Welcome to the Healthier Choices Coalition!
Join us to increase access to healthier food and drinks, reduce hunger and prevent diabetes in Howard County. We need your help to make Howard County a better place to live!
Every family in Howard County deserves the opportunity to lead a healthy life, and that begins with access to quality, affordable and nutritious food. But too many of our neighbors are struggling to feed their families given the rise in food, housing and transportation costs and the need for higher-wage jobs.
We know food insecurity is also one of the biggest, often overlooked drivers of chronic diseases like diabetes — and it’s only getting worse with rising food costs and federal cuts to programs, like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which are key to combatting hunger. Families and neighbors across Howard County told us food access and chronic disease prevention are top priorities, and that we need more voices at the table to shape what comes next. Our coalition has had much success over the past few years, including advocating and securing funding for Roving Radish’s mobile market and partnering with HCPSS to improve school food. Please join the coalition to help us decide our next set of priorities.
About the Coalition
To ensure that every family can easily access quality, affordable and nutritious food, we must collaborate with as many partners as possible. The Healthier Choices Coalition brings together faith, business, community and health care groups that want to improve Howard County’s food environment.
Join our members, including:
- African American Community Roundtable
- American Heart Association
- B.FLY Collective
- Black Student Achievement Program – HCPSS
- Celebration Church
- Columbia (MD) Chapter of the Links, Inc.
- Community Ecology Institute
- Continental Societies, Inc. – Columbia, MD Chapter
- Harris & Associates
- Healthy Little Cooks
- The Horizon Foundation
- Howard County Head Start
- Howard County Housing Commission
- Howard County Library System
- JustLiving Advocacy, Inc.
- Korean American Senior Association of Howard County (KASA)
- Life Change AME Church Health and Wellness Ministry
- Life in the Hard Places Coaching
- Lindaben Foundation
- Maryland University of Integrative Health
- Patapsco Middle School PTA
- Peiying Chinese School
- Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc., Zeta Alpha Sigma Chapter
- Psi Omega Alumni Chapter of Iota Phi Theta Fraternity
- Roving Radish, Howard County Department of Agriculture
- Sobar, Inc.
- University of Maryland Extension, Howard County
Parents, leaders, neighbors and communities are coming together to demand change in Howard County. Join the Healthier Choices Coalition. Your voice matters.
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