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Updates on our activities and progress.
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It’s not goodbye, it’s see you later 💜
Published on March 6, 2024 by Tj Hobbs
To our Hope Fridge community, Our fiscal host Open Collective Foundation has made the difficult decision to dissolve their service. This means March 15th, 2024, is the last day Hope fridge can collect financial donations. We are currently i...
Hope Fridge What’s Update 2023
Published on December 22, 2023 by Tj Hobbs
Happy Holidays, Hope Fridge fam! A little recap of our year as we rest, reflect, and move with intention into 2024. In 2023, we expanded our food donors and addressed a growing need for food in our community. We encountered challenges with...
Hope Fridge What's Update 2022
Published on December 21, 2022 by Tj Hobbs
What an eventful year it has been for Hope Fridge! Here’s what we accomplished in 2022. Our fridges were emptied and filled multiple times (often multiple times per day!) and we connected people in need in our communities directly with fres...
Mutual Aid, Hope Fridge, and Clarifying our Mission
Published on July 6, 2022 by Tj Hobbs
Hello everyone, Hope Fridge is and always has been a mutual aid organization. Mutual aid is a principle based on the idea that the systems we currently have in place aren’t taking care of the people they were designed to serve, and regular...
Our first ever Hope Fridge is open and thriving, thanks to you!
Published on July 2, 2021 by Tj Hobbs
We did it! It’s been nearly two weeks since our first ever Hope Fridge Grand Opening at 428 Ninth Street in Neenah on July 20, 2021, and it has also been more than two weeks of an absolute outpouring of much appreciated community love and s...
Our Final Move & Grand Opening!
Published on June 13, 2021 by Tj Hobbs
Hello all, It has been a long adventure from an idea to a mission nearly completely accomplished, but we are now ready to move our fridge structure back into place, move the donated fridge inside, plug it in, and finally open our community...
Digging the pathway this Saturday! Also, some fun financial housekeeping.
Published on June 7, 2021 by Tj Hobbs
Hello, Hope Fridge family! This week, we are thankful for our friends at Diggers Hotline as they are flagging the property before we complete the digging necessary for the pathway to our first community fridge. They should be done flagging...
Look what we built together!
Published on May 20, 2021 by Tj Hobbs
Thanks to everyone who donated their time, energy, tools, and heart to building this past weekend! Thank you to our community fridge host family who has opened up their address for this project of mutual aid and community love. Thanks to th...
Our build plan is in motion!
Published on May 7, 2021 by Tj Hobbs
Thanks to our donors, we were able to pick up the paint for the fridge enclosure yesterday and we will be picking up the wood and other supplies needed this Sunday, May 9th. Our build team will officially begin building on Sunday, May 16th,...
Our First Fridge has been delivered!
Published on April 14, 2021 by Tj Hobbs
We are so happy to be able to share this good news! We have secured our first donated fridge! Thank you so much to the donor, thank you to their family member who made the journey to transport the fridge to our temporary storage, and thank...
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