HAPCAP For Health Mobile Food Distribution

HAPCAP For Health Mobile Food Distribution

On September 30^th from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., Hocking Athens Perry Community Action (HAPCAP) will be hosting a food distribution at 154 Co. Rd. 450, South Point, Ohio 45680 (the old Grandview Inn). Food items will be given to families who are residents of Lawrence County and within 200% of the Federal Poverty Guidelines.

This event is facilitated by HAPCAP for Health, a HAPCAP initiative designed to improve health outcomes in Southeast Ohio. Food items will be sourced and distributed by the Southeast Ohio Foodbank, also a HAPCAP program.

The Lawrence County Health Department will be on site to administer COVID-19 vaccines to attendees who wish to receive one. Those 18 and older with Medicaid MCP (CareSource, Buckeye, Molina, or United Healthcare Community Plan) and receiving their first dose of the vaccine will receive a $100 gift card. Community information booths will also be available to share resources and program information. Attendees will be able to speak with representatives of the following organizations: Ironton-Lawrence Community Action, Early Childhood Academy, COAD4Kids, PAC, and Early Intervention.

Pre-registration is required to attend the food distribution portion of this event. Visit freshtrak.com and enter your Lawrence County zip code. Photo I.D. and proof of residency no more than 60 days old is required. Household income is self-declared on site at the event. Please contact the Southeast Ohio Foodbank at (740) 385-6813 or at [email protected] with questions on registration.

HAPCAP will be collaborating with Facing Hunger on two additional distributions this fall. Details for an October 28^th distribution and a November 18^th distribution will be announced at a later date.

For more information on this event and any of HAPCAP’s programs, please call Claire Gysegem, Public Relations Coordinator, at (740) 767-4500, or email [email protected].