There are many people, programs, and organizations in Hamilton County providing essential resources to keep our neighbors safe and healthy. Your donations help them continue caring for our community.

Support the Hamilton Healthy Food Connections Program during its fifth year

As a rural area with few grocery options, central Hamilton County farmers markets are critical vectors for distributing food. During the pandemic, they became even more essential. In 2020, the Hamilton Healthy Food Connections program offered $20 local food vouchers to all Hamilton County seniors relying on delivered meals from the Warren/Hamilton County Office of the Aging meal sites and to Hamilton County Community Action food pantry clients. Since 2020, the Hamilton Health Food Connections program has distributed over $9,000 of local food vouchers to Hamilton County seniors.

By offering these nutrition certificates to all of our county’s seniors and residents in need, we ensured more Hamilton County residents access to fresh, healthy food grown locally. In 2020, we distributed over $1,200 in produce to local people, and have been able to continue this since.

This program represents the ongoing collaboration between the Blue Mountain Center’s Hamilton Helps Project and the Indian Lake Community Development Corporation, the Warren/Hamilton County Office for the Aging, the Hamilton County Community Action Food Pantry, and Hamilton County's three farmers markets.

A donation of $20 allows an individual to bring home a week’s worth of farm fresh produce or meat this winter. To support the Hamilton Healthy Food Connections program, visit our Donate page and select this project. We hope you will help us reach our fundraising goal.