In observance of National Nutrition Month — a nutrition education and information campaign sponsored each year by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics — Central North Alabama Health Services, Inc. (CNAHS) worked with the Food Bank of North Alabama to host two produce distribution events that included giving out COVID-19 at-home self-tests. Attendees received free produce and six tests. In total, CNAHS gave away 2,538 self-tests at the two events, which they received from the HRSA COVID-19 Testing Supply Program.
The first event, a drive-thru, took place in the parking lot of Huntsville Family Health Center on March 16. The second event, a walk-thru, took place in the parking lot of the Athens Family Health Center on March 22. At the first event, the organizers also demonstrated how to make canned chicken tortilla soup and gave attendees the recipe and ingredients. Read more.