People Helping People in Hernando County
People Helping People in Hernando County is an interfaith community established to provide food, clothing, and other basic necessities to those individuals in Hernando County, FL who are hungry or struggling in today's difficult economic environment.
People Helping People serves a FREE MEAL every Sunday at the Senior Citizens' Center of Hernando County on Rhanbuoy Rd in Spring Hill, FL. Clothing, toiletries, and social service referrals are also available for our guests.
People Helping People also administers the WEEKEND BLESSINGS program in Hernando County, in cooperation with the Hernando County School District, Hernando County Headstart, and the Boys and Girls Clubs of Hernando County. This program provides weekend nourishment for approximately 400 needy Hernando County students who would not otherwise have sufficient food on their table.
People Helping People in Hernando County is a 501(c)(3) charitable corporation and all donations are deductible to the fullest extent provided by law.
"Blessings in a Backpack" is now "Weekend Blessings"
On June 1, the Blessings in a Backpack program administered by People Helping People will disaffiliate from the national Blessings in a Backpack program and will be re-designated as "Weekend Blessings - Feeding Hernando County Children". The scope of our weekend food program has grown to far exceed the parameters of the national Blessings in a Backpack program, and the PHP Board of Directors has thus determined that it is now appropriate for PHP to operate an independent weekend food program without further outside affiliation. Unlike the national program, the PHP program serves not only elementary school children, but preschool and middle school children as well, and we have upgraded the food selection in our backpacks to well exceed the national model. Our weekend food program has now grown to serve nearly 400 children at eleven locations across Hernando County, and we anticipate serving over 600 children at up to 12 locations in the 2012-2013 school year! As has been our practice with the Blessings in a Backpack program, all dollars contributed to Weekend Blessings will continue to remain in our community to benefit Hernando County children.