We are excited to be partnering with Brenau University and their clinical students to offer routine health screenings and educational presentations as part of their clinical rotations. Students will be supervised by a qualified university faculty member as they provide these services on location of both GMFB programs and partner agency distributions. If you interest in participating in this type of program click the link below.
GMFB will now be carrying GNAP product on its inventory! You will now have access to shelf stable GNAP product weekly. It is our hope that by providing GNAP product to you directly that it will provide you ease of access.
Those agencies that are not currently participating in the GNAP program and would like more information, contact me at:
Approximately949,000 people in Georgia, or 12.1% of the adult population, have diagnosed diabetes.
An additional 234,000 people in Georgia have diabetes but don’t know it, greatly increasing their health risk.
There are 2,674,000 people in Georgia, 33.7% of the adult population, who haveprediabetes with blood glucose levels that are higher than normal but not yet high enough to be diagnosed as diabetes.
Every year an estimated 65,000 people in Georgia are diagnosed with diabetes.
They have donated 26,880 backpacks to 7 GMFB backpack agencies with an estimated value of over $24,000!
TIP: Did you know that transportation is a barrier to food access in both rural and urban areas alike?
Low or no vehicle access limits access to food. Providing alternative evening distribution hours and weekend hours can help.
Percent of low income individuals with limited vehicle access that live over 1 mile from a supermarket.
Dawson County - 22%
Forsyth County - 11%
Hall County - 19%
Lumpkin County - 32%
Union County - 31%
Nutrition Corner
Resource Corner
Healthy Tip Flyers Series
In partnership with Public Health we will be providing you with flyers promoting healthy tips and recipes that you can print off and provide to your guests at your distribution. They will be provided in both English and in Spanish. The series will run for 10 months. This resource and more are available in the Agency Toolkit on our website under Nutrition Resources folder. This is a great way to build relationships and a healthier community!
Ms. Proctor, the Director of the BB&T Center for Ethical Leadership at the Mike Cottrell College of Business at University of North Georgia (UNG) gave a very inspirational talk - Remembering Your Why
at last months Lumpkin County Family Connections meeting. It is worth the listen!!
