Oakland County
Sept 4 – Oakland County Health Partnership’s Annual Senior Market Day
September 4 – The annual Senior Market Day of Oakland County Well being Partnership
Waterford, Mi – Oakland County’s Wholesome Oakland Partnership (HOP) encourages residents of provinces to take part of their annual senior market day occasion. Residents of Oakland County 60 years and older who take part obtain a 5 -dollar coupon to spend on merchandise at taking part farmers markets.
“Senior Market Day occasions join our older adults immediately with native farmers and contemporary, Michigan Grown Produce,” stated Kate Guzman, well being officer at Oakland County Well being Division. “If you happen to’ve by no means visited a farmers market, Senior Market Day is an effective way to come back out and store domestically.”
Senior Market Day will happen on Thursday, September 4 on the Oakland County Farmers Market (2350 Pontiac Lake Highway, Waterford) from 8 a.m. – 1 p.m.
5 {dollars} coupons for merchandise are distributed on the idea of who comes first, grinds first and have to be used throughout the occasion. The distribution ends half-hour earlier than the market closes and no registration is required. The farmers’ markets additionally supply double meals geese, which corresponds to cash spent with a bridge card/EBT as much as $ 20. Along with $ 5 coupons for merchandise, a wide range of assets and further well being data on web site might be obtainable for older adults.
The market days this yr are made partly attainable by age, Blue Cross Full from Michigan, Blue Cross Blue Protect by Michigan, Henry Ford West Bloomfield and Trinity Well being.
For extra data, go to www.oakgov.com/health@Publichealthoc on Fb and Twitter, or contact Kelsey Merz at merzk@oakgov.com or (248) 365-8954.
Wholesome Oakland Partnership (Hop)
Wholesome Oakland Partnership (Hop) was launched in 2009 by Oakland County Well being Division as a collaboration between the native authorities, hospitals, care suppliers, group organizations, corporations and residents who work on growing and selling alternatives for wholesome consuming and bodily actions.
Hop began in 2009 with organizing household market days to contain total households in wholesome consuming practices and encourage bodily exercise. The partnership expanded with older adults in 2017 by organizing senior market days.
