A line from the book of Proverbs tells us "Train up a child in the way they should go, when they are old they will not depart from it." Former NHCO Executive Director, Fay Morgan and her husband Blair took this wisdom to heart recently when they invited their three-year-old twin granddaughters, Quinn and Reese (pictured), to support their neighbors in need through NHCO. Earlier this winter, the twins participated in their first "food drive," accompanying their grandparents on a grocery store trip to pick out much-needed items for NHCO's food pantries.

The girls then helped to deliver the items to the Allison Park Food Pantry, and saw the mission in action as they toured the pantry where their donated items would be shared with dozens of community members in the coming month.

But one encounter with NHCO's mission was not enough for these budding philanthropists. This month, the Morgan family partnered with Thrivent Financial to receive a Thrivent Cares Team grant, which was in turn used to purchase personal hygiene items in support of NHCO's Seasonal Sharing Projects. The twins were involved again in packing the items into 62 individual boxes and delivering them to NHCO.

"One of the great things about NHCO's mission is that people of every age can lend a helping hand" said NHCO Executive Director, Scott Shaffer, adding: "I'm grateful to Fay for championing our mission for many years as E.D. and now passing it on to the next generation in her retirement." Neighbors of any age can find out about NHCO's upcoming sharing projects at NHCO.org/sharing-project-donations.