FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 14, 2010
WIC Celebrating Grand Opening of Two New Locations in the Central Valley

- New sites located on Ashlan and West and at Kings Canyon and Willow-

(FRESNO, CA) Fresno County Economic Opportunities Commission (EOC) is pleased to announce that it’s Women, Infants, & Children (WIC) program is expanding to two new sites in Fresno. WIC will be holding two special grand openings at their newest locations on Thursday, September 16, 2010 from 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. The new sites are located on the northwest corner of Ashlan and West at 1426 W. Ashlan Avenue, and on the northwest corner of Kings Canyon and Willow at 4995 E. Kings Canyon Road.

“We are excited to be expanding our services across Fresno County with the opening of our two new WIC sites," says Linda Shelton, WIC Program Director. “We know that transportation is an issue for many of our current and potential WIC clients, and we hope our newest locations are more convenient and easily accessible to those in the surrounding areas."

WIC provides nutrition education, nutrient-rich supplemental food, and health and social service referrals to pregnant mothers, new mothers (breastfeeding and non-breastfeeding), and infants and children up to 5 years of age and younger. This program has been successful in improving the health and reducing health costs of pregnant women, new mothers, infants and children. To qualify, participants must be “nutritionally at risk” and must meet certain financial requirements. Fresno County EOC’s WIC Program currently serves 35,500 participants, disburses about $2,184,000 worth of nutritious foods annually, and is funded through the United States Department of Agriculture.

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CONTACT
Augie Blancas
559.263.1026
augie.blancas@fresnoeoc.org
About EOC
Our Mission
To humanely focus all available resources to empower low-income families and individuals working toward the skills, knowledge and motivation for self-sufficiency.

About EOC
Fresno County Economic Opportunities Commission, known as EOC, was established in 1965 with the goal of obtaining equality of opportunity in education, employment, health and living conditions for those in need in Fresno County. We are widely recognized and are one of the largest nonprofit Community Action Agencies in the United States.

EOC has spent over four decades investing in people, helping them become self-sufficient. The scope of service provided by our Agency consists of almost all facets of human services and economic development. They range from pre-school education to vocational training; from juvenile and drug abuse counseling to treatment for serious juvenile offenders; from youth recreation to senior citizen hot meal services; from energy conservation education to crisis intervention; from preventive health care to prenatal nutrition education; and from vocational counseling to job placement services.