St. Louis County Library Provides Fresh Produce at 3 Library Branches with Support from RX Outreach

St. Louis County Library will provide fresh produce at three library branches starting on Thursday, November 2. Produce boxes will be available at the Florissant Valley, Lewis & Clark and Weber Road branches on Thursdays, November 2, 9 and 16th starting at 8:30 a.m. Boxes are distributed curbside in branch parking lots. Each branch will have 60 boxes of produce each Thursday. There is a limit of one box per family. 

Participating branches: 

Florissant Valley Branch, 195 N. Florissant Road S., Florissant, MO 63031

Lewis & Clark Branch, 9909 Lewis-Clark Blvd. St. Louis, MO 63136

Weber Road Branch, 4444 Weber Road St. Louis, MO 63123

The produce boxes are made possible by support from RX Outreach. “At Rx Outreach, we are all about helping individuals live their healthiest lives, and we’re pleased to support St. Louis County Library in their healthy food is medicine initiative,” said President and CEO Julie Erickson. “Healthy eating is the foundation of good health, and when we integrate food and nutrition into our diet, we help fight the growing epidemic of obesity and its diet-related diseases.”

Media inquiries should be directed to Jennifer McBride, Assistant Director, Communications at 314-994-3300 ext 2250 or jmcbride@slcl.org.

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