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

WE DELIVER.

HEALTHY FOOD ACCESS PROGRAMS Emergency nutriton
Open Hand also provides access to other health- The emergency nutriton supplement program
promotng, home-delivered food optons for provides meal replacement snacks and nutriton
individuals who live in communites without major supplements to low-income men, women and
grocery stores, others who are severely limited in children being served by the Grady Infectous
their daily actvites, and those who receive only Disease Program during extended waits for their
limited assistance. healthcare appointments, or mechanical sof
meals for patents who have undergone dental
Market baskets procedures.
We deliver a weekly supply of nutritous 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 nutriton requirements are beter health outcomes. At the local level, our work
not currently being met. Included are monthly is improving lives in a real and measureable way.
nutriton educaton materials and simple, healthy But it is also having a more far-reaching impact. As
recipes utlizing the foods provided each week. a visionary leader in the Food is Medicine Coaliton
(FIMC), Open Hand is working hard to advance the
Shelf stable meals natonal dialogue around nutriton’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 atenton of the public health and
medically-eligible clients in order to ensure that private healthcare sectors as they seek practcal,
they have nutritous food on hand in the event a efectve ways to reduce the incredible burden
weather emergency or circumstances which might chronic disease has placed on our natonal healthcare
prevent the tmely delivery of their meals. system.

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