motor skills involved with eating,
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  a more clinical look at eating.
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  And then we really liked the behavioral complementary piece that came from this
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  dietitian. So that way, we could have a well-rounded picture of nutrition.
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  So not that we want to assign more reading to anyone. It's just that we thought
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  the two worked really well together.
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  Yes. And I will say, Mindy, that when these are lessons learned from our previous
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  book club, that some of our agents around our state were really creative in
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  getting people together.
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  So we tried to just make it even easier for them by offering activities.
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  So hands-on activities.
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  We have recipe ideas that go along with the topics that we'll be talking about.
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  So that's how this book club is also a little bit different.
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  And while we will be blasting the Talking FACS podcast during the month of September,
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  it will actually live on.
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  So it's something that like if September is not a great month for you,
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  then you can always come back.
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  And we have a variety of resources that will come straight to your inbox when
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  you sign up by email and through our Facebook group.
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  So there are, as you alluded to, lots of opportunities to participate and get support.
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  And that was a great segue into what exactly are the topics that we will cover.
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  Yes. Anna, you want to talk about those? Yeah. So to start, we'll begin by talking
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  about what to feed children, just kind of level setting, talking about what
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  providing them on the plates or in bags.
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  And then from there, we'll kind of dive into the weeds and we'll talk about
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  language around food and using positive language when talking about food and
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  promoting positive eating behaviors and that healthy relationship with food.
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  And then from there, we'll split it up and divide that responsibility between
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  what your role as a caregiver is and then also talking about the roles that
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  children have in this eating experience.
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  And then this is where it gets fun. We'll talk about creating structure with
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  meal and snack times and how to kind of set boundaries, how to say no, all those fun topics.
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  And then we'll touch on how to manage some mealtime behavior that we may all
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  have experienced before with little ones of all different ages.
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  And then lastly, we'll feature some special guests and talk about when it's
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  time to phone friends and reach out for additional help.
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  And then wrapping up with probably my favorite topic of all of it is having fun with food.
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  And as I like to say, embracing the mess with the whole experience.
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  So really ending on that high note for that final episode of the Snack Club Book Club series.
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  I think all of these topics are ones as a parent that I probably would have
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  loved to have had a book club to support me.
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  And now as a grandparent, I'm like, oh, these are going to be so much fun to
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  delve into with Eleanor. And we're going to have fun going through some of these topics.
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  So how can our listeners get involved? How can they reach out and just listen
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  or are there other options? Yes.
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  Yes. So we have our Talking Facts that is featured on many platforms.
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  Mindy, I know you know those better than I do if you want to drop those really quick.
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  However, you're listening to this podcast now is how you can listen to it in the future.
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  So if you want to make sure that you get links, we're going to drop shows on
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  Mondays and Thursdays throughout September, but make sure you subscribe to the
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  podcast so that you're going to get those in your inbox.
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  And then we're also going to have video companions, which will be sort of a
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  mirror image of our Talking FACS podcast, but also the video link.
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  So it's going to be a little bit more for those who are inclined to be visual
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  learners. You can find those on our FACS Learning channel, and we'll share
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  the link for that in the show notes.
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  But make sure you subscribe to that if you want to make sure to get those weekly in your inbox.
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  And so those are two options for the, I guess, the low-impact engagement.
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  Yeah. And you can sign up for SNACK Club so that you can get direct emails when
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  we've released new episodes and related content.
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  By signing up with Big Blue Book Club, you can get that loop to and for the long haul.
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  But you can also get access to our private Facebook group, again,
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  where we'll have more opportunities for conversation and support.
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  And then kind of that local level is reaching out to your local extension office.
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  They have the books for you to see and touch, and they will potentially be offering sessions.
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  And so you can figure out what that schedule looks like for you.
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  And then, of course, we want you to register. We will put the registration link
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  in the show notes as well, but we'll put that out verbally for you.
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  That is ukfcs.net/BBBCsnack
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  So make sure that you register for Snack Club via that link.
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  And so we will get you signed up and ready to participate in September.
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  Courtney and Anna, do we have a place where people can get more information or find more resources?
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  Yes, have resources that we touch on in some of the episodes,
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  but then also that just kind of have a place to live on our website,
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  as you can see here, which will be linked in the show notes and it will be provided
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  throughout as we drop episodes and stuff.
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  Stuff so on this website you will be
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  able to find some additional resources for the
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  topics that we touch on in our episodes we'll feature
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  the talking facts episodes that have
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  been previously recorded or that are recorded in the future that are
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  related to these topics and then we have also found some external resources
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  that provide a lot more in-depth look into some of these topics so that if there's
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  something that you that really stands out to you that you want to read more
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  or learn more about those external resources will be linked there as well.
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  On this page, you will also find a little bit of information about us.
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  So you can find our pictures, you can find our emails, and we also do have a
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  specific email for SNACK Club.
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  So you can reach out to us. It is snackclub@uky.edu
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  All right. Well, I just hope that everyone will get involved involved in this
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  novel and a different way to be involved in Big Blue Book Club,
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  but also the inaugural presentation of SNACK Club, because SNACK Club is going
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  to live on once we're finished with Big Blue Book Club presentation of it.
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  So, I think that this will be an opportunity for those who feed children to
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  have kind of a community to get resources and to talk with others who who are
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  feeding children to kind of have your own support group, as it were.
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  Absolutely. You took the words
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  right out of our mouth. We've been talking about snack club with people.
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  We say, we hope you come for the snacks and stay for the support.
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  Perfect. That holds to be true.
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  Perfect. Perfect. Well, thank you both for your time. If you are just tuning
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