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Local nonprofits describe front-line responses: mobile pantries, medically tailored meals and volunteer networks
Summary
Nonprofit leaders at the Farmington Valley summit described programs that provide medically tailored meals, retail rescue, farmers‑market SNAP matches and volunteer-driven hot meals; they highlighted practical steps towns can take to expand access.
Local nonprofits at the Farmington Valley summit detailed how front‑line programs are adapting to greater need and offered actionable ideas municipalities can copy.
Sarah Leathers, founder and CEO of Healing Meals Community Project, opened the second panel by rejecting the idea that healthy food is a luxury: “Healthy food is a human right,” she said, and described a program model that delivers medically tailored meals, trains youth in kitchen skills and partners with hospitals. Leathers reported that Healing Meals has delivered about 238,000 meals across 75 Connecticut towns and cited a pilot showing improved maternal birth outcomes after…
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