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The first ingredient in our meals is always love. Our made-from-scratch meals are nourishing, medically tailored and approved by a registered dietitian nutritionist to address specific health conditions.

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There are many ways to give a gift and make an impact! Your generosity will provide delicious, nourishing meals and nutrition education to thousands of people who are home-bound or too sick to cook for themselves.

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Help us deliver love, dignity and nutrition to neighbors in need by joining us in the kitchen, or taking a route to deliver meals directly to our clients' doors! Both individual and group opportunities available.

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  • I would not be sitting here today without Open Hand, their volunteers, and these spectacular meals.

    - - David, Open Hand Client

  • Open Hand allows us to feel confident that my mom is getting the nutrition she needs without having to worry about how we'll make it happen.

    - - Jennifer, daughter of Open Hand Client

  • Open Hand has been there for me through open heart surgery and a stroke that severely affected my mobility. I haven't been able to go to the grocery store, so fresh produce from market baskets has been great! It's delicious and really helpful to me.

    - - Precious, Open Hand Client

  • Open Hand's heart-healthy meals made it so much easier to manage my health... my doctors were incredibly impressed with how much managing my nutrition in this way contributed to my recovery from end-stage congestive heart failure.

    - - Open Hand Client
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We have many corporations, community groups, health systems, and more across Georgia who help our clients get the meals they need. We're grateful to have so many wonderful partners, and know that together, we can continue to serve even more Georgians in need.

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Food as Medicine

If all people with at least 1 diet sensitive condition received access to medically-tailored meals, in just the first year of service 1,594,000 hospitalizations
could be avoided.

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From Our RDNs: The Complete Nutrition Guide to Living With HIV/AIDS

Through our funding from the Ryan White Department of HIV Elimination we put our years of expertise serving this community to further use. To increase viral load suppression and medication adherence we wanted to expand access to nutrition resources and provide the wraparound care that those living with HIV/AIDS require, several of our Registered Dietitian Nutritionists came together to write and print an educational handbook.

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FIMC Releases Accreditation Standards for Medically Tailored Meal Interventions

By: Matthew Pieper, Executive Director

As many of you know, Open Hand is an active participant in the national Food is Medicine Coalition (FIMC) whose membership includes community-based nutrition agencies across the country that are dedicated to providing Medically Tailored Meals (MTMs) and nutrition counseling. Several years ago, I began working on a FIMC Accreditation Committee to develop specific standards for MTM interventions.

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Hard Hat Zone: An Update on Our New Home!

By: Matthew Pieper, Executive Director

Spring is nearly upon us, which means summer is right around the corner. For myself and everyone else at Open Hand, that means the countdown is truly on as we look ahead towards moving into our new home at 1380 West Marietta Street. Every day we inch closer to the finish line.

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