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Marilynn & Matt: "A Bit of Serendipity"
When Matt and Marilynn got married, the couple decided that they’d forgo traditional wedding presents. Instead, they asked their guests to make donations to Open Hand and another local charity. By the end of their wedding day, they’d raised nearly $2,000!
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Telenutrition Helps Open Hand Close Gaps for Georgia Seniors
Through a sizeable multi-year grant from the Administration for Community Living, Open Hand Atlanta is leveraging our new telenutrition platform to help remove some of the obstacles faced by Georgia seniors in gaining access to the nutrition knowledge that can help them improve their overall wellbeing and quality of life.
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Open Hand Cooking Matters Partners with VA Health
Open Hand Atlanta is proud to partner with the Atlanta VA Health Care System to support a new program serving nutrition insecure veterans living at or below the federal poverty level.
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Good Measure Meals: Back and Better than Ever
As you may be aware, Open Hand was forced to put our Good Measure Meals social enterprise on pause during the pandemic so that we could focus all of our resources on meeting the exponential increase in the demand for meals for Open Hand Atlanta's vulnerable clients.
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Studying Food Security Along Buford Highway Corridor
Open Hand Atlanta recently completed a study that provides policy and program recommendations that support healthy food access for the residents along the Buford Highway corridor.
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Open Hand Views Food Through a Health-Focused Lens
I believe everyone engaged with Open Hand understands the food is love aspect of our mission. It is likely the primary reason so many caring and compassionate people come to work or volunteer their time on our campus. I also believe that the food is medicine aspect of our mission is understood – at least on the surface.
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