Now in just its fourth year of serving South Tucson and Tucson’s southside, South Tucson Community Outreach is making a big impact in its tight-knit community.
“It’s very rewarding. It makes me feel like I am doing something right and that we are making a difference,” says Desirée Guerrero, executive director of South Tucson Community Outreach.
The ‘difference’ she’s making is helping to feed nearly 2,000 people a year in South Tucson and on the Southside. The small nonprofit provides weekly food boxes to those in need, as well as a monthly meal for older South Tucsonans living in public housing.
Pat Parris and Southside/South Tucson reporter Reyna Preciado were live in South Tucson to talk about our Giving Project, as well as other news in the South Tucson community :
South Tucson Community Outreach fights food insecurity
South Tucson Community Outreach collaborates with area businesses, including Galeria Mitotera.
“They’ve been an essential part of our group, just really helping us grow and spread the word,” Guerrero tells me.