Philanthropy

Reiter Affiliated Companies’ Philanthropy Program is focused on improving the health and nutrition of the farm worker community.  The RAC Healthy Lifestyle Initiative strives to improve health outcomes among the farm worker population by implementing an obesity and diabetes prevention and management pilot program in the US and Mexico districts, with the potential to be replicated in other farm worker communities.

The mission of the RAC Healthy Lifestyle Initiative is to improve the quality of life for farm workers and their families by providing a culturally sensitive approach to intervention, prevention and maintenance health care through consistent and comprehensive services.

RAC Healthy Lifestyle Initiative Goals and Objectives

•       Create a culturally sensitive and economically viable health outreach model that is sustainable and has the potential to reach large segments of the farm worker population

–      Influence farm workers to prioritize healthy choices

–      Fosters a healthy and vibrant farm worker community

–      Decrease the morbidity and mortality of diabetes and other preventable chronic diseases

•       This effort will not be bound by borders

•       Leverage participants’ knowledge and experience to educate their peers

•       Participants’ reduction in health risks associated with obesity, poor nutrition, and physical inactivity (objective)

•       Establish relationships with foundations, donors, service providers, employers, educators, and others that can expand these efforts