food security & nutrition

I've worked with the alex for 2 years. We give our clients something that they don't get anywhere else. Amongst our services we help our patients with food and nutrition program. No matter what age you are, you can forget how to eat well… or worse, can’t afford to.

Clients can get a free hamper containing healthy food items. And the C.A.N.S program means once a month seniors can order food items at wholesale prices. That can make a big difference.

One patient actually even took over a patch of dirt outside our space, and made it into a vegetable garden. Potatoes, carrots… a bit of lettuce. What a difference just this little patch of land has made to him.

– Mandy (Staff)