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Happy Summer from F.H.W.C. We hope everyone is enjoying the long days and keeping cool. One thing that we really pride ourselves on at Fruitridge, besides our amazing medicine of course, is our commitment to serving the underprivileged in our area. One of the ways we have done this is by creating what we call a “compassion” program. The aim of our program is to assist some of the members within our collective who might need extra help getting medicine every week because of things like terminal illnesses, chronic medical conditions or situations of extreme financial hardship. The number of compassion recipients is based on a percentage of the overall number of members we have in our collective. While the waiting list is full, it is constantly being updated and reconfigured based on growth. Since its incep¬tion, the program has been an astounding success and has grown to include many aspects of community outreach. One of the first ideas for compassion patients came during the holidays. They were given a choice of holiday meal options. Over summer that idea has grown into the Farmer’s Market Food Program that has really come to be a staple to the members that receive it every week. One of the less obvious, but equally worthy benefits of this program, is how much we are also helping to support local farmers and encourage sustainable, local food production. Every week the farmers faces light up as much as the faces on the people receiving their bounty. Fruitridge takes pride in helping provide that connection. As always, we encourage all our members to get involved. We love to receive your extra garden goodies and give them a needed home. So don’t be shy, bring your extra or¬anges, tomatoes or anything else you’d like to share. They are always appreciated.

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We want to thank all of our wonderful patients for the large number of canned food donations we have been receiving for our supplemental summer food program. It is really inspiring to see so many people contributing to this important program! We are accepting any and all food donations and will put them to good use helping the others in our collective. This experience has sparked a great idea as we are now in the process of organizing a food drive.  Stay tuned for more information and how you can participate.

Here at FHWC, we embrace a holistic approach to wellness.  From our free chair massages offered on “Therapeutic Thursdays,” our food healthy food program on Sundays, or just the kind ear of our helpful staff offered every time you visit. Our aim is to take care of more than just your medicinal marijuana needs; it is to care for our patients on a level not offered anywhere else.

Our work with Harm Reduction Services continues and your donations in the jar are a blessing to them each and every month. Please continue to donate to this worthy cause.  We were also able to sponsor new T-shirts for them their organization this month, just in time for their building’s new face-lift. We are elated to be a part of all the great things going on at Harm Reduction Services.

As always let us know any and all ideas you might have that will help us help you better.

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