10/26/2026
20 cycles of Veggie Rx, and the party's just getting started. 🎉 🥦
Last week, we celebrated our partner SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital - Shawnee on a milestone that’s bigger than one program. The latest Pottawatomie County Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) found that about 1 in 4 of us are dealing with food insecurity or are at risk of it. Veggie Rx is one of the ways we’re closing that gap.
Since 2020, nearly 700 people have taken part, getting free weekly produce from FireLake Foods, cooking and nutrition classes with a registered dietitian, and health screenings before and after.
The results speak for themselves. 96% of participants had enough food for their family during the program, 72% are eating more fruits and veggies daily, and about half lowered their A1C. That’s hundreds of folks changing their own lives, one bite at a time.
We’ve been in the kitchen with Veggie Rx since day one, helping get it off the ground in 2020 and pitching in on cooking demos ever since. Watching SSM Health grow it has been a joy.
Here’s to 20 more cycles of fruits, veggies, and living a little, longer. 💙