The Neighborhood Care Center is the embodiment of community and caring for those around us, and while so many of its programs carry the mantle, one program is connecting neighbors to neighbors.

The NCC's Feed Distribution allows for community members to come in and prepare a frozen meal, though you don't have to help prepare, or grab a frozen meal and connect with a neighbor who may be in need. Director Cody Monkman calls it 'another tool in the toolbox.'

Hilary Sturgeon, one of NCC's coaches for the program, indicates before COVID, volunteers would meet around once a quarter to prepare the meals. She emphasizes this is a good way for families to get involved but you don't have to be a master chef to participate.

For Monkman, the feed meals are a great way to break the ice with a neighbor you maybe haven't touched base within a while or be there to support someone close to you going through a hard time. He says the scope of the program has grown in recent years.

According to Sturgeon, she has seen the power of the program blossom into friendships in her own life. She believes stepping out of her comfort zone using the program to be there for someone she did not know likely would not have had happened if she wasn't involved in the program.

Monkman points anyone interested in learning more about the services of the Neighborhood Care Center or volunteering with them to visit neighborhoodcarecenter.net. You can also find them on Facebook and Instagram.