Franciscan Health Olympia Fields offers free Produce Rx Program

Registration is now open for the Franciscan Health Produce Prescription Program in Olympia Fields, which aims to assist with chronic disease management.

Upon successful completion of the free, six-week program, participants will receive monthly fresh produce vouchers for six months.

Participants must have type 1 or type 2 diabetes, heart disease or high blood pressure; have moderate to high food insecurity as determined by a screening process and complete a four-week Cooking Matters course. Participants need not be patients within the Franciscan Health system to participate.

The program will meet weekly from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Central on Mondays from July 14 through Aug. 18 at Franciscan Health Olympia Fields in the GME 1 Room, 20201 Crawford Ave. in Olympia Fields.

The deadline to register is July 5. To register and for more information, contact Community Health Improvement Coordinator Justin Davis at Justin.Davis@franciscanalliance.org or (708) 855-7692.

The Produce Prescription Program is made possible in part through donations to the Franciscan Health Foundation’s Food Insecurity Fund. For more information or to donate, go online or call the Franciscan Health Foundation at (708) 852-2430.