The People Helping People Network Inc

The COVID-19 virus has inspired our team to help in a meaningful, but cost effective way!

We started out two weeks ago providing free sack lunches to inner-city families located in apartment complexes initially to help parents that saw their children suddenly sent home from school.   This presented a financial burden on these families as typically these children eat lunch and sometimes breakfast at school.  We thought..... What if we could drive through these areas and hand out a sack lunch with a sandwich, piece of fruit, granola bar, small treat and a bottled water??

The idea quickly took off!!!!   We were quickly making up to 500 lunches a day with the help of Tinker Street restaurant and our group of volunteers!!!  We would then take remaining lunches downtown to help feed the homeless and to Wheeler Mission.

What we were all hoping would be just a few weeks of social distancing has now DRASTICALLY CHANGED!!!!!

Schools are closed for another month... Recommendations of continued social distancing have been expanded through the month of April...
People are being laid off.....  Many don't have the resources to purchase food in bulk, so they have to buy when the money is available and pick through what might be left at the grocery store!

Our demand is GREATER THAN EVER!  We need your help!!!!!

We have provided over 6000 lunches already and we are able to provide them for approximately $1.50 each delivered!!!

We have just received a matching gift of $10,000.00 from a donor that wishes to remain anonymous. 

Help us get the FULL $10,000.00 by raising these funds!

ALL money received will go to provide these lunches


Want to join me in making a difference? I'm raising money to benefit People Helping People Network Inc, and any donation will help make an impact. Thanks in advance for your contribution to this cause that means so much to me.

More information about People Helping People Network Inc: To work in cooperation with our Center for Hope Coalition Partners

Alumni and friends of Emmerich Manual High School:  we need your help!

The football stadium and field at Manual are in desperate need of rehab and repair—and just a few weeks before the season.  Signs have fallen down, the concession stand and announcer’s booth are crumbling, and the bleachers are in a state of major disrepair.  Mark Bowell (‘81) has spearheaded an effort to restore the facility and get it in shape to host games this fall. Based on Mark’s work with a contractor, the rehab budget entails a cost of $15,000.

We only have a few weeks until the first game, so we need to get to work right away.   In addition to providing key leadership, Mark has pledged $2,500 of his own funds to jumpstart the project.  Others, including longtime Manual alumni leader Gordon Durnil, are also getting the word out.  It is a big goal, but there is strength in numbers, and as always, “Manual pride is on our side.”  Please consider a $25, $50 or a $100 contribution; any amount will help.

The fiscal agent for the project is People Helping People Network, a charitable organization run by a great friend of Manual, Jeff Cardwell (owner of Cardwell Do It Best Home Center just down Madison from the school).

The project name is “Manual Ray Schultz Field 2019.”   If we achieve our goal, any excess funds will go to support Manual.