Healthy Food Pantry Workshop
Food insecurity (limited access to nutritionally adequate foods) and chronic disease are strongly related. In North Carolina, with almost one in five residents food insecure last year and one in six Guilford County residents seek food assistance weekly. Many food-pantry users are at-risk for or have been diagnosed with a chronic disease. In addition, they are often deficient in many disease-fighting nutrients. Research indicates that there is a need and desire for healthier foods and nutrition education in food assistance programs.
Partnership for Community Care dietitian Sheri Vettel MPH, RD, LDN will be discussing this troubling combination of food insecurity and chronic disease in North Carolina and how the Partnership (P4CC) is working to address the problem through its Partnership Pantry Healthy Food Bank Program. In addition, she will be providing information on how community members may assist Partnership Pantry efforts and how current food pantries can develop their own healthy food packages for individuals with a chronic disease in need. When we give, let’s give our best, even while we work to establish a food system that promotes equal access to healthy food for all.
If you are
interested in talking more about these tensions in giving and issues around
access to healthy food, please join Partners in Health and Wholeness and the
Partnership for Community Care for “Healthy Food Pantries: How to Donate to and
Create Healthy Food Pantries to Build a Healthy Community” at 11:30 a.m. on
Aug. 22 at Starmount Presbyterian Church in Greensboro. Lunch will be
provided.
Please register online to attend and contact Shannon Axtell Martin 336-912-0976 with any questions.
Registration - http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/421168
Contact Us (336) 235-0930