CHER Associate and third-year medical student, Hayley Cunningham, was recently interviewed by Southern Neighbor, a Chapel Hill based news website and publication. In order to help community flourish, Cunningham developed UNC Flourish, a program that strives to equip low-income individuals and families with the knowledge, skills, and support they need to eat well. She says she wants to do her best to help people find health – wherever they are in life.
A year ago, she saw a need for students in the School of Medicine to better understand the contexts of patients with whom they were interacting. The idea for UNC Flourish was born.
UNC Flourish partners with the Inter-Faith Food Shuttle (IFFS) to offer extra Cooking Matters at the Store classes. Effectively, the project acts as a point of access between IFFS and the UNC student population.
Read the full story in Southern Neighbor here.