Bounty & Soul

TOGETHER WE CONNECT, SHARE, AND CELEBRATE NUTRITIOUS FOOD, EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY.

PRODUCE TO THE PEOPLE IN 2022, 1,080,530 POUNDS OF FRESH PRODUCE AND NUTRITIOUS FOOD WAS DISTRIBUTED TO APPROXIMATELY 126,752 PARTICIPANTS THROUGH 2 WEEKLY DRIVE-THRU MARKETS, AN IN-PERSON NEIGHBORHOOD MARKET AND OUR FOOD BOX DELIVERY SERVICE. WE CONTINUED TO EXPERIENCE A MORE THAN DOUBLE PARTICIPATION RATE THAN PRE-PANDEMIC, A REFLECTION OF INCREASED REGIONAL FOOD INSECURITY, INCREASED INFLATION, AND THE NEGATIVE ECONOMIC FALLOUT POST COVID WE CONTINUED TO SEE GROWTH IN OUR HOME DELIVERY PROGRAM, DISTRIBUTING 20,225 HEALTHY FOOD BOXES TO HOUSEHOLDS THAT FACED TRANSPORTATION AND HEALTH BARRIERS. OUR UNCA EXTERNALLY VALIDATED ANNUAL SURVEY DEMONSTRATED THE SIGNIFICANT IMPACT WE HAD ON COMMUNITY FOOD SECURITY AND HEALTH AND WELLBEING. ACCORDING TO SURVEY DATA, 98% INCREASED THEIR FOOD SECURITY *IDENTIFIED BY RESPONDENTS REPORTING THAT WITHOUT BOUNTY & SOUL IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO ACCESS HEALTHY FOOD AND 99% RESPONDENTS REPORTED INCREASING THEIR CONSUMPTION OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES AS A DIRECT RESULT OF THIS ACCESS.

FARMERS ALLIANCE: IN 2022, WE COLLABORATED WITH 72 FARM PARTNERS AND DISTRIBUTED OVER 118,337 POUNDS OF LOCALLY GROWN FOOD. A SURVEY SHOWED THAT 98% OF OUR FARM PARTNERS WERE POSITIVELY IMPACTED BY OUR PARTNERSHIP. ROOTED IN HEALTH: A WHOLE PERSON HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAM INCLUDING WEEKLY CLASSES, COOKING DEMOS, RECIPES, NUTRITION INFORMATION, RESOURCES AND HEALTH COATHING. IN 2022 WE PROVIDED: 285 YOGA, EXERCISE AND HEALTH CLASSES 27,600 PRINTED RECIPES AND EDUCATION MATERIALS 27,000 SAMPLES PROVIDED AT COOKING DEMOS 95 % REPORTED THAT BOUNTY & SOUL HAD POSITIVELY IMPACTED THEIR HEALTH & WELLBEING AND 99% REPORTED ALWAYS FEELING VALUED.

GREEN APRONS: A PROGRAM DEDICATED TO YOUTH HEALTH AND EDUCATION. IN 2022 WE SPONSORED 4,800 GREEN APRONS YOUTH ACTIVITIES PROVIDED 3,350 CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES WITH NUTRITIOUS FOOD EACH MONTH HELD 18 IN-PERSON COOKING CLASSES 90% OF PARENTS AND/OR CAREGIVERS REPORTED THAT BOUNTY & SOUL SERVICES AND PROGRAMS IMPROVED THEIR CHILDREN'S HEALTH AND WELLBEING WHILE 97% REPORTED AN INCREASE IN THE CONSUMPTION OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES . WE PARTICIPATE IN THE NC DHHS MEDICAID PROGRAM HOP - HEALTHY OPPORTUNITY PILOT WHICH PROMOTES PREVENTION-BASED HEALTHY EATING AND NUTRITION. WE ALSO PROVIDE CULTURALLY ALIGNED FOODS, PROGRAMMING, LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION AND OTHER RESOURCES FOR THE LATINX COMMUNITY.