A few days ago, a friend spoke two words to me that have lingered on my mind, Strong Heart. I leaned in and told her, "thank you," and asked if she would meditate and pray that thought with me in the weeks ahead. Later that night I could not sleep, thinking about what the words “Strong Heart” meant. In the days ahead I face the need for a Strong Heart physically, as I place my trust in surgeons to perform open heart surgery and mend those broken places in my heart. They will literally hold...

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....