Harvest Compassion Center

Our mission is to provide food and clothing in a hope-filled environment to the underserved in the greater Phoenix area.

To Challenge: To engage a person’s heart in the act of helping others. To Serve: To be the hands and feet of Jesus serving those in need. To Last: To follow corporate and financial direction set forth in the present so we can continue to serve others in the future.

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Goal One: Zero Hunger

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Goal Two: No Poverty

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Goal Three: Good Health and Well-being

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Describe an investment in leadership

We have recently invested in The Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS) for professional development, leadership development, and training. This has allowed everyone at HCC to be on the same page with our vision and our mission to accomplish our short and long-term goals. EOS has instilled focus, discipline, and accountability throughout HCC leaders so that everyone executes our vision every day. In turn, this has encouraged our leaders to become a more cohesive, functional, and healthy leadership team.

This organization mobilizes for mission in the following ways:

• Strategic Partnerships

• Networks of Collective Impact Efforts

• Thought Leadership

• Raising Awareness

• Community Building

• Policy Advocacy

What are this organization’s external mobilizaton efforts?

HCC is engaged with our surrounding community through organization, business, and individual partnerships as we work together to reduce food insecurity and improve the overall quality of life within the homes of local families. At HCC, we believe that we are stronger together, and therefore, we work with like-minded organizations who are willing to step up when called upon for greater impact purposes. Recognizing the crisis surrounding underserved Valley families, we knew it was imperative to build strong collaborations with nonprofits to holistically meet the needs of every individual we serve. Some community partners include AZ Helping Hands, OCJ Kids, Department of Child Safety, local schools, Alliance of Arizona Nonprofits, and AZ Food Bank Network. We work with the Glendale and Scottsdale Chamber of Commerce to help create strong communities in the cities where our centers are located. We share a voice with community leaders, and together, fight against hunger!

Pre-COVID-19, 1 in 4 kids and 1 in 5 adults in the Valley did not eat three meals a day, leaving them vulnerable to issues with health, safety, education, and overall well-being. When the pandemic hit and 60% of local schools closed providing only online classes, these numbers soared and continue to be much higher today. Local HCCs allow each client full choice of their shopping experience. We never give out pre-packaged food boxes, assign clothing, or assume the product on the shelf is the product each family needs. HCCs focus is on maintaining a first-class operation where cleanliness, choice and compassion are pillars, and the basic needs of kids and at-risk adults are met with the utmost dignity. Clients, assisted by a volunteer personal shopper, select food items that meet the needs of their individual family. Children safely enjoy a kids' play area, complete with free toys and books. Our clothing boutiques offer donated clothing which is neatly displayed after it has been freshly washed and ironed. HCC strives to get to know each client personally, ensuring each product chosen and each referral given will truly impact and improve their quality of life, ultimately bettering their hardship situation. Because some clients are high-risk, we pivoted and began to provide a curb-side delivery of groceries. If individuals were not able to enter the center to pick their own groceries, we would work with each guest so that groceries could be ordered beforehand and walked out to their vehicle. We are very proud of how we transitioned during the pandemic and how we continue to value the safety of our clients, volunteers, and team, making it our top priority. With our high standards of cleanliness in each of our centers already in place, all HCCs remained open when COVID-19 hit, never taking a single day off!