SHOW MOBILE MENU health & wellness program Home / Our Work / Health / Health & Wellness Program COVID-19 Update Due to COVID-19, our Health & Wellness program has cancelled all in-person social events, food demonstrations, senior field trips, and closed all public gardens and farms. As the pandemic continues to present increasing challenges around food security, all focus areas of the program have continued food work. Our healthy aging team is providing virtual programming. Everyone Deserves Health & Well-Being We believe that access to nutritious foods and wellness resources are essential to a person’s physical and mental health. Right now, the systems we all rely on are designed to create enormous barriers for people based on their income, race, spoken language, gender identity, and more, from accessing resources. Our Health & Wellness program aims to change that. We are creating opportunities for tenants and community members to access fresh produce through urban farming and free groceries through our community food pantries, achieve healthy aging through active living and evidence-based workshops, and foster community learning. Our Health & Wellness program is guided by Harm-Reduction and Trauma-Informed models, principles of Cultural Humility (see Our Approach), and the TNDC values of Collaboration, Equity, Excellence, Inclusion, and Integrity. The team is a core part of the Tenant & Community Services Department. Urban Agriculture Growing fresh produce in farms, fostering well-being through urban farming, and cultivating community space learn more Food & Nutrition Increasing the supply of healthy food, pairing food with nutrition education, and sharing the joy of cooking learn more Healthy Aging Building strength, promoting healthy living, and breaking down isolation for seniors aging in place learn more Image Our Work in Health & Wellness pounds of food 435K urban farms 12 food pantries 3 healthy aging participants 495 Program Stories Skip Carousel URBAN AGRICULTURE FOOD & NUTRITION HEALTHY AGING Image TNDC Webster Street People's Garden grows for the community The TNDC Webster Street People’s Garden is more than a new urban farm. Serving seniors living at the Rosa Parks and Willie B. Kennedy Apartments in the Western Addition, this green open space represents food security, equitable harvest distribution, and freedom from the stigma of standing in line for food. Image What We're Reading Much of our Food & Wellness work centers around the idea of food as medicine. We are working on innovative ways to encourage our neighbors to learn about healthy food and take their health journey into their own hands. read more Image Volunteer in the TNDC Tenderloin People's Garden Every week there are opportunities to volunteer in our community garden on the corner of Larkin and McAllister Street! Help us grow and harvest fresh produce that goes back to the community at no cost. volunteer with us Content Questions about the Health & Wellness Program? Contact our Health & Wellness Program Manager, Kamillah Gallofin (pronouns: she/her), at kgallofin@tndc.org or 415.358.3979 join us Image careers Image volunteer Image events Image donate subscribe to our newsletter Social Links Facebook Twitter Instagram LinkedIn YouTube Footer menu Contact Pressroom Tenant Resources Employee Portal Healthy Corner Store Coalition Tenderloin After-School Program Tenderloin People's Garden TNDC is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization and our Federal Tax ID #94-2761808 | ©2021 Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation