Page 7 - Open Hand Atlanta Annual Report - 2017

WE COOK. WE DELIVER.
WE TEACH. WE CARE.

WE DELIVER.

HEALTHY FOOD ACCESS PROGRAMS Emergency nutrition
Open Hand also provides access to other health- The emergency nutrition supplement program
promoting, home-delivered food options for provides meal replacement snacks and nutrition
individuals who live in communities without major supplements to low-income men, women and
grocery stores, others who are severely limited in children being served by the Grady Infectious
their daily activities, and those who receive only Disease Program during extended waits for their
limited assistance. healthcare appointments, or mechanical soft
meals for patients who have undergone dental
Market baskets procedures.
We deliver a weekly supply of nutritious food MEASUREABLE OUTCOMES
items, including fresh fruits and vegetables, to
those clients who are able to prepare their own All Open Hand programs are designed to deliver
meals, but whose nutrition requirements are better health outcomes. At the local level, our work
not currently being met. Included are monthly is improving lives in a real and measureable way.
nutrition education materials and simple, healthy But it is also having a more far-reaching impact. As
recipes utilizing the foods provided each week. a visionary leader in the Food is Medicine Coalition
(FIMC), Open Hand is working hard to advance the
Shelf stable meals national dialogue around nutrition’s role in helping
Open Hand periodically provides a supply of to drive improved health outcomes. This includes
nonperishable food items to our low-income, capturing the attention of the public health and
medically-eligible clients in order to ensure that private healthcare sectors as they seek practical,
they have nutritious food on hand in the event a effective ways to reduce the incredible burden
weather emergency or circumstances which might chronic disease has placed on our national healthcare
prevent the timely delivery of their meals. system.

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