YMCA Offers Free Meals

Lawndale News Chicago's Bilingual Newspaper - Health

Lawndale News Chicago's Bilingual Newspaper - Health

On Monday, March 7, 2022, more than 440 families at the McCormick YMCA in Humboldt Park picked up free, delicious, and nutritious plant-based meal kits through a collaboration between the Partnership for a Healthier America (PHA), the YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago, and The FruitGuys. This initiative is part of the PHA’s ‘Good Food for All’ program which aims to combat food insecurity and create equitable opportunities for access to healthy and sustainable food.  More than 2,000 families have already signed up for the ‘Good Food for All’ program, which will provide meal kits to each family every week for four weeks in March. Meal kits include all of the ingredients and recipes needed to cook three delicious meals for a family of four. Examples of recipes included in the meal kits are Pasta & Ceci (chickpea pasta), Lentil Stew, Stuffed Bell Peppers, and Portobello Mushroom Burgers. Registered families will collect their kits at selected YMCA locations, while some will be home delivered. While registration is now full, families can join the waitlist at fruitguys.com/mealkit.

Lawndale News Chicago's Bilingual Newspaper - Health

Lawndale News Chicago's Bilingual Newspaper - Health

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