Our Programs
Community Food Sharing
The Community Food Sharing Program is Manzanita Outreach’s primary program activity. Through various forms of mobile food distribution, Manzanita Outreach is the fastest growing and one of the largest food assistance providers in the State of Arizona. In 2023, Manzanita Outreach distributed over 2.4 million pounds of fresh and healthy food into our community.
MOHelp Resource Hubs
Alongside out most highly trafficed Food Sharing Events, Manzanita hosts mobile resource fairs, which we call MOHelp Resource Hubs. These hubs connect basic needs providers such as health insurers, addiction invervention and recovery resources, free tax preparers, or mobile health clinics with the thousands of clients that Manzanita serves as part of our food sharing.
MO Packs For Teachers
The MO Packs for Teachers Program provides teachers with a box of snacks for their classrooms. A MO Pack for Teachers is a box containing a variety of snack items. Manzanita Outreach is operating this program at nearly 100% of schools in the Verde Valley. This program is sponsored by Fiesta Bowl Charities, among others!
Emergency Preparation & Response Program
Due to the infrastructure Manzanita has built over several years, Manzanita participates in various crisis planning and crisis response activities across the county. From being a county-wide recipient of emergency supplies, to housing thousands of wildfire and flood supplies onsite, to providing emergency food and water deliveries to rural communities at the request of Yavapai County Emergency Management, Manzanita continues to support preparedness and response efforts.
Neighborhood Food Project
Verde Valley Neighborhood Food Project is an innovative, new way to fight hunger in our community. Every two months, on the second Saturday of every even month, our Neighborhood Coordinators pick up bags of healthy nonperishable food that neighbors have left outside their front doors. They leave empty green bags for next time, and take all the food to local Food Banks.