The partners for Summer Food Program include:

Agency	Person	Role
Dig In! Yancey Community Garden	Kavita Hardy, Executive Director Andrew Weisberg, Food for All Coordinator	Lead
TRACTOR Food & Farms	Sierra Bryant, Operations Manager Alyssa Austin, Program Manager Andrew Snavely, Outreach Manager	Lead
Rec House	John Miller, Executive Director	Lead
Partners Aligned Toward Health	Schell McCall, Executive Director Hannah Robinson Michael, Healthy Lifestyles Program Manager Donna Sink, Healthy Lifestyles Program Coordinator	Lead
NC Cooperative Extension	Niki Maness, Extension Agent, Family and Consumer Sciences	Lead
Yancey County Transportation Authority	Michael Harris, Director	Support
AMY Regional Library Bookmobile	Jamie McCabe, Bookmobile & Outreach Librarian	Support
Yancey County Schools	School counselors	Support
Head Start		Support
Blue Ridge Healthy Families		Support
Community Volunteers		Support

The Summer Food Program was identified as an action, that when combined with other actions in our community, has a reasonable chance of making a difference in food insecurity and access to food outcomes in Yancey County. The program is unique in that food is delivered directly to the doorstep of local families. This is an ongoing program in our community. 

The customers for this program are Yancey County families with children in the home. Families are identified and enrolled in the program with support from community partners, including Yancey County Schools, Head Start, and Blue Ridge Healthy Families. The Summer Food Program aims to make a difference at the individual change level. Implementation will take place every other week during the summer months.

Between June and August of this year, the Summer Food Program provided six weeks of food to 145 families, including 317 children. Food was shared via delivery to the homes of enrolled families or families could pick up their food from TRACTOR Food & Farms. In total, the Summer Food Program delivered over 13,000 pounds of dry goods and 7,000 pounds of produce to families. Thirty different varieties of fruits and vegetables were available, including beautiful fresh berries, tomatoes, green beans, potatoes, eggplant, and more. This year’s program was made possible thanks to 323 hours of volunteer time.

The Summer Food Program provided 6 delivery days of fresh produce and dry goods to 96 families this summer. This program also held Student Choice Markets weekly at local schools where summer school students could self-select produce to take home to their families.