ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) – The Roanoke Foodshed Network (RFN) has awarded $18,000 to local nonprofits and schools to support food access initiatives across the Roanoke region.
According to officials, the following organizations received funding:
- Roanoke Refugee Partnership
- East Salem Elementary School
- One Valley, Inc.
- Busk Roanoke
- Virginia Cooperative Extension
- Local Environmental Agriculture Project
- West End Center for Youth
- Roanoke Healthy Hearts
- Cave Spring Elementary School PTA
This funding is made possible by the Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth’s (VFHY) Healthy Communities Action Teams (HCAT) grant, according to reports. VFHY says they provide infrastructure support to build and sustain community collaboratives that drive long-term policy, system, and environmental changes that prevent and reduce childhood obesity.
“West End Center is excited to be partnering with Rooted Kitchen Collective to provide parent and teen educational sessions regarding healthy and easy food prep, as well as a session focusing on career exploration in the food world for our teens,” says Karen Pillis, Executive Director of the West End Center for Youth. “Our goals include equipping our teens with a few basic kitchen skills to be able to prepare healthy food at home and also to allow them to gain knowledge for future career possibilities.”…