Category: Updates

March Impact


More than 200 families came to NEEDS for food and financial assistance in March, including over a dozen visiting for the first time. We are grateful for the donors and volunteers who help us to meet our neighbors’ emergency needs!

You can help, too! Click to donate funds or join our virtual food drive today. Thank you!

February Impact


NEEDS provided food and emergency financial assistance to more than 200 families last month, including 23 visiting NEEDS for the first time.

You can help to meet our neighbors’ emergency needs! Click HERE to donate today. Thank you!

January Impact


The first cold month of 2026 brought more than 160 families to NEEDS for food and emergency financial assistance. We look forward to serving our community in the year ahead!

You can help to meet our neighbors’ emergency needs! Click HERE to donate today. Thank you!

December Impact


During the last month of 2025, NEEDS provided food and emergency financial assistance to more than 200 families — bringing our total for the year to over 8000 individuals served!

You can help us keep meeting our neighbors’ emergency needs! Click HERE to donate today. Thank you!

November Impact


NEEDS has served more than 2000 families this year. You can help us keep meeting our neighbors’ emergency needs! Click HERE to donate today.

Thank you!

Student Assistance Drive Update


Each year, NEEDS holds a Student Assistance Drive to help provide school supplies and warm winter clothing to students in our community. Teachers and administrators in the Deer Park, Princeton, and Sycamore districts know all too well how many families struggle to afford these necessities — so they’re thrilled to receive gift cards enabling them to purchase exactly what their students need!

NEEDS volunteer Jan, who coordinates the annual drive, recently distributed the donated gift cards to appreciative faculty. Thank you to everyone who helped to make this year’s drive a success!

October Impact


NEEDS served more than 800 people in October, including 25 families visiting NEEDS for the first time. With SNAP benefits in jeopardy due to the federal government shutdown, it’s likely those numbers will only increase in the coming month.

You can help! Click HERE to donate today. Thank you!

September Impact


More than 200 families came to NEEDS for help in the past month. We are grateful to the donors and volunteers who help us to serve our neighbors.

Click HERE to find out how you can get involved!

August Impact


NEEDS has provided food and emergency financial assistance to more than 1600 families this year, including 20 families visiting in August for the first time. We are grateful to the donors and volunteers who help us to meet needs in our community.

Click HERE to find out how you can get involved!

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