A big thank you to Dietetic Interns from Geisinger Medical Center for selling PADAF's Soup & Ladle Favorites cookbook at the exhibits at the Annual Meeting.

Pictured are (seated on the left) Elisa Eshelman, (seated on the right) Amy Fenenchick, (standing on the left)Stephanie Fleetwood, (standing in the middle) Amanda Bloom and (standing on the right) Rebecca Dilks.

Cindy Burke, PADA President-elect on the left presenting
an appreciation plaque to PADA President Ruth Ann McGinley. Next year, Ruth will serve as president of the Foundation.

Seven registered dietitians who have been members of the American Dietetic Association for 50 years were honored at the awards dinner.

Pictured are those from Philadelphia, from left to right, Joan Leslie, Jack Acker, Joyce Hamblin and Mary Alice Lake.
Not pictured are Hildegard Ciabattoni, Marie Connelly and Clare Stachnik.

Members of the Pennsylvania Dietetic Association met with Senator Michael OPake, D-Berks.

Senator Michael OPake has sponsored Senate Bill 420, an amendment of The Insurance Company Law of 1921 to include coverage for medical nutrition therapy to aid in the treatment of cardiovascular disease.

From left to right are Cindy Burke, PADA President-elect; Margaret Fitzgerald, Secretary for the PADA and the Foundation; Ruth McGinley, PADA President; Senator O'Pake; Jan Little, Public Relations Co-Chair; Michelle Doleniak a constituent of Senator O'Pake; Susan Gargano, PADAF President; and, Pat Sullivan, administrator of PADAF's Make Time for Health nutrition education grant.

Rep. Stairs indicated that his committee, the House Education Committee, had compressed the seven bills on childhood nutrition into three. Some parts of the bills are amendments to existing legislation. The bill numbers are HB185 and HB191.

From left to right are Jan Little, Public
Relations Co-Chair; Susan Gargano, PADAF President; Margaret Fitzgerald, Secretary for the PADA and the Foundation; Michelle Doleniak, a member of the LVDA; Representative Stairs; Ruth Ann McGinley, PADA President; Pat Sullivan,
administrator of PADAF's Make Time for Health nutrition education grant; Cindy Burke, PADA President-elect, and Colleen McCann, PADA Lobbyist.

Rep. Dally has sponsored House Bill 360 which, like Senate Bill 420, is an amendment of The Insurance Company Law of 1921 to include coverage for medical nutrition therapy to aid in the treatment of cardiovascular disease.

From left to right are Jan Little, Public Relations Co-Chair; Margaret Fitzgerald, Secretary for the PADA and the Foundation; Michelle Doleniak, a member of the LVDA; Representative Dally; Ruth Ann McGinley, PADA President; Cindy Burke, PADA President-elect; and, Susan Gargano, PADAF President.