The popular Wednesday Farmers Market of Norwalk Community Health Center Inc. (NCHC) will extend its season in 2022 through Thanksgiving. The nonprofit health center has been awarded a grant from Fairfield County”™s Community Foundation, which supports the health center”™s Farmers”™ Market Voucher Program, a keystone of the health center”™s focus on the well-being of patients and their families.
The patients-only weekly voucher program, only valid for produce at the Farmers”™ Market, stretches fresh-food dollars for patients struggling to make ends meet. The vouchers can be combined with other discounts for which a patient may qualify, to further boost fresh-produce spending power.
Open to the public every Wednesday until Thanksgiving from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the NCHC parking lot in Norwalk, the Farmers”™ Market accepts credit cards, debit cards and cash.
The Norwalk Community Health Center is federally qualified and provides comprehensive health care to more than 12,000 unique patients each year.
