GRANT BOOSTS FARMERS’ MARKET

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.