Ride like Lane Scott, Week 4 winner in the Cards Commuter Challenge!
Heading into the final week of the Cards Commuter Challenge 2024, participants logged a total of 717 trips on foot, bike, bus, carpool, or telecommuting, mitigating 2622 pounds of carbon pollution, burning 58,072 calories, and saving $1764 over 4471 miles!
Congrats to our final $50 weekly winner, REACH Graduate Assistant, Lane Scott, who took advantage of great fall weather bicycling to/from campus last week.
Be like Lane – get to campus in a new, non-polluting way and avoid parking & traffic hassles.
Log your trips at Cardinal Directions to be entered to win the $250 Grand Prize!
And don't miss our final event of this year's Challenge!
UofL Day at the Gray Street Farmers Market
Thursday, Sept. 26th, 10:30am‒1:30pm, Add to your Calendar
Health Sciences Center, 400 E. Gray St.
We’ll be hosting UofL Day at the Gray Street Farmers’ Market on Sept. 26, the last day of the 2024 season. All UofL students, faculty, and staff who bring their valid UofL ID to the GSFM Information Booth can pick up complementary $5 tokens to redeem at any market vendors. To mark the final week of the Cards Commuter Challenge, the Sustainability Council will be organizing carpools to the market from Belknap Campus. Meet up at the Ville Grill at 11:30am or 12:30pm and share a ride. Or hop on a bike or TARC Route 28 for an easy, 15-minute ride to the market. Log your trip on Cardinal Directions and you'll be entered to win our $250 Grand Prize! All are encouraged to show your UofL spirit by wearing red or your favorite Cards gear. Facebook Event.
With many unique local vendors and food trucks, you'll find the finest in farm-fresh products, including locally grown produce, honey, jams, pickles, granola, baked goods, desserts, crafts, grab-and-go lunch items, and more. Cash, debit cards, SNAP benefits, and Senior Vouchers accepted! Open rain or shine, lunch-time on Thursdays, June 6 - Sept. 26, 2024. The market is operated by UofL's School of Public Health and Information Sciences in partnership with Catholic Charities’ Common Earth Gardens.
The market is designed to increase access to fresh healthy food and offers several programs:
- Double Dollar (SNAP) program - This program makes healthy food more affordable for individuals who receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. Using SNAP Double Dollars is simple. Customers visit the GSFM information booth, decide how much they want to spend, and swipe their SNAP cards. The market then matches this amount and gives them wooden tokens to spend directly with GSFM vendors. We match spending by the SNAP customer up to $20 per week. Customers can use the tokens to purchase any food for the household, such as fruits, vegetables, meat, breads, canned foods, and more.
- FreshRx -- The GSFM offers the FreshRx program in partnership with the Community Farm Alliance. The program serves expectant moms who receive Medicaid. After signing up, FreshRx participants get $26 in tokens each week to purchase fresh fruits and vegetables from GSFM vendors.
- Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program (SrFMNP) -- Seniors (60+) who qualify are provided with $50 loaded onto a debit card to purchase fresh, unprocessed, locally grown fruits, honey, vegetables and herbs at approved farmers markets. Individuals can sign up for these benefits at Louisville's Neighborhood Places, the L&N Building on Broadway, and at the Nulu/Phoenix Hill Farmers Market. The Kentucky Department of Agriculture serves as the lead agency for SrFMNP.
- Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) (New in 2024) - The WIC Farmers Market Nutrition Program helps bring locally grown fresh fruits and vegetables into the homes of WIC participants. Each summer, local health departments issue $30 to eligible WIC recipients for the purchase of locally grown fruits, vegetables, and fresh-cut herbs.
More info: GSFM website; contact Market Manager, Amir Hussein, amhussein@archlou.org, (502) 910-0675; or follow on Facebook and Twitter.
