Our first food share took place in June 2020, when we brought a few dozen brown paper bags filled with peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and a piece of fruit to a local park. In 2022, we officially became a non-profit to open the door to more resources, funding and the status required to create larger and longer-lasting programs that will reduce poverty violence. We realized, too many incredible grassroots efforts get uprooted by local government and red tape, so we took bureaucratic steps to help us and other local grassroots organizations find sovereignty in our community efforts.  

Since then, we’ve developed partnerships with multiple organizations and dozens of volunteers in our community to receive home-cooked meals and distribute them to our houseless neighbors every week during our Their Home Too event. Five years later, we share meals, ice-cold bottled water, and other resources with over 5,000 individuals each year through this event alone. 

Our seasonal resource shares reach hundreds more people, connecting individuals to other key resources, like comfortable clothing, blankets, tents, and toiletries to improve quality of life and provide peace of mind. Understanding that any one of us in our community can fall into the deep web of poverty and homelessness with an unexpected turn of events, we lead with empathy and compassion while aspiring to lift up and empower our neighbors with essential resources so they can focus on other needs. 

As we continue our growth, we keep our overarching mission to promote equity and liberation for everyone in our community at the forefront of all we do. While creating our own resources, our intention is to become a central resource hub for local organizations and projects that align with our values and share access to these resources.