“If you’ve donated to Food Outreach—you’ve donated to me. I’m 44 years old now, and my mother died at 44 of cancer, so just to get to 44 is a big deal for me. The first time I spoke with Rachel (one of Food Outreach’s registered dietitians), I felt like a weight was lifted—that’s how deep and heavy my diagnosis felt at the time. I’m so, so grateful for Food Outreach.”
“I didn’t have very much support when I was going through my cancer treatment. All of my parents and grandparents and godparents are gone. And I was facing this pretty much by myself. Food Outreach was the one place that I always looked forward to coming to because that was really the only basis of support that I had. I’m sitting in the infusion room by myself, and it was nice to know that I was getting ready to go to Food Outreach because that’s where I got my sense of community and support. Food Outreach served me in that way—it was so much more than just the food.”
“Food Outreach was just a godsend, because when you’re going through five hours or more for chemo and chemo is very harsh, you don’t have time or feel like cooking. So Food Outreach was an awesome blessing for me.”