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.
