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Cooking Demos & Farmers Markets: Supporting Seniors at National Church Residences Outreach Stories

Cooking Demos & Farmers Markets: Supporting Seniors at National Church Residences

Cooking Demos & Farmers Markets: Supporting Seniors at National Church Residences Wholesome Wave Georgia (WWG) brings cooking demonstrations and farmers markets to National Church Residences locations across Metro Atlanta, helping Older Adults access fresh, healthy food while supporting aging in place and fighting ageism.  In 2024, WWG served 680 residents, and in 2025, we’re on track to reach over 1,200…
March 31, 2025
Your Health Vision, Your Way Outreach Stories

Your Health Vision, Your Way

Your Health Vision, Your Way: How Vision Boards Empower Older Adults to Take Charge of Their Well-Being Aging should be about thriving, not just surviving, and older adults deserve the power to define their own path as they age in place. That’s why Wholesome Wave Georgia (WWG) launched Your Health Vision, an initiative designed to help seniors visualize and take…
March 31, 2025
Redefining Healthy Aging Outreach Stories

Redefining Healthy Aging

Redefining Healthy Aging: Empowering Seniors to Lead Their Own Health Journey Aging is not just about physical health, it’s about embracing life in a way that feels fulfilling, meaningful, and wholesome. That’s why Wholesome Wave Georgia (WWG) develops programming that empowers Older Adults to take charge of their own health journey. This initiative fights internalized ageism, encouraging seniors to envision…
March 31, 2025
Pets Make A Home Outreach Stories

Pets Make A Home

Enhancing Economic Stability for Seniors Through Pet Support. Pets provide companionship, reduce stress, and improve well-being, especially for Older Adults. However, pet care costs can be a burden—over 55% of adults aged 50 to 80 own pets, and nearly 18% struggle with expenses. To ease this financial strain, Wholesome Wave Georgia (WWG) partnered with the Atlanta Humane Society to provide…
March 31, 2025
Meet Mike Outreach Stories

Meet Mike

Meet Michael: Building Community Through Respect, Engagement, and Empowerment.  At Wholesome Wave Georgia (WWG), our neighbors are at the heart of everything we do. Since 2021, our dedicated Community Developer Michael, has led the way in creating programs that honor, respect, and empower Older Adults age in place and fight ageism. His approach, known as the Make Community Model, is…
March 31, 2025
FARM Rx Porch Chat Number 7: Laraine Porch Chat

FARM Rx Porch Chat Number 7: Laraine

FARM Rx: Wholesome Wave Georgia’s place based Food for Health Program in Athens, Georgia.  Laraine’s Story  Laraine was born in south Florida in a small town near Miami. Both of her parents worked full-time throughout her childhood and her mother would spend weekday evenings at night school getting her masters degree in education; this left Laraine in charge of preparing…
March 27, 2025
FARM Rx Porch Chat Number 6: Araceli Porch Chat

FARM Rx Porch Chat Number 6: Araceli

FARM Rx: Wholesome Wave Georgia’s place based Food for Health Program in Athens, Georgia.  Araceli’s Story  Araceli was born in Mexico and moved to the US when she was 14 years old. She recalls that everything, in Mexico, was alive: “My dad used to grow corn. He planted tomatoes, he planted chili, he planted beans. You find life in Mexico…
March 27, 2025
FARM Rx Porch Chat Number 5: Brady Lotane Porch Chat

FARM Rx Porch Chat Number 5: Brady Lotane

FARM Rx: Wholesome Wave Georgia’s place based Food for Health Program in Athens, Georgia.  Brady’s Story  Brady grew up in Watkinsville, GA, and was introduced to gardening by his grandmother, Mimo, who had a large vegetable garden in her backyard. When he was 12 years old, he remembers being photographed for the Oconee county paper holding one of her prize-winning…
March 27, 2025
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Clarkson Library Event Outreach

Clarkson Library Event

We'll also be setting up an info booth at the Clarkston Library in Decatur on Tuesday, November 14, from 11:00am to 1:00pm to answer questions about WWG services, including general assistance with government benefits like SNAP and Medicaid. We hope to see you there! Date: Tuesday, November 14, 2023Time: 11am-1pmLocation: 951 N Indian Creek Dr, Clarkston, GA 30021
October 26, 2023
The Green Market Outreach

The Green Market

We'll be at The Green Market in Atlanta on Saturday, December 9, from 9:00am to 1:00pm giving surveys to shoppers who use their EBT card to purchase produce from vendors - take our survey, and you'll receive a $20 Visa gift card! We'll also be available to answer questions about WWG services, including general assistance with government benefits like SNAP…
October 23, 2023
Peachtree Road Farmers Market Outreach

Peachtree Road Farmers Market

We'll be at Peachtree Road Farmers Market in Atlanta on Saturday, December 2, from 8:30am to 12:00pm giving surveys to shoppers who use their EBT card to purchase produce from vendors - take our survey, and you'll receive a $20 Visa gift card! We'll also be available to answer questions about WWG services, including general assistance with government benefits like…
October 23, 2023
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Freedom Farmers Market Outreach

Freedom Farmers Market

We'll be at Freedom Farmers Market in Atlanta on Saturday, November 18, from 8:30am to 12:00pm giving surveys to shoppers who use their EBT card to purchase produce from vendors - take our survey, and you'll receive a $20 Visa gift card! We'll also be available to answer questions about WWG services, including general assistance with government benefits like SNAP…
October 23, 2023
Melanie Pineda Stories

Melanie Pineda

Between teaching yoga, working at a local school as an assistant teacher and yoga/art teacher, raising her daughter, and working as a translator and market ambassador at the Woodstock Farm Fresh Market, Melanie Pineda stays pretty busy in her community. Melanie was born in Georgia but grew up in South America. She moved to Woodstock around 12 years ago and…
August 31, 2023
Denise Warfield Stories

Denise Warfield

Denise Warfield shops for 50% off fresh local produce with SNAP and Georgia Fresh For Less at Lithonia Farmers Market. On a typical day at the Lithonia Farmers Market, you will find Mr. and Ms. Brother Mohammad selling their sweetest onions, Keeyah Gardens pushing their homegrown pickles, and you will not have to go far to also find Denise Warfield…
August 31, 2023
Suzie Stories

Suzie

She serves as a FoodCorps leader at the Wylde Center, connecting kids to healthy food, so they can lead healthier lives and reach their full potential. Suzie’s passion for good food began to grow during her college years. After bouncing around between school, Palestine, and Israel, she left college to work on a farm in Virginia. These experiences shaped her…
August 31, 2023
Stephanie Baquetti Stories

Stephanie Baquetti

Fresh produce purchased by Georgia Fresh For Less participant Stephanie Baquetti at Mableton Farmers Market. Activist. Community leader. Gardener. Teacher. Mother. These are just some of the hats that Stephanie Baquetti has worn throughout her life. Her passion for nutrition and food justice began as an elementary school teacher; she personally made it her mission to feed her young students…
August 31, 2023
Nancy Stories

Nancy

She was retired and living off of her Social Security, but suddenly found herself at risk of losing her home. Unfortunately, like thousands of other Gwinnett County residents, she lost her home as a result of the 2008 mortgage crisis. Nancy realized she needed help, so she turned to SNAP and affordable housing for support. Nancy had a stereotypical view…
August 31, 2023
David Weiner Stories

David Weiner

David Weiner purchasing double the amount of local tomatoes with Georgia Fresh For Less at Cotton Mill Farmers Market. Just call David Weiner the expert on all things bugs. He was a founding member of the Integrative Pest Management Committee for the state of New York and worked as an insect control specialist for over 30 years. Through this work,…
August 31, 2023
Yvonne Stories

Yvonne

Like millions of Georgians, Yvonne and her family are food insecure. With only $6.70 a day to spend on food, higher-priced fresh and nutritious foods are out of reach for her family. Inaccessibility of fresh, healthy food puts them at an even higher risk for chronic, diet-related disease. “Number 1: I have high blood pressure, Number 2: I have arthritis,…
August 31, 2023