By Susan Warner Friday morning, closing in on 11 a.m., and the volunteers at Baby Steps Family Assistance community food shelf in Claremont gather around executive director Robin Wittemann. She gives them quick instructions on what’s to come: how to sort and shelve today’s incoming delivery of nutritious food from Willing Hands. Right on time, […]
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Wanda Knudsen is absolutely sure of one thing: Everyone has a right to eat. Wanda is the New Hampshire Case Manager at the HIV/HCV Resource Center in Lebanon, which offers case management, syringe services, HIV and Hepatitis C testing, overdose prevention education and referrals to medical treatment for community members living with HIV, Hepatitis C
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On Wednesday mornings, Morgana Isenberg can be found arranging produce and flowers. With the help of volunteers, she packs bags of fresh produce, dairy and eggs. She readies bouquets of hand-cut flowers. Then she waits for the cars to start rolling in. The drive-through farmer’s market, which is free and open to the public, is
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Robin Wittemann describes herself as a “facilitator of things.” That’s an understatement. Robin is the director of Baby Steps Family Assistance, a human services nonprofit that provides food, clothing, and other necessities to Claremont-area families and seniors. Many of their clients have recently left a shelter and are trying to get their feet under them
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Donate a CSA share to Willing Hands Have you ever eaten a juicy grape tomato straight off the vine? Or crunched into an ear of perfectly sweet corn? Those are just a few of the pleasures available to folks in our community who can afford to purchase locally-grown produce and CSA shares. But for many,
This spring, Willing Hands is working with elementary schools and food shelves to target high-value “Healthy Fresh Food Boxes” to families and kids in need. While many existing initiatives are open to everyone, this program fills the need for a more directed food assistance program for children and their families. Backpack programs are helpful because
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