DERBY- Griffin Hospital and the Valley United Way will host a free cooking demonstration from 4 to 5 p.m. Aug. 2 at the Griffin Community Garden in front of the hospital, 130 Division St.
Chef Remo Santilli, Director of Food Services at Griffin Hospital, will demonstrate how to make a quick, easy and delicious summer dish which highlights some of the fresh vegetables in the Griffin Community Garden.
The event is free and open to everyone. For more information, call the Valley United Way at 203-926-9478.
The Griffin Community Garden is part of the Valley United Way’s Grow Your Own initiative, which helps bring fresh produce to residents who need assistance getting healthy food. With gardens in Derby, Ansonia, Seymour and Oxford, Grow Your Own is designed to engage Valley neighborhood residents to actively participate in selecting, planting, maintaining, harvesting, and preserving fresh, nutritious produce. The ultimate goal of this program is to help “food insecure” residents obtain healthy fruits and vegetables to supplement what they are currently getting from local food pantries – as well as to encourage neighborhood residents to start their own gardens and improve their eating habits, helping alleviate one of the biggest social obstacles to good health.
(This is a press release from Griffin Hospital)
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