Home Allies, Inc.

Home Allies is an Ames non-profit formed by former Story County Supervisor Lauris Olson to create affordable and attainable housing for people whose incomes and life experiences their risk of housing instability and homelessness. Home Allies is also a member of the Story County Hunger Coalition facilitated by United Way of Story County.

Home Allies is coordinating a Mid-Winter Food Drive at two Ames grocery stores on Saturday, Feb. 11, to collect donations of food & hygiene products plus cash for several Story County Food Pantries. We need adults, students ages 14 & older and families to hand out lists of needed items at the stores & to collect cash donations: to transport grocery carts filled with donations from the store entrances to an outdoor staging area, to sort, pack & load donations for delivery and to unload at some of the pantries. Pantries requesting to participate as of this posting are MICA, Ames Community Schools, ISU SHOP, Ballard, Slater/Sheldahl, The Salvation Pantry, The Bridge Home, Loaves & Fishes and Calgary United Church. Cash donations will be given to Good Neighbor Emergency Assistance and the participating pantries to be used to buy perishable, religious and special foods.