Organic Soup Kitchen is asking the community to step in during a critical moment to help prevent nutrition gaps for low-income residents living with serious and chronic illness.
Over the past year, Organic Soup Kitchen partnered with a local health care provider to deliver medically tailored meals to individuals whose health depends on consistent, nourishing food. That partnership helped many people stabilize their health during periods of acute medical need.
Today, that same funding now typically supports meal access for about 12 weeks. While short-term nutrition intervention is an important part of medical care, many individuals living with cancer, autoimmune disease, and other chronic conditions need ongoing food support well beyond that window.
“When medically necessary food ends before someone is truly stable, the consequences can be serious,” said Anthony Corroccio, Founder and Executive Director of Organic Soup Kitchen. “For many of our clients, consistent nutrition is what keeps them out of the hospital and able to manage their illness day to day.”…