by Brandon Mercer | Jul 15, 2025 | events, blog, Featured
Live music is back Thursday, 7/17 at 11:30 a.m. Join us in the dining room! We’re so proud to bring this music partnership to our community. EVERYONE deserves music, even if you don’t have a home, and even if your lunch spot includes our soup kitchen....
by Jilly De la Torre | Jun 23, 2025 | blog, Featured, Front Page
It’s almost that time again! Warm fall days are right around the corner, and over at GRIP, we’re getting ready to hold our 39th Annual Harmony Walk (In the Park!). Come to the usual spot, Nicholl Park, on Saturday, October 18th, at 10:00 am for a host of things to do....
by Jilly De la Torre | May 27, 2025 | blog, Featured, Front Page
It’s a difficult time to be low-income, homeless, or housing-insecure in America right now. No matter your political affiliation, we’re all witnessing an era where policy shifts rapidly, and where instability and unpredictability are starting to become a norm. Our...
by Brandon Mercer | May 14, 2025 | blog, Featured, Front Page, News
On April 18th, GRIP was thrilled to welcome a team of bright and enthusiastic Richmond high school students from the Plant to Plate (P2P) internship program to kick off the next phase of our community vegetable garden. These student interns, guided by P2P staff,...
by Brandon Mercer | May 13, 2025 | blog, News, Newsletter
APRIL 2025 NEWSLETTER Our Partnerships are Our Strength Dear Friends, At GRIP, our strength has always been in our unity. From our earliest days, when a handful of faith communities came together to feed the hungry, to today’s thriving network of over 40 faith-based...
by Ralph Payton | May 5, 2025 | blog, Featured, Front Page, News
Our newest community partner, Tandem, a nonprofit committed to social justice and early childhood education, is now bringing literacy resources and family engagement programming to the children and families at GRIP’s family shelter. We sat down with Nain Villanueva de...