About Us

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Our Mission 

 We focus on making the maximum positive effort for our community. Sharing resources with lower income families and Homeless communities.

Our Vision

We want to be a part of a world where no one goes hungry. A world where everyone attains the right to survival without judgment. We pray for all communities to be treated with respect and kindness. Our hope is for every heart to be full after being in contact with our Outreaches. 

We are a Public Charity.
Donors can deduct contributions under IRC Section 170.
We are qualified to receive tax deductible bequests, devises, transfers or gifts under Section 2055, 2106 or 2522.

Photo credit to Josh Fitzgerald- 34% https://instagram.com/34th_percent?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

We began in Oct 2019 by gathering coats to take to the Homeless Community after Chris watched a facebook video. Chris and Meggan started to collect coats to take to the outreach who needed help.  They gathered about 50 coats within a week and reached out to drop them off. 

Chris and Harry were invited to a "Bando" (abandoned house) to drop off the items. They connected with some people living in the house who told them they knew where a camp was that needed some coats. We visited the camp and met the people living there and asked what else they needed......that was the start of it all. 

Our visits haven't stopped since then. We began to prepare hot meals weekly, Meggan became our Queen of the 3 ingredient meals and Head Chef. We started to gather donations of supplies to take to our Friends. We were soon thereafter taken to other camps and started to be a trusted confidant with them. Our friendships grew and so did our desire to help.  

We have grown from cooking meals out of Chris and Meggans Allstate office to purchasing a shed to continue to be able to store donations in. Along with renting storage units and cooking our of Meggans house. The need continued to grow through the pandemic and so did our need to be in one location! 

We have found our new home base in Barberton in Oct 2022. We now have the ability to cook, collect donations and be open to not only our friends in tents but the local community to help fulfill their needs. We have served over 15,000 meals onto the streets and given away more than 100,000 supplies items since Oct 2019. 

Christina Patterson- Executive Director, Co-Founder & Board Member 

Harry Patterson - Co-Founder & Board Member 

Meggan Rafferty - Co Founder, Board Member & Head Chef 

Gloria Marsh - Head of New Intakes & Board Member 

Allison Martzolf - Outreach Admin & Board Member 

Brittany Zachry - Head of Community Garden & Board Member

Michelle Graham - Grant Writer & Board Member 

Melissa Johnston - Head of Sober Friends Meetings & Board Member 

Franshire O'Neal Thomas - Head of Food Panty & Board Member 

Teri Hall - Head of Food Intake & Board Member

Renita Meyers- Event Coordinator & Board Member