PROJECT OPEN HAND impact report Fiscal Year 2019
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-a- Our Mission: To improve health outcomes and quality of life by providing nutritious meals to the sick and vulnerable, caring for and educating our community.
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-b- or 34 years, with open hands and open hearts, this special organization has served those struggling with Fillness in our community. Though Project Open Hand began in the kitchen of San Francisco resident and retired food-service employee Ruth Brinker, our work now reaches across the Bay to Alameda County. Serving 338,258 communal meals and 573,966 medically tailored meals a year, we provide services on a continuum.
We consider our meals and accompanying services to be a medical nutrition home for our clients – providing nutrition, support, connections and resources that put them on a path to better health and prevent future illness or health decline.
Letter from the ceo Working toward this goal, Project Open Hand is a leader of advocacy efforts on the state and national levels. As a founding member of the California Food is Medicine Coalition, we advance the concept of food as medicine OUR IMPACT by educating and encouraging the medical community to address key dietary needs and changes for patients. We are • Improved Health Outcomes working to coordinate with health insurance companies to cover nutrition as a cost effective preventative measure and • Decreased Costs treatment option for those with serious illnesses. • Decreased Emergency Department Visits We greatly appreciate the friendship and support of all our donors and partners and look forward to growing our • Decreased Hospitalizations services and replicating our model throughout the Bay and Re-Admissions Area, the State and beyond. • Increased Social/Emotional Well-being • Decreased Isolation From Day One, we have partnered with the community Paul Hepfer to achieve this impact. Chief Executive Officer Project Open Hand
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oakland
730 Polk Street
338,258 san francisco Communal 573,966 Meals Medically Tailored Meals includes groceries for meals.
Our impact over time:
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1921 San Pablo Avenue
7,862 Clients Served in Fiscal Year 934,434 9,070 2019 Total Total Meals Hands-on (across programs) Volunteers san francisco
Project Open Hand is a pioneer in the “Food is Medicine” movement sweeping the country.
Research consistently shows: fresh, nutritious meals delivered consistently improves health outcomes for individuals living with chronic medical conditions.
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