Registration is
now open for the Franciscan Health Michigan City Produce Prescription Program,
which aims to assist with chronic disease management.
Upon successful
completion of the free, four-week program, participants will receive produce
vouchers for fresh produce every month for six months.
Participants must
have type 1 or type 2 diabetes, heart disease or cancer and have moderate to
high food insecurity as determined by a screening process and complete a
four-week Cooking Matters course. They need not be patients within the
Franciscan Health system to participate.
The course is
presented through a formal relationship between Franciscan Health and the Indy
Hunger Network, which provides certification for Franciscan staff to teach it
to participants.
The program will
meet at the Franciscan Health Michigan City Legacy Campus at 301 W. Homer St.
for four weeks on Tuesdays from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. Central beginning Feb. 4 and
concluding Feb. 25. To register and for more information, contact Selena Tinoco
at Selena.Tinoco@FranciscanAlliance.org
or call (219) 221-4153.
The Produce
Prescription Program is made possible in part through donations to the
Franciscan Health Foundation’s Food Insecurity Fund. For more information or to
donate, go
online or call (219) 661-3401.
