Jun 19, 2012 | Giving, Independent Living, Sponsors
Gregory’s Fresh Market Place (GFMP) is enriching lives and assisting people in achieving healthy eating through access to fresh produce and promoting nutrition with on-site farmers markets in independent living facilities. We offer nutrition education classes with food demonstrations, exercise and fitness classes. To date, GFMP has served over 5,000 seniors in the Greater Phoenix area. The senior locations serviced by GFMP average between 100 to 450 residents.
Did you know that 1 out of 7 seniors go to bed hungry because they have to make a choice between medication and food, and they choose medication. If they ate more fruits and vegetables, they would take less medication.
Join with us. Together, we can grow the number of seniors we are serving.
Your tax deductible donations are appreciated and can be mailed payable to: Diana Gregory Outreach Services Foundation, 1928 E. Highland Ave. Suite F104-223, Phoenix, AZ 85016-4636.
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Jun 6, 2012 | Exercise, Featured, Fresh Foods, Health Eating
photo by Alex Garcia.
The joy and benefits of living a well-rounded healthy life for many senior citizens is a goal that can be achieved through having a healthy and balance diet that includes a variety of fresh fruits, vegetables and regular exercise. Both exercise and proper nutrition contributes positively to both our physical and mental well-being. Foods that are overladen with sugar, fats or that are highly processed have the ability to slow us down regardless of our age. As we get older it becomes more difficult for our bodies to recover from food that may not be healthy for us. Eating better and exercising at any age can improve our weight, mobility, energy and our mental well-being.
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May 26, 2012 | Fresh Foods, Health Eating, healthy eating
FITNESS TRAINING WITH THE SENIORS AT THE SALVATION ARMY LAURA DANIELI SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER
Zumba Class
As we age, regular exercise is more important than ever to your body and mind. Among the many benefits of exercise for seniors include improved immune function, better heart and health, blood pressure, better bone density, and better digestive functioning. Seniors who exercise also have a lowered risk of several chronic conditions including Alzheimer’s disease, diabetes, obesity, heart disease, osteoporosis, and colon cancer.
Exercise improves your strength, flexibility and posture, which in turn will help with balance, coordination, and reducing the risk of falls. Strength training also helps alleviate the symptoms of chronic conditions such as arthritis. It is a myth, that if you’re disabled, you can’t exercise sitting down. Chair-bound seniors face special challenges but can lift light weights, stretch, and do chair aerobics to increase range of motion, improve muscle tone, and promote cardiovascular health.
I enjoyed fitness training with the seniors at The Salvation Army Laura Danieli Senior Activity Center. It takes good nutrition and exercise to stay healthy.
The mission of Gregory’s Fresh Market Place is to enrich lives to achieve healthy eating. We do this through providing access to fresh produce through our farmers markets, nutrition education classes, and exercise and fitness training.
Your donations contribute towards making these services available for seniors. GFMP appreciates your support.
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May 7, 2012 | Fresh Foods, Health Eating, Independent Living
By the end of May, we will have staged over 60 farmers markets in the metropolitan Phoenix area in 2012. The balance of the year
looks to be equally spectacular as we begin to bring on new senior independent living facilities on board. We meet an unmet need and are being recognized for work that we do and want to thank all of you who have supported our efforts. We still need help with funding so that we can continue delivering healthy fresh fruits and vegetables to our seniors at reasonable prices. A small donation of $10.00 would be enough to provide one senior with a complimentary bag of fresh produce for a month or a donation of $100 for a year.
If you would like to learn about others ways you can help, please send us a message by filling out the form at the bottom of this page.
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Apr 19, 2012 | Health Eating, Independent Living
WALGREENS LAUNCHES SENIOR HEALTH, WELLNESS SERIES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH GREGORY’S FRESH MARKET PLACE IN THE GREATER PHOENIX AREA
The 3-month execution will bring fresh fruits and vegetables to seniors at independent living facilities
PHOENIX (April 18, 2012) – Over 300 seniors will receive complimentary fruits and vegetables donated by Walgreens through Gregory’s Fresh Market Place, as an avenue to promote living well and eating well. The Walgreens Senior Outreach Health and Wellness Series will launch on Wednesday, April 25, starting with Senior Living apartments at Henson Village, located in a food desert area.
Walgreens’ team of trained pharmacists will visit each location to provide blood pressure screenings, answer questions relating to prescriptions, and share tips on how to live well. In addition, GFMP will provide demonstrations on how to easily prepare and enjoy the donated fruits and vegetables to receive the maximum nutritional value.
“Health and wellness are the keys to living a full life”, Walgreens Community Affairs Director John Gremer explains. “We are 
honored to support the Senior Outreach Health and Wellness Series, in partnership with Gregory’s Fresh Market Place. Seniors deserve to have easy access to fresh fruits and vegetables. We are proud to help make this possible through community programs such as GFMP.”
Diana Gregory, President and CEO of GFMP commented, “Thanks to Walgreens, many seniors that don’t have transportation to travel for fresh fruits and vegetables will have the fresh produce delivered where they live and receive valuable information on nutrition and prescription medication. Fresh produce is extremely beneficial to help manage common health challenges such as hypertension, diabetes, heart conditions, high cholesterol, digestive issues, obesity and many more. The lives of many seniors will be impacted by Walgreen’s sponsoring this program.”
The Walgreens Senior Outreach Health and Wellness Series will run from April to June. Phoenix Manor, The Salvation Army Laura Danieli Senior Activity Center and Manistee Manor are confirmed locations, as well.
ABOUT DIANA GREGORY OUTREACH SERVICES FOUNDATION
Gregory’s Fresh Market Place is a division of Diana Gregory Outreach Services Foundation, a 501 (c)(3) organization that provides programs in health, nutrition, and education. The mission is to enrich lives to achieve healthy eating.
As the nation’s largest drugstore chain with fiscal 2011 sales of $72 billion, Walgreens (www.walgreens.com) vision is to become America’s first choice for health and daily living. Each day, Walgreens provides nearly 6 million customers the most convenient, multichannel access to consumer goods and services and trusted, cost-effective pharmacy, health and wellness services and advice in communities across America. Walgreens scope of pharmacy services includes retail, specialty, infusion, medical facility and mail service, along with respiratory services. These services improve health outcomes and lower costs for payers including employers, managed care organizations, health systems, pharmacy benefit managers and the public sector. The company operates 7,840 drugstores in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Take Care Health Systems is a Walgreens subsidiary that is the largest and most comprehensive manager of worksite health and wellness centers and in-store convenient care clinics, with more than 700 locations throughout the country.
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