Calling all business owners and good food lovers: Now’s the time to sponsor a D.C.-area family trying to put more healthy, local food on the table. Sign on by this week to get your name and logo on farmers market materials all over Montgomery and Prince Georges counties.
Details below (cross posted from the Crossroads Community Food Network)
On June 4, Crossroads Farmers Market will open for our 8th season in our new, more visible, location. You can find us on Anne St. University Blvd. in Takoma Park, and we’re thrilled to welcome back all of our customers and vendors, along with some exciting new vendors.
For us to carry our success to our new location, we need not only our customers and our vendors – we also need your help. Over the past seven seasons, thanks to the support of our community, we’ve distributed over $240,000 in Fresh Checks, all of which have gone directly to low-income families to spend with local farmers.
Help us continue to offer Fresh Checks again this season. Go to crossroadscommunityfoodnetwork.org and click the “donate” button. Please consider signing up to make a monthly recurring donation. Just $20 per month over the course of a year will match farmers market SNAP (food stamp) purchases for one family for the entire 25-week Crossroads Farmers Market season.
The money you give will match funds spent with federal benefits so that low-income people in our community can have access to healthy, fresh, local produce. Our goal for the 2014 market season is to provide $50,000 in Fresh Checks to our low-income customers. So far, we’ve raised $38,000—over 75%—through foundations and local government. Now, we are calling on our community to help us raise the final $12,000.
Your donations allow us to continue building a vibrant and inclusive local food system in the Takoma Langley Crossroads and beyond. We’re grateful for your support!
Rhea Kennedy Morgenstern, writer 