MIFA celebrates jubilee year
MIFA volunteer Cookie Ewing gives Hannah Mason a parting hug after delivering a MIFA meal to her Binghampton apartment. Fueled by thousands of volunteers, MIFA, which turns 50 this year, has gone high tech with pre-plotted routes and an app, but deliveries are still made with a personal touch. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)
MIFA volunteer Cookie Ewing delivers Chattie Hampton's MIFA meal to her Binghampton apartment. Fueled by thousands of volunteers, MIFA, which turns 50 this year, has gone high tech with pre-plotted routes and an app, but deliveries are still made with a personal touch. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)
MIFA employee loads up meals for one of the organizations collection points on Thursday August 16, 2018. Fueled by thousands of volunteers, MIFA, which turns 50 this year, has gone high tech with pre-plotted routes and an app, but deliveries are still made with a personal touch. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)
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Latino Memphis Mid-South Food Bank MIFA nonprofit The Best TimesElle Perry
The Memphis native and two-time University of Memphis graduate has written for publications including The Memphis Business Journal, Memphis Flyer and High Ground News, and previously served as coordinator of The Teen Appeal.
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