Mulholland Family Fund Helps Feed Local Senior Citizens
The Mulholland Family Fund of the DuPage Foundation recently donated $4,000 to the Humanitarian Service Project (HSP) to provide nutritious groceries to low-income senior citizens. Through HSP's Senior Citizen Project (SCP), 133 senior citizens suffering under poverty throughout DuPage and Kane counties receive vital nutrition delivered directly to their homes. The Mulholland Family Fund has supported this program for the benefit of local seniors for 13 years.
The overall goal of HSP's Senior Citizen Project is to provide low income seniors with groceries and products that meet their basic nutritional and personal needs. Every month, HSP's volunteers deliver groceries to the homes of 133 seniors that include: selections of fifteen fresh fruits and vegetables, seven packages of frozen meat, six bags of non-perishable foods, bread, and two bags of paper products. In addition to their groceries, every three months the seniors receive a package of personal care and hygiene products.
Contact the Humanitarian Service Project: hsp@humanitarianservice.org.
HSP's website: www.humanitarianservice.org
HSP's blog: humanitarianserviceproject.blogspot.com.
About The Humanitarian Service Project:
HSP's mission is to alleviate the pain and suffering that poverty creates for seniors and children living in DuPage and Kane counties, Illinois. Last year during the Christmas Offering Project, 2,014 children received gifts and over 400 impoverished families received groceries. With the Senior Citizen Project, HSP provides monthly food deliveries and secret pal gifts to 133 low-income seniors. The Children's Birthday Project reaches the youngest underprivileged, making birthdays a truly memorable occasion for 925 children. Feed the Kids provides 100 low-income families with groceries and fresh produce during the summer months. HSP conducts an annual school supply drive that benefits over 3,000 children by giving supplies to the DuPage Back to School Fair, Kane County's "Project Backpack" and directly to schools with a high percentage of poverty.