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Inkster residents need only trav-
el to the parking lot of the YMCA
from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. next
Wednesday to find some of the
freshest produce available.
Wayne Metropolitan Community
Action Agency is launching an
Inkster-based Mobile Produce
Market to increase local access to
fresh produce. The market will
operate each week on Wednesday
through Sept. 19 and will alternate
between the parking lot of the
YWCA, 26249 Michigan Ave., on the
first and third Wednesdays each
month (no market on July 4) and
the parking lot of Focus Hope, 759
Inkster Road, on the second and
fourth Wednesdays of the month.
Garden City Hospital is also sched-
uled to be on location and provide
free health assessments through its
new traveling Health Coach. The
coach operates from10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
and provides free services such as
diabetes case management, com-
munity health resource referrals,
health screenings and assessments.
Patrons of the Inkster Mobile
Produce Market will also have an
opportunity to sign up for free
classes that focus on healthy eating
and making healthy eating fit into
thehouseholdbudget.
Double Up Food Bucks,
SNAP/EBT Benefits, and Senior
Project FRESH Benefits will be
accepted at the market. Debit and
credit cards will also accepted.
Staff will be on hand to answer
questions about these benefit pro-
grams.
“We're very excited to launch
this new Mobile Produce Market
Program in Inkster,” said Louis
Piszker, Wayne Metro CEO.
“Accessing fresh produce is a chal-
lenge for many Inkster residents.
We're trying to fill that gap in the
community, while also partnering
with other nonprofits to offer valu-
able services at the same time” he
explained.
Wayne Metro Community Action
Agency is a local, nonprofit organi-
zation dedicated to empowering
low-income individuals and
strengthening
communities
through diverse services, leader-
ship and collaboration. The agency
has more than 50 programs includ-
ing valuable educational, housing
and emergency services.
For more information on the
Inkster Farmers Market, call (734)
729-7706 or (734) 306-4701 or visit
www.waynemetro.org.
We're trying to fill that gap
in the community, while also partnering
with other nonprofits to offer
valuable services at the same time.
”
Mobile Produce Market comes to Inkster
Ready for Red October Run
The Oakwood Healthcare System is
reaching out to young people to promote the
importance of physical activity.
Representatives of the healthcare system
visited with students at Taft-Galloway
Elementary School inWayne recently to pro-
mote interest in-and prepare them for-the
upcoming Red October Run, a community
event designed to encourage family fitness.
Oakwood has organized the event at
Annapolis Hospital for 22 years. It attracts
more than 1,000 participants of all fitness
levels from across the state. An important
part of the event is the 1-Mile Jr. October,
which is geared toward children.
"We have always encouraged children to
participate in this event, and to be physically
active in general," said Cindy Cook, commu-
nity benefit coordinator for Oakwood. Cook
organizes the run, which is the largest com-
munity event Oakwood organizes every year.
"It's important to teach children about the
benefits of keeping fit; those lessons can last
a lifetime."
Cook prepared a pre-race packet for the
Taft Galloway students that included several
different maps of their Wayne neighborhood
with suggested training routes, along with
fun coloring activities and a runner's log.
Students who sign up and turn in their log at
the Jr. October Run will get a free t-shirt and
other prizes. She said she routinely works
with groups and organizations to get more
young people involved and active.
"We are very excited to have students
from our school represent our community at
the Red Run Race in October," said Jennifer
Edwards, the school social worker at Taft-
Galloway Elementary. "It is important that
our children understand that a healthy life
style is a critical component to learning and
growing. The more we teach this at a
younger age the better chances are they will
carry these ideals with them as they get
older."
The Red October run takes place on Oct.
6, beginning at Oakwood Annapolis Hospital.
The event, which was a finalist for the 2011
Governor's Fit Award, features a 10K run, a
5K run, a 5K walk and the Jr. October run.
Registration
is
now
open
at
www.oakwood.org/redoctoberrun.
Cindy Cook, community benefit coordinator for Oakwood Healthcare, talks about the impor-
tance of fitness to students at Taft Galloway Elementary School. Oakwood and the school
are teaming up to get children involved in the Red October Run this year.
Tigers tickets to be reward
Park offers nature themed crafts
Willie Johnson of Inkster has a great
deal for one of his neighbors.
Johnson, 88, and U.S. Navy veteran of
World War II, was asked by the Inkster
Block Clubs to appear as the Grand Master
of the Memorial Day events in the city. He
rented a vehicle and had signs made for the
convertible. His niece came from South
Carolina to drivehimto the ceremony.
OnMemorial Day, two police cars escort-
ed his convertible to the venue while the
cable television cameras recorded the
event.
His niece tried to take photos to add to
his collection of appearances he has made
in Inkster and in South Carolina, but a cam-
era malfunction left the film unusable
when Johnson took it to be developed, he
said.
He very much would like any photos of
the events which show his participation at
theMemorial Day events in the city.
He is offering two tickets to a Tigers
baseball game to anyone who will provide
him with copies of photos of him in the
Memorial Day events this year.
Johnson can be reached at (313) 743-8430
or (734) 729-0641.
Fifty lucky children won't be able to com-
plain about being boredwithout school class-
es this summer thanks to Wayne County
Parks at Nankin Mills Interpretive Center in
Westland.
County programming has been expanded
to include free nature-themed crafts on
Saturdays, July 7 and Aug. 11. The crafts will
take place from10 a.m. until noon and is free
for the first 50 children ages 5 - 11.
Parking will be available at the Hines
Park-Warrendale area (Warren Avenue, East
of Telegraph) and Hines Park-Nankin Mills
Picnic Area (Hines Drive and Ann Arbor
Trail).
For additional information, call (734) 261-
1990, or visit http://waynecounty.com/dps/
dps_parks.htm.