Let's celebrate! Our Food Pantry was recently awarded the Farm Fresh Nourish Shared Purpose Award by Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest N.C. for being part of their Farm Fresh Nourish program since its inception five years ago.

Since the day I began with this organization, almost 15 years ago, we have been growing our food story and I started thinking some while back, that our food story is so much more, it is impressive! You may not be aware that Hospitality House of Northwest N.C. operates four food programs. Our 24/7 Community Kitchen serves three meals a day, not only to the clients who live onsite, but to every person in our housing programs offsite and anyone in need of a meal in the community. That adds up....

I have written many times over the years to share a story, a thought, a word. Well this year the word home has been heavy on my heart. Many of our mountain neighbors do not have a place to call home. This time of year can be even more challenging when you face the holiday season not knowing where you might sleep. And children, they seem to think about it on a more simple level. When they constantly move from place to place, stay in a car at night, or even have a bed in our shelter, they...