Fresh Vibes Market
Disaster Relief
TCAH’s latest enterprise is the Fresh Vibes Market. Thanks to the overwhelming generosity of the Brooklyn Borough President’s Office, we were able to purchase a custom RV to help us more easily serve individuals and families in need across the New York metropolitan area. It is our goal to use this vehicle to impart knowledge, change behaviors, and provide access to nutritious food to those who are currently isolated by geographic, socioeconomic, and personal barriers to our services.
This brand new unit is equipped with a mobile classroom, a benefits access area, produce storage bins, as well as a cooktop and refrigerated areas for the storage of prepared foods. This allows us to offer a wide variety of services in a single stop, including one-on-one benefits counseling, tax preparation and filing, SNAP screenings, fitness classes, nutrition workshops, cooking demos, as well as fresh produce and other healthful foods. The Fresh Vibes Market also serves as a low-priced farmers’ market stocked with fruits and vegetables grown at our own Urban Agro-Ecological Centers.
With the new Fresh Vibes Market vehicle, we expect to continue making progress in fighting obesity, diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, and other chronic diet-preventable illnesses, just as we have been doing for the past 20 years.