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Free workshop in Harrisburg teaches you how to create your own urban garden
Participants will learn how to grow vegetables, including kale, melons, cabbage, and sustainable living tips, to make soil using their own waste. Author: Jermaine Rowley (FOX43) Updated: 10:49 PM EDT June 6, 2021
HARRISBURG, Pa. Rafiyqa Muhammad, artistic director for Ngozi Inc. had a resolution for the shortage of markets in Harrisburg. You need to have transportation in Harrisburg to even get the fresh produce that we need. The corner stores are not a healthy way to eat and unfortunately, a lot of our families go to our local corner stores, said Muhammad. That also is part of enabling our poor health.
Patients R Waiting, Union Community Care target unvaccinated Black, Latino communities with summer clinics lancasteronline.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from lancasteronline.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The event was open to pre-registration and welcomed walk-ins. The program offers Spanish speakers to explain the vaccination process.
Janice Ness of York drove there to receive her first dose. She saw friends and relatives on Facebook receiving their vaccinations and knew it was time. Her advice was, “get it, my doctor recommended that I get it, get it.”
The Community-Accessible Testing & Education mobile unit will return to the area on Saturday, May 8, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at CASA located at 225 E. Princess St. in York.
Another vaccination drive will be held in Gettysburg on Monday, May, 10 at South Central Community Action, located at 153 N. Stratton St.
A volunteer at Farm Show Complex holding Crisis Response boxes. PHOTO SUBMITTED
WILLIAMSPORT – 500,000 individuals helped. 50 million meals provided. Elevated food insecurity in central Pennsylvania can be calculated in these staggering statistics. The Central Pennsylvania Food Bank saw demand for its charitable food assistance rise by nearly 40% since March 2020. With elevated demands for food, the Food Bank has relied on thousands of volunteers to help it meet this demand, and volunteers have responded. This April, the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank honors its more than 7,770 volunteers for their hard work and dedication throughout the COVID-19 pandemic as part of the national Volunteer Appreciation Month.