Nonprofit

Local Nonprofit wins $75,000 through Chick-fil-A’s “True Inspiration Awards”

Local agency Community Action House was awarded $75,000 in funding through Chick-fil-A’s “True Inspiration Awards,” a nationally competitive grant program that distributes $5 million to innovative nonprofit organizations across the country each year.

How Two Groups Plan to Provide Thanksgiving Meals for Those Facing Food Insecurity

Happy Thanksgiving! Every year, we provide extra Thanksgiving grocery assistance, offering additional support to the families we serve. Today at Community Action House, we're reflecting with gratitude on the community effort that makes this possible.

Changing Lives with Financial Literacy: Q&A with CAH’s Tabitha Wolters

Many of our guests come to us in crisis with urgent, immediate needs that we can help meet - but we’re glad that our service extends beyond emergency relief to build up long term stability and growth.

Local churches are invaluable supporters, volunteers, and partners for us and so many other nonprofits in the area.

Local churches are invaluable supporters, volunteers, and partners for us and so many other nonprofits in the area. Their growth + engagement in our community help us sustain and grow our services, and we're grateful for the work they do to invite church members into service for our neighbors.

Annual Postal Food Drive Collects Thousands of Pounds of Food

Last Saturday, area families donated 47,549 pounds of food to support local hunger relief. The annual Postal Food Drive is part of the National Association of Letter Carriers "Stamp Out Hunger" campaign, which collects tens of thousands of pounds of food each year to supply local food assistance efforts.

Holland Rotary Donates Motorized Shopping Cart to Community Action House

The Holland After Hours Rotary Club has generously provided a new wheelchair and motorized shopping cart for use in the newly constructed Food Club & Opportunity Hub, with funding from a Rotary District 6290 matching grant and support from Gentex.

Community Action House staff anticipate that 90+ guests will benefit from the wheelchair and shopping cart, allowing them to shop more easily and independently around the Food Club floor.

Stamp Out Hunger with the Annual Postal Food Drive!

As a part of the National Association of Letter Carriers “Stamp Out Hunger” food drive, a national campaign each year, the post office will team up with their local community to gather food donations for shelters, food pantries, and other agencies which offer assistance to those in need on Saturday, May 21.

This function serves as the biggest event for organizations like Community Action House, Gateway Mission (formerly Holland Rescue Mission), Resilience: Advocates for Ending Violence, and Salvation Army to receive much-needed supplies for their food pantries.

May 2022 eNewsletter

Community Action House program updates on Financial Wellness, Community Outreach, our Food Club and Opportunity Hub, and our Community Kitchen.

From the Team: An Update from Executive Director Scott Rumpsa

On October 25th of last year, we launched our new ‘Food Club & Opportunity Hub’. With you - our community of support - partnering closely with us, we took a huge step forward in service. Over 1,466 qualifying, low-income families have received regular healthy food assistance at Food Club. That’s over 4,200 neighbors, in the first six-months alone!