BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20160512T140000Z DTEND:20160512T170000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Crossing Healthcare Gardens Planting Day DESCRIPTION:Crossing Healthcare Gardens\, a partnership between Crossing Healthcare\, Mercy Gardens with Good Samaritan Inn\, is hosting a planting day on Thursday\, May 12\, 2016\, from 9 a.m.-noon. Volunteers and the community are welcome to attend planting day.\n\n\n\nLocated on the corner of East Central Avenue and North Warren Street (across from the main entrance of Crossing Healthcare)\, Crossing Healthcare Gardens will improve accessibility in an otherwise urban food desert and will increase access to fresh produce for Crossing Healthcare patients and residents of Decatur and Macon County.\n\n\n\n"As a community healthcare organization\, Crossing Healthcare is committed to giving our patients access to the tools including fresh produce they need to live healthier lives\," said Dana Ray\, MD\, Crossing Healthcare chief medical officer. "To offer that right across the street is an amazing opportunity for our patients and the entire community."\n\n\n\nThe produce harvested from the garden will be available to patients\, community members\, and employees in a variety of ways:\n\n The providers at Crossing Healthcare will be able to write a prescription for fresh produce to patients who will in turn redeem their prescription at the Crossing Healthcare Gardens across the street. \n A farmers market during harvest season will take WIC vouchers\, LINK (SNAP benefits)\, debit and credit cards\, and cash to help make the healthy choice the easy choice.\n Incentive programs and educational programs\, dietitian-led produce-to-table classes\, and money-saving programs will be made available to patients of Crossing Healthcare.\n\n\n\nTo find out more about Crossing Healthcare Gardens planting day\, including how to volunteer\, call Crossing Healthcare at (217) 877-9117.\n\n\n\nAbout Crossing Healthcare\n\nCrossing Healthcare is a federally qualified health center that provides primary outpatient healthcare. Since 1972\, Crossing Healthcare has been operating as a non-profit organization serving Decatur and Macon County and striving to make the community a healthier one by providing medical care to men\, women\, and children of all ages with and without health insurance. The organization employs more than 80 people and treats over 12\,000 people each year. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
\nCrossing Healthcare Gardens\, a partnership between Crossing Healthcare\, Mercy Gardens with Good Samaritan Inn\, is hosting a planting day on Thursday\, May 12\, 2016\, from 9 a.m.-noon. Volunteers and the community are welcome to attend planting day.
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\nLocated on the corner of East Central Avenue and North Warren Street (across from the main entrance of Crossing Healthcare)\, Crossing Healthcare Gardens will improve accessibility in an otherwise urban food desert and will increase access to fresh produce for Crossing Healthcare patients and residents of Decatur and Macon County.
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\n&ldquo\;As a community healthcare organization\, Crossing Healthcare is committed to giving our patients access to the tools&mdash\;including fresh produce&mdash\;they need to live healthier lives\,&rdquo\; said Dana Ray\, MD\, Crossing Healthcare chief medical officer. &ldquo\;To offer that right across the street is an amazing opportunity for our patients and the entire community.&rdquo\;
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\nThe produce harvested from the garden will be available to patients\, community members\, and employees in a variety of ways:\n\n
\nTo find out more about Crossing Healthcare Gardens planting day\, including how to volunteer\, call Crossing Healthcare at (217) 877-9117.
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\nAbout Crossing Healthcare
\nCrossing Healthcare is a federally qualified health center that provides primary outpatient healthcare. Since 1972\, Crossing Healthcare has been operating as a non-profit organization serving Decatur and Macon County and striving to make the community a healthier one by providing medical care to men\, women\, and children of all ages with and without health insurance. The organization employs more than 80 people and treats over 12\,000 people each year. LOCATION:Corner of East Central Avenue and North Warren Street (across from Crossing Healthcare Main Entrance) UID:e.1825.3047 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260410T181553Z URL:http://business.decaturchamber.com/events/details/crossing-healthcare-gardens-planting-day-05-12-2016-3047 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR