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FESTA IS SERVING OUR NEIGHBORS

Description:

Festa is ending poverty through life-changing relationships with neighbors and God. We’re passionate about helping children and families facing poverty by forming connections among our neighbors that help people move from surviving to thriving. We work together to mobilize communities, build relationships and connect people across socio-economic, cultural, racial, ethnic and religious barriers. Many neighbors we serve live in suburbs and many are foreign born New Americans. Our story began in 2007 when Kim Emch started the Hilliard Free Summer Lunch Program after learning that free/reduced lunches were not being served to children while schools were closed for the summer. That free lunch site has since exploded into several robust programs designed to assist families in need of support. To date, Festa has served over 174,000 meals and counting! While Festa is not an acronym, it helps communicate the many ways we live out our mission: we feed, educate, serve, train and advocate.

Programs and Services:

Programs include Festa Free Summer Lunch Camp, 3-Generation Family ESL Program, and the Hilliard Helps Resource System. Programs are provided at little or no cost to clients.

Address:

FESTA, PO Box 421, Hilliard, OH 43026

Phone:

(614) 586-7939

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