The William Wells Brown Community center sits in the middle of one of the many nationally recognized food deserts in Lexington Ky. Located in the East End, a neighborhood where the average household income is less than half of the city average ($31,000 as compared to $65,000), access to nutritious foods can be scarce. Always looking for ways to bring resources and self-sufficiency to the residents in this neighborhood, the director and community coordinator for the center reached out to the Nutrition Education Program. As part of a summer youth program 3rd through 5th grade students completed a series of 6 lessons on healthy eating, safe food practices and physical activity. Resources from the USDA as well as 4H youth programming were implemented in the lesson plan. By comparing data collected from participants both at the beginning and the end of the series it was determined that as a result of the information and activities provided 88% improved their diet quality, with 60% increasing their vegetable consumption specifically. This was achieved in part by exposure to new foods and promotion of fruits and vegetables as snacks, using hands on lessons in the community garden located at the center.