Dear Friends, As an organization that works with dozens of local farms and whose volunteers grow food during the warmer months, I am often asked what we do in winter. While it’s true that our focus changes a bit once the ground freezes, our mission does not. Willing Hands is committed to delivering fresh food […]
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A Record-Breaking Season For Blueberries This week, Willing Hands held its final blueberry glean of the season. What a bountiful harvest it’s been! Over seven weeks, Willing Hands volunteers gleaned 2,635 pounds of blueberries from our partner farms and orchards. That’s the most blueberries gleaned by Willing Hands since 2017—and the most ever! Volunteers Made It Possible
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Local Farms, Local Food, Shared with All This growing season, thanks to the generosity of our community, more Upper Valley families have had access to fresh, local produce, while regional farms have received meaningful support for their work. A Season of Impact Willing Hands is delivering $34,441 worth of fruits and vegetables to our neighbors
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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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Every week, Ross Edwards quietly sorts boxes of wholesale produce in the Willing Hands warehouse alongside our Warehouse Coordinator, Scott. The good-looking food goes straight on the delivery truck, the too-far-gone items go straight in the compost, and everything in between will be carefully sorted by volunteers the following day. The work can be slimy
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When Morgan Duncan first heard about Willing Hands, she was immediately drawn to the idea of gleaning produce from local farms to feed food-insecure community members. But she was nervous to get involved. With some gentle encouragement from her manager at King Arthur Baking Company, she took the leap and attended her first volunteer session.
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