Vouchers 4 Veggies - EatSF

You can help us serve the 10,000 people on our waiting list by donating online here.

(Info on donating by check at bottom of this page)

Vouchers 4 Veggies - EatSF (V4V) is a food voucher program that facilitates healthy eating and enhances community health.

As seen in TIME Magazine: https://time.com/7005880/americans-prescriptions-healthy-food-is-medicine/

Watch Marilyn's 2-minute story to see our program in action and hear how it helps your fellow city residents:

Families develop healthy habits:  V4V works! Just six months in the program helps people develop life-long health eating habits. 99% of participants are eating more fruits and vegetables as a result of the program. Vendors accepting our vouchers are in the neighborhoods where our participants live. The vouchers allow families their choice of healthy produce that fits with their culture and kitchen capacity, shopping when and where they feel safe and comfortable.

The whole neighborhood benefits:  Since 2015, we have infused over $10 million of healthy food purchases into food insecure neighborhoods where nutritious and affordable foods are scarce. We partner with neighborhood stores in these communities to bridge the dietary divide. Store owners say that V4V has changed what food their customers buy. They are re-stocking fruits and vegetables more often. This allows stores to increase the variety and quality of produce they stock. Everyone wins!

Public health dollars are saved and communities can access healthy food:  Residents in food insecure neighborhoods have disproportionately higher hospitalization rates for conditions like diabetes, high blood pressure, and heart failure. Yet, these diseases can be treated or even prevented through access to good nutrition and moderate exercise. V4V boosts the present and future health of participants, reducing money spent on medical care. Increasing fruit and vegetable consumption by just 1 serving a day can have immediate health impacts. 

Nutrition education is logically and tangibly linked to food access:  What has been missing is the means for people to get fresh fruits and vegetables. They can get nutrition and healthy living advice from organizations they already visit, then take their vouchers to a store near their homes and get the produce they've been advised to eat.

Watch our 6-minute origin story and take a trip to the market with our participants:

All gifts are tax-deductible. We are fiscally-sponsored through the San Francisco General Hospital Foundation (Tax ID: 943189424), who processes all donations to our program. Your donation receipt will acknowledge San Francisco General Hospital Foundation.

By mail:  Please make checks payable to the San Francisco General Hospital Foundation and indicate EatSF - Vouchers4Veggies on the memo line. Mail to:

San Francisco General Hospital Foundation

P.O. Box 410836

San Francisco, CA 94141-0836