

Bruce Baker
- Aug 31, 2017
Lunch and Learn Brings Food, Learning, and Summer Fun to Takoma Park Children
For 6 weeks this summer 181 children who could not afford to go to a summer camp participated in Takoma Park Lunch and Learn. The program provides free breakfast and lunch and lots of fun summer activities. There were trips to the Piney Branch pool for swimming classes. There was a Lunch and Learn intramural competitive basketball game where they enjoyed popcorn, made signs and banners, and made up cheers to support their teams. There were arts and crafts activities and a ch


Bruce Baker
- Aug 17, 2017
Healthy Long Branch Partners Launch Long Branch Healthy Food Access Program
Food insecurity is a prominent health issue in Long Branch and research shows that when people
with diabetes cannot get reliable access to healthy food their health suffers. CHEER has
partnered with health care providers, Washington Adventist Hospital and Mobile Med, and local
food providers, Manna Food Center and Crossroads Community Food Network, to establish a bi-
directional referral system in which food insecure people with diabetes get 3 months of weekly
distributi