Healthy Eating & Meals

ECS runs an open choice pantry, cooks and distributes nutritious meals to the elderly in Philadelphia, and provides nutrition education programs

Programs Health + Wellness Healthy Eating & Meals

Food insecurity is not new to the region. ECS has seen a sharp increase in the number of people seeking emergency food since the great recession. The community needs remain great, and local families are increasingly looking to ECS as a reliable source of food.

Feed Your Potential

The Feed Your Potential 365 Club is still accepting enrollees! Learn and gain tools to help you find the path to a happier and healthier you through food.

Details: Virtual. Tuesdays 6pm-7pm on Zoom. To register for this FYP365 series, click HERE.

Mission Meals & Market

ECS operates Mission Meals & Market in the Carroll Park area of West Philadelphia. Families grappling with food insecurity can shop the open choice pantry Monday through Friday, between the hours of 10 am and 2 pm. This dignity base program provides a space where families can shop for fresh fruit, vegetables, meats, dairy, non-perishables, and common household goods. Families are also welcome to participate in the nutrition-based education programs offered by our partners.

Cook-Off

Once a week, volunteers gather at St. Barnabas Mission to assemble over 200 nutritious dinners to be distributed to frail elders in Philadelphia. Volunteers may never meet the people who enjoy their meals, but they have the satisfaction of knowing that they have provided welcome and necessary nutrition to those who cannot provide for themselves. Cook-Off came into being through the efforts of the Community Outreach Partnership and Trinity Memorial Church, and came under the auspices of ECS in January 2016. View this ECS Cook-off video here.

Snap-Ed: The Breakfast Club

  • In partnership with Health Promotion Council, ECS offers IN PERSON nutrition education classes.  This program features a nutrition education lesson, a live cooking demo, and weekly door prizes.  FREE breakfast is provided before each lesson.
  • Details: Thursdays, 9:30a – 10:30a.  Breakfast is served starting at 9:00a. Click here to register and learn more.

Diabetes Prevent Program

  • Prevent T2 is an IN PERSON lifestyle change program that focuses on achieving small goals in hopes to prevent or reduce your risk for type 2 Diabetes.  This program features a trained Prevent T2 lifestyle coach, peer support and encouragement, educational lessons, and weekly door incentives.
  • Details: TBD. Click here to register and learn more.