Inspira Joins Food Banks, Schools to Build Healthier Communities

Inspira Joins Food Banks, Schools to Build Healthier Communities in South Jersey

Inspira has also teamed up with the Food Bank of South Jersey and the Community FoodBank of New Jersey to open food farmacies at its health centers in Bridgeton and Woodbury. The premise is simple: good health starts with great food. Inspira staff will identify patients who face food insecurity and will connect them with one of the two food farmacies. There, patients will meet with an Inspira registered dietitian and

Inspira is partnering with the Food Bank of South Jersey, Community FoodBank of New Jersey, the Gloria Sabater Elementary School and Casimer Dallago Early Childhood Center in Vineland, the Millville Child Family Center, and the Woodbury Junior-Senior High School to provide monthly school-based food pantries. The goal is to provide families who are food insecure with a month's worth of nutritious food and access to nutrition counseling at a convenient location, the local school that their children attend. Inspira will also present assemblies at the schools to promote wellness and teach fun ways for students to add physical activity to their daily routines.

receive nutritious food that is appropriate for any medical conditions they might have. Regularly scheduled meetings with the dietitian will be arranged and nutritious food will be provided at each meeting for up to one year.

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