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Causes: Food, Food Programs
Mission: Mission: improve long-term health and wellness in low-income communities by creating a network of educational support groups and enhancing access to healthy, unprocessed foods.
Programs: During 2017, groceryships continued in its mission to promote healthy lives among under-resourced families in the los angeles county area by providing direct access to whole, healthy foods to 200 families during the year, and through 16-week wellness educational programs that combines practical tools like nutrition education, basic cooking and healthy shopping skills, with access to healthy foods, all in an environment of peer-to-peer support. Along with groceryships' 12 group leaders, 15 additional volunteers enabled groceryships to continue to expand the number of families it serves in the los angeles area such that it has impacted the lives of over 2,000 individuals since its inception in 2014.