School Pantries
Get Healthy Utah received a three-year grant (2019-2022) from the Utah Cancer Action Network to increase access to fruit and vegetables among K-12 students and unsheltered children. During the grant cycle, Get Healthy Utah:
- Created a database of every school pantry in 8 school districts along the Wasatch Front
- Created a database of every resource center in Salt Lake County
- Conducted interviews to determine the needs of school pantries, resource centers, and donors
- Created a Healthy School Pantries Toolkit. Distributed it to 322 principals and 850 PTA members
- Donated over 6,500 servings of fruits and vegetables
- Provided 35 mini-grants to schools and resource centers to improve the nutritional value of food offered in their emergency food pantries and snack programs
To learn more, view our Project Report HERE
