Stone Belt is pleased to announce that the Hossler Family including dad Don, mom Carol Anne and son Jonathan are one of twenty families recognized nationally by the Auntie Anne Pretzel Company Foundation's "A Twist on Giving Back" program. Nominated by Stone Belt, the Hosslers were selected as an innovative volunteer family for their creation of the Hand in Hand Project. Jonathan Hossler is a Stone Belt client.
The Hand in Hand Project is a collaborative activity that currently benefits hundreds of individuals, including Stone Belt clients, food bank recipients, and community residents.
The project involves daily collections of non-perishable food donations, contributed by community members and collected by Stone Belt client volunteers that are then donated to area food banks. Hand in Hand currently supports dozens of neighborhood routes in Stone Belt's Monroe and Owen County service areas, providing hundreds of families with meaningful philanthropic opportunities.
Stone Belt clients are successfully contributing to the strengthening of society through meaningful on-going volunteer employment. The project, in turn, provides participating households and food bank staff with the valuable lesson about the ability of everyone to positively contribute.
The Hossler family is now featured on the Auntie Anne Pretzel Foundation's Web site, www.atwistongivingback.org. In addition, they have received $2,000 for the Hand in Hand Project. These dollars will go far in assisting Stone Belt with an expansion of the project to all areas the agency serves. Stone Belt congratulates the Hossler family for this outstanding recognition, and thanks them for bringing this exciting opportunity to the agency.