The Tillery Street CommUnity Food Hub, is a pilot collaboration between the Central Texas Allied Health Institute, Austin Area Urban League, El Buen Samaritano, Good Work Austin, and The City of Austin Office of Sustainability.
The Tillery Street CommUnity Food Hub will provide a variety of food resources, appropriate to an individual’s circumstances, co-located next to one of the only free testing clinics on the east side of Austin.
The Background:
When people are getting tested, and eventually vaccinated, a key issue many face is the inability to isolate or stay in place to reduce community spread, if they feel compelled or obligated to go to work, or go to the grocery store, to feed themselves or their families. This touchpoint for the public of testing (and eventually vaccinations) is ideal for both providing people with access to information about what resources they qualify for or may have access to (many folks who are newly food insecure since the pandemic don’t know what they don’t know in terms of what they might qualify for help), and for providing them with the food they need.
By allowing people to choose what’s right for themselves, we reduce the inevitable waste from one-size-fits-all approaches to providing food resources, and we reduce the stigma or feelings of judgment if someone has to explain why they need what they need.
This collaboration is in an effort to facilitate and design a community program that is not only responsive to real food access needs but is an innovative and proactive way to fight hunger and provide much-needed community support.
If you are interested in collaborating please reach out to us, any funds you donate are appreciated and are a vital part of making food accessibility for all a reality.
Thank you,
RNA & The Little Herds Team
If you are interested in collaborating please reach out to us, any funds you donate are appreciated and are a vital part of making food accessibility for all a reality.
Thank you,
RNA & The Little Herds Team
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