San Antonio, Texas-based Brighter Bites has received a $300,000 Empowering Health grant from UnitedHealthcare to expand its programming in the community.
The funding will help serve areas with high rates of food insecurity and diet-related diseases in the San Antonio area by providing fresh produce and nutrition education.
“Through our Empowering Health grants and local outreach efforts from UnitedHealthcare, we’re working with local organizations in the state to provide Texans with an interconnected system of clinical and social services that can produce better lifestyle outcomes and make the health system work better for everyone,” said Don Langer, CEO, UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of Texas.
Since launching its Empowering Health commitment in 2018, UnitedHealthcare has invested more than $51 million in grants, reaching more than 8 million people through partnerships with community-based organizations, including Brighter Bites, in 30 states and the District of Columbia.
“We are very grateful to be awarded this grant from UnitedHealthcare,” said Rich Dachman, CEO of Brighter Bites. “These funds along with the support of our various partners will allow us to empower more children and their families in San Antonio to make healthier food choices that will in turn enable the health and well-being of its community.”
Since launching in 2012, Brighter Bites has distributed more than 50 million pounds of produce and hundreds of thousands of nutrition education materials to more than 500,000 people through schools, after school programs and summer camps.
Since 2012, Brighter Bites has provided more than 50 million pounds of produce and millions of nutrition education materials to more than 500,000 people in Houston, Dallas, Austin, New York City, metro Washington, D.C., Southwest Florida, Salinas, Los Angeles and Bakersfield.
To learn more about Brighter Bites, visit brighterbites.org.
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