Our Impact
Building a community of hope and success
People Helping People has been serving the Baraboo for 25 years. PHP has grown into a thriving, community-building nonprofit that primarily serves low-income families and unemployed adults through its food bank and job training programs.
Outreach 2024
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Easter Dinners for Big Springs Church Food Pantry (Wisconsin Dells)
March 2024
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Easter Hams for Area Families
Bringing the hope of Easter to area families. March 2024
2023 Outreach
School Supplies for the Reedsburg School District.
Chapel on the Hill food donation
Donation to Community Christian School food pantry.
Donation of school supplies to Community Christian School
Donation of school supplies for Baraboo area students
Clothing and other needed items for students at Al Behrman Elementary School, Baraboo
Thanksgiving meals for families in Adams, Juneau, Sauk, and Columbia counties
Christmas meals for families in Adams, Juneau, Sauk, and Columbia counties
$500 Walmart gift card to Chapel on the Hill food pantry.
100 Easter dinners for area families in need
2022 Outreach
February: Coats and snacks for Baraboo School children
July: 400 + boxes of cereal to food pantries in Sauk, Juneau, Adams, and Columbia counties.
April: GOAL - Raise $5000 for Groceries -Amount raised = $5580 Easter Dinners plus bulk food for Adams Food Pantry and our Adopt-A- Veteran Program.
April: $579 for snacks for Baraboo Public Schools and Community Christian School
June - $500 Chapel on the Hill Food Pantry Donation
October - $1652 in school supplies to five elementary schools in the Baraboo School District
November: $1,097 in snacks for Community Christian School and for public schools in the Baraboo School District.
November: $1.386.92 worth of gear for the kids at Al Behrman Elementary School, Baraboo
November: $670 worth of turkeys for food pantries in Adams and Columbia counties
November: 146 Thanksgiving Dinners for families in Sauk, Adams, Juneau and Columbia counties.
$1707 worth of Hams are for Families in Adams, Sauk, Columbia, and Juneau counties.
156 Christmas Dinners and 7362 LBS of food for Sauk, Adams, Columbia and Juneau counties food pantries.
2021 Outreach
January 12th - Adams Food Pantry on behalf of Mr. Jeff Maurer and Maurer’s Market.
February 24th - Snacks and clothing for the Baraboo School District
August 24, 2021 - $500 donation in support of Chapel on the Hill Food Pantry
September Unite and Reach: Back to School Program raised $5,300 for school supplies for area schools.
November Thanksgiving Dinners for veterans and their families in Adams County, Juneau, Columbia, and Sauk County.
January 29 - snacks and clothing supplies for the Baraboo Elementary Schools
February 12 - Food for Beyond Blessed Food Pantry in Baraboo
March 10th - Nonperishables collected for food pantries in 4 counties: Adams, Juneau, Sauk, Columbia
April 9th - 2100 lbs of food items for Food Pantries and Families in Sauk, Adams, Columbia, and Juneau Counties
April 18th - $300 donation to Chapel on the Hill Food Pantry
The October Brat Fry raised $810 for the Adopt a Veteran Program
December $540.00 Snacks for students at CCS and the Baraboo schools.
March 31st - 130 Easter Dinners to families in Columbia, Juneau, and Sauk Counties. Thank you to Baraboo Motor Group for the carry bags.
April 13th - Food and quits for the Baraboo School District.
May 27 - 40 Spaghetti dinners for the Adopt-A- Veteran Program and 350 lbs. of food for the Columbia Co. Food Pantry.
A special THANK YOU to all our volunteers. You are the backbone of People Helping People. We very much appreciate your caring efforts.
Christmas Dinners for Families and Food Banks in Sauk, Columbia, Adams, and Juneau Counties.
Thanks to everyone for your amazing support of our Christmas Adopt a Family Drive. We broke our goal of $5000, with over $7000 in donations. Thanks to YOU, families throughout the 4 counties as well as families affected by the Kentucky tornadoes will have a brighter Christmas.
2020 Outreach
Adopt a Family
Adopt a Soldier
2020 - Easter, Thanksgiving, Christmas
543 meals provided
PHP’s Adopt a Family, Adopt a Soldier programs serve low-income families. Special food drives provide meals for holiday dinners. PHP also buys food for the needy families year-round
Stomp Out Hunger
School Supplies
2020 - Food Pantry Donations Totaling
20,164 pounds of food
PHP donates to food pantries in Sauk, Juneau, Columbia, and Adams counties. In the past year, PHP also assisted over 300 families with additional groceries, school supplies, and children’s clothing
Work Ready Program
Providing New Hope
2020 - 88 Cars Detailed
168 mentored - 3 Graduates
Work Ready clients learn a useful job skill and receive personal mentoring so they can continue to make good choices, support themselves, and become productive citizens,
$1,825 in a variety of school supplies: Columbia, Adams, Juneau, and Sauk Counties
65 taco dinners to the families in the four counties: Sauk, Columbia, Juneau, and Adams
Oct 10th donation of 1,097 pounds of nonperishables to Community Sharing Pantry in Mauston
72 ready to fix Chili meals the food pantries in four counties: Sauk, Columbia, Juneau, and Adams
$978 in snacks to the Baraboo School District for distribution to students in the schools
1300 pounds of food to the Adams Food Pantry to ease food shortages in December, 2020.
$1,000 for school supplies - Community Christian School
Clothing and snacks for students in the Baraboo School District.
$1,000 for school supplies - Baraboo School District
126 turkey dinners to families through help centers in four counties: Sauk, Columbia, Juneau, and Adams
