Over the past few months, I have been a member of the Census 2020 “Hard to Enumerate” Sub-Committee in Broward County. The goal of this committee is to raise awareness and improve the census 2020 count by coordinating with human services…
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At the end of October, I had the esteemed pleasure to spend a couple of days at the Sunshine Summit to End Hunger in Tampa. Florida Impact to End Hunger proudly co-hosted the event with Bread for the World and Tampa Bay Network to End Hunger.…
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Developing our Healthy Corner Stores Project in Miami Gardens over this past year has been such an adventure! We are now on the cusp of bringing all our hard work off the drawing board and into action. As we head into year two of the CDC REACH…
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Recruitment was a crucial element in the Healthy Corner Stores project. Not only did we have to recruit stores to be a part of our project, but we also had to recruit locations to support the distribution of our survey.
Since the survey is…
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On a warm September morning in 2019, I joined some members of the food system community in north Florida during the North Florida Crop-Up event hosted by Feeding Florida to discuss ways to get fresh, local produce on dinner tables in our areas.…
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Last month, I had the opportunity to attend the 4th Annual Sector Forward Conference hosted by the Institute for Nonprofit Innovation and Excellence (INIE) in Tallahassee. The conference brought nonprofit leaders together to share ideas and…
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For the past two summers, thanks to the Seeing the World program funded by the Children’s Services Council of Broward County, I have had an opportunity to witness the big, bright smiles on the faces of children receiving a new pair of free…
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This past month, we took a huge step forward in our Healthy Corner Stores project in Miami Gardens. Not only have we completed our survey of food stores in the city and started our individual food environmental survey for residents, but we have…
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Working on the Live Healthy Miami Gardens Project has been great! By unpopular opinion, surveying has been an awesome experience and has also helped build momentum for the project. People grew their interest in the project and it brought more…
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Last month, as we anxiously awaited the arrival of Hurricane Dorian in Florida, we were told to stock up on medications, non-perishable items, gas, batteries, and water. This created a flurry of activity at grocery stores and gas stations.
But…
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THE 2020 CENSUS IS COMING SOON—WILL YOU AND YOUR COMMUNITY COUNT?
FIVE LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE 2019 SUNSHINE SUMMIT TO END HUNGER
HEALTHY CORNER STORES FOR HEALTHY COMMUNITIES | WHAT’S IN STORE
BUILDING HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE MIAMI GARDENS COMMUNITY
THE NORTH FLORIDA CROP-UP LOW-DOWN
THE IMPORTANCE OF NETWORKING TO EXPAND THE AFTERSCHOOL MEALS PROGRAM AND FEED MORE CHILDREN
SEEING IS BELIEVING | A WORD FROM OUR REGIONAL DIRECTOR OF SOUTHEAST FLORIDA
BRINGING EASY AND AFFORDABLE ACCESS TO NUTRITION IN MIAMI GARDENS
IMPROVING COMMUNITY WELLNESS WITH THE LIVE HEALTHY MIAMI GARDENS PROJECT
LESSONS FROM HURRICANE DORIAN | A WORD FROM OUR PRESIDENT/CEO