Hand2hand Update

Hi Friends!

We are so grateful for the Church who has been there to meet the needs of our community, over the last three weeks especially!! Thank you!!

As a team, we are facing greater challenges not only getting the food in the hands of the kids who need it but actually purchasing the food in the quantities we need from the stores. The need to limit exposure also requires us to quarantine donated food for 3 days before use. We needed a better way.

H2h founder, Cheri Honderd and entire H2h team came together in prayer over this. The fruit, an exciting idea that not only is a big win for our H2h families but will help support or struggling local restaurants as well.

Hand2Hand Win-Win for West Michigan Proposal:

1. Hand2Hand approached locally-owned restaurants and asked them to create a meal menu for families that would still make a profit for the business but at a slightly reduced cost. Local restaurant owners were THRILLED with the idea of being able to help the community but also to keep their employees working!

2. Hand2Hand purchases gift cards from these restaurants and distributes them to H2h families.  The business owner sees the H2h logo marked on the GC and knows to use a pre-selected, reduced cost menu.

As a Church we already have an avenue into the lives of students and schools, this will also give us an avenue to begin a relationship with local restaurant owners and employees. Finally, this will keep money in the local community so that our economies are better able to thrive in the midst of these uncertain days.