Oasis Jumpstart Program
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The Oasis Jumpstart Program brings whole food, plant-based meals, science-based nutrition education, and healthy lifestyle practices to underserved neighborhoods across the country.
Through Oasis, PPC works with local coordinating groups to strengthen the local infrastructure in order to achieve short term impact and long-term change. The Oasis Program offers participants the opportunity to learn about the benefits of a whole food, plant-based diet while enabling them to experience the powerful health impacts firsthand.
The Jumpstart program has yielded exciting results — the majority of participants in the Mebane Jumpstart (featured in the PlantPure Nation documentary) who were on prescription drugs were able to reduce or discontinue those medications after just 10 days, and many people with diabetes, high lipids, arthritis and other chronic conditions found relief by the end of the program. PPC Pods work with faith-based groups, food banks, businesses, government entities, health systems, clinics, and local nonprofits to carry out neighborhood-wide Jumpstarts that are affordable and can be cross-subsidized.
Working with the local coordinating groups, biometric data is collected for Oasis participants before and after the initial 10-day Jumpstart period, so each person experiences firsthand the powerful impact of nutrition on their health. An underlying tenet of the Oasis Program is to use the 10-day Jumpstart as the catalyst to attract and deliver a large, cooperative set of activities all working synergistically to achieve lasting change in the health and well-being of the participants and community. Participants are inspired to make lasting changes when they see the biometric data that proves the powerful benefits of eating plant-based in just 10 days, and the Program also calls for a supplemental services component that will improve the likelihood of success in the short-term and sustaining change over the long-term. In Oasis Pilot communities, Pods work with local groups to help build new connections with local resources that offer support and education, such as cooking classes and grocery shopping/label reading tours, as well as local gardening, fitness classes, and more.
The Oasis Program has been strengthened significantly through the integration of the PPC Pod-run Oasis Pilots at the community level. Hundreds of Oasis participants, their families and friends, have made the informed decision to take control of their health by changing what they eat.
For more information about how to get involved in the Oasis Jumpstart Program, send an email to info@plantpurecommunities.org or have a look at our website.
