From the beginning...
"If I'm not here, I'm not eating," said Scott, a daily customer of The Huddle, a Mission Hills restaurant. Scott was sick with HIV/AIDS and too weak to cook for himself.
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In 1991, when Scott failed to show up for his lunch one day, The Huddle's owner Ruth Henricks took action. She teamed up with a group of friends who helped prepare meals in The Huddle's kitchen. They called the home-delivered meals "Special Delivery."
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Today, in the Special Delivery kitchen, Ruth and her team prepare over 300 nutritionally-balanced, fresh & homemade meals daily!
TESTIMONIALS
Trent, Food Pantry
I'm a single parent raising four children - three teens and a four year old.
I started out volunteering for Special Delivery for several years as a driver. After a few years of volunteering, I became disabled with a knee replacement in 2007 and then cancer in 2010.
About five years ago, I began shopping at the Special Delivery pantry. Using the pantry, I am able to provide food security for my family so that at the end of the month, we are not out of food. We have a food security all month long.
I find Special Delivery to be a blessing to myself, the community and San Diego County. Thank God for Ruth!
Gilbert, Diabetic
I was told there was a Diabetic Program from one of the Food Pantry volunteers during a visit. I live with diabetes. I was diagnosed with kidney problems and told I would die from kidney failure by my physician. I decided to take action by going to Ruth’s Diabetic Class. I was 250 pounds when I started my journey and now I have lost and kept off over 100 pounds. Lemon water first thing in the morning has saved my life and my kidneys! My body healed itself as I started making conscientious choices I learned in the last four years from Ruth. Let my “reckoning” be proof to you, you can do it too!
Lena, Home Delivery
I am blind and have been receiving Special Delivery meals for over two years. The meals give me access to wonderful, healthy options and delicious gluten-free dinners. Even if I had adequate income to eat well, I could not buy gluten-free dinners that are this wholesome and tasty.