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GRPS Summer Meals Program NOW AVAILABLE!
Summer Meals Program FREE for children up to 18 years old.
Hunger doesn’t take a summer vacation, which is why the Grand Rapids Public Schools Nutrition Services Department will be sponsoring the USDA funded Summer Meals Program this summer at multiple GRPS schools and community locations throughout the city. Serving times vary by location and are subject to change. Pick up a nutritious lunch. Check with the site for snack and breakfast availability. Sites may also have exciting summer activities scheduled for your child.
For more information , click HERE or call (616) 819-2135.
Need food? Get help over the phone.
The F.O.R. Helpline provides assistance over the phone with filing a DHHS application. They are open Monday-Friday from 9am-5pm. They have interpreters too! No computers needed!
Last farmers market of the season Saturday Nov. 7
11 a.m. – 4 p.m. at MLK Jr. Park, 900 Fuller Ave. SE 49506
Last chance to visit the Southeast Area Farmers Market is Saturday Nov. 7. Have you tried the wares of Chef Boi Boi Seasoning or Shea Buttercups by TahLee? They and other vendors will be on hand to serve you.
If you have Double Up Food Bucks left, now is a good time to spend them! Our market warmly welcomes SNAP, EBT, WIC and many other assistance and coupon programs.
Only 2 more farmers’ market days: Oct. 24 & Nov. 7
11 a.m. – 4 p.m. at MLK Jr. Park, 900 Fuller Ave. SE 49506
This Saturday at the Southeast Area Farmers Market:
Urban Core Collective is providing voter information!
Stop by the Southeast Area Farmers Market Saturday Oct. 24 for organic, fresh, local produce from Groundswell Farm, tasty cottage kitchen goods, and handcrafted personal care items and crafts. If you have Double Up Food Bucks left, now is a good time to spend them! (Our market warmly welcomes SNAP, EBT, WIC and many other assistance and coupon programs.
Farmers Market at MLK Jr. Park Saturday!
Stop by for organic, fresh, local produce from Groundswell Farm, tasty cottage kitchen goods, and handcrafted personal care items and crafts.
Ask our market manager, Belinda Hendersen, about ordering bulk whole foods with us, e.g. dry beans, whole grain flours, nuts and seeds, pasta, rice and more..
Items are ordered from Country Life Natural Foods, a supplier to Michigan food co-ops. View the entire PDF Catalog here. Place your order by emailing media@oOKTjustice.org or in person at the market. Orders will be available for pick-up at the market on October 10.
As the Southeast Area Farmers’ Market accepts Bridge card/SNAP/EBT, its patrons using these programs will be able to buy bulk food items at the market along with fresh, local fruits, vegetables and herbs. The market offers some bulk foods for direct purchase as well. By ordering together, minimum purchase requirements for free delivery are met. Food orders will not be marked up from the catalog price. And, OKT is not adding any kind of fee to orders.
Free workshop at farmers market shares how to make your own personal care items
Make Your Own
Personal Care Items
12 – 2 p.m. Sat. Sept. 12
Market hours: 11am. -4p.m.
Southeast Area Farmers’ Market at MLK Park,
900 Fuller Ave. SE 49506
Are you tired of paying too much for your personal care items? Does the list of chemical ingredients scare you? (It should!) Come to the Southeast Area Farmers’ Market Saturday and learn how to make your own!
Ms. Yvonne Woodard, market manager and vendor, has been making her own personal care products for years. She started doing so because of her health — she simply could not physically tolerate store-bought, chemical laden products.
Stop by and learn her tried-and-true recipes for the products living closest to your body!
DTE Energy will be at the market sharing energy saving resources. Urban Core Collective will be helping patrons register to vote.
Yoga at Joe Taylor Park market
Southeast Area Farmers Market at Joe Taylor Park
6 – 8 p.m. Thursday Aug. 26
Last market at Joe Taylor Park this year!
Resilient Roots Wellness and The Grand Rapids Yoga Company will offer an All levels | All bodies | ALL people YOGA class during the market tonight. The socially-distanced yoga class is 
trauma-sensitive and donation-based: In your times of abundance, pay more to accommodate those in need, in times of need-pay less.
Stop by the market, load up on healthy food, and build your wellness!
#gryoco #resillientroots
Urban Foraging Workshop at Market Saturday
Southeast Area Farmers Market
12 – 2 p.m. Saturday Aug. 22
MLK Jr. Park, 900 Fuller Ave. SE 49506
Stop by for organic, fresh, local produce from Groundswell Farm, tasty cottage kitchen goods, and handcrafted personal care items and crafts.
Did you know that many of the native species we see around us (and label as weeds) once were a prize source of both food and medicine? On Saturday August 24, citizen forester and urban forager, Laura Casaletto, will share how to identify the edible plants growing in your Grand Rapids neighborhoods. She has been using foraging as a means to supplement her family’s food budget for many years.
Farmers Market st Joe Taylor Park Thursday
The Southeast Area Farmers Market meets from 6 – 8 p.m. Thursday Aug. 13 at Joe Taylor Park! Along with fresh local produce and other goodies, The Urban Core Collective will be there to offer voter registration.
