Two new dates for DeKalb WIC Farmer’s Market

DeKalb County Board of Health centers will host Farmers Markets for WIC recipients on Aug. 18 and Aug. 19, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the Tucker WIC facility, 4394 Hugh Howell Road (located in the Tucker Station shopping center). To make an appointment, call 404-508-7777. The clinic’s phone number is 678-791-0016.

On Aug. 25 and Aug. 26, Farmers Markets for WIC recipients will be held at:

• North DeKalb Health Center, 3807 Clairmont Road, Chamblee 770-454-1144
• East DeKalb Health Center at 2277 S. Stone Mountain-Lithonia Road in Lithonia
• 770-484-2600.
• Clifton Springs Health Center at 3110 Clifton Springs Road in Decatur 404-244-2200.

Qualified WIC recipients will receive vouchers valued amounting to $30 to spend at the market.  Markets will be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day.

The WIC Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program offers locally grown, fresh fruits, vegetables, and other products to nutritionally at-risk women and children who are in the federal Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children.