At our meeting a few weeks ago, we had the pleasure of hosting our speaker Lindsay Kahn from GROW, a Community Food Literacy Centre in Niagara Falls.
Their goals are to assist and empower those with barriers to accessing and benefiting from good healthy food. They do this by offering a fresh produce market and a community kitchen with opportunities to cook and share good food, while building community and breaking down social isolation.
GROW is a community-focused model aimed at addressing some of the long-term food challenges faced by low-income residents and persons with disabilities in our community.
Soon to start is "GROW on the Go," which is an electric truck that will have fresh produce on it and will visit up to 10 communities per week, 52 weeks a year. Our club Foundation is happy to have made a donation to help purchase this truck, as we believe this is a great initiative!
We are very proud that this charity is in our City and is expanding outwards to help make fresh and healthy food more accessible to those that cannot pay for it.