PHILADELPHIA Mt. Airy Groceries along Germantown Avenue started off as a grassroots effort on one couple s front porch in April 2020. It quickly turned into a donated storefront, and it s flourishing.
The couple and masterminds behind it all are Nicholas Freeman and Jessica Rights, who were both laid off from their catering jobs during the pandemic. Now they use their industry skills to fight food insecurity. The flipside of food scarcity is also food waste, which is also a huge problem, said Freeman.
Mt. Airy Groceries is based around volunteers. Freeman and Rights get food donated from wholsalers like Philly Food Works. Food is then delivered to charities like Germantown Face to Face and Philadelphia Interfaith Hospitality Network. Those organizations distribute the food or volunteers drop it off directly.
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What began on a front porch, and quickly turned into a donated storefront, is now flourishing.
The couple and masterminds behind it all are Nicholas Freeman and Jessica Rights who were both laid off from their catering jobs during the pandemic. Now they use their industry skills to fight food insecurity. The flipside of food scarcity is also food waste, which is also a huge problem, said Freeman.
Mount Airy Groceries is based around volunteers.
Freeman and Rights get food donated from wholesalers like Philly Food Works. Food is then delivered to charities like Germantown Face to Face and Philadelphia Interfaith Hospitality Network. Those organizations distribute the food or volunteers drop it off directly.
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By Casey Nelson
Dec 12, 2020 7:20 AM
KAUKAUNA, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) After more than two months of a constant battle with COVID-19, a Kaukauna woman is back in the comfort of her own home.
Sixty-year-old Nancy Van Dyn Hoven was hospitalized at Ascension St. Elizabeth Hospital for 84 days.
Friday, she was discharged with a clean bill of health.
Waiting for her outside the hospital were throngs of friends, family and supporters.
For Van Dyn Hoven’s family, her recovery is like a Christmas miracle.
“We’ve been dreaming, absolutely dreaming of this day since day one, whether she had been here for a week, or the 84 days that she was here, we could not wait to bring her home and let her reunite with her dog as well,” Van Dyn Hoven’s daughter, Stacy Arnoldussen, said.
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