Squamish Farmer's Market Coupon Program

I spent a couple of hours at the Squamish Farmer's Market today manning a booth for Squamish Helping Hands Society. The Farmers Market has been a great community partner and supporter of Helping Hands' food rescue and redistribution program, and the Drop in centre and shelter. Today was about talking to people at the market to bring awareness to the community about the issues of food access, poverty and homelessness. We signed up a few new volunteers for Helping Hands, accepted donations and as always, many of the vendors donated some of their produce to Helping Hands for the shelter and food program.

Another great program at the Market is The Squamish Farmers Market Coupon Program. Click on the video link below and you'll see Carolyn morris describe this program. It's the last week of the market so a lot of coupons were redeemed today.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZNmyzH29SM

This program not only gets healthy foods into lower income families' homes but also supports our local BC food producers and the Farmer's market. Thousands of coupon dollars were spent today at the market. Squamish Savings/VanCity, another incredible community partner, sponsored the program to the tune of $15,000.

Don't forget the winter market at the Roundhouse at the Railway Park starts Nov. 20.