About Us
Neighbors Feeding Neighbors, Every Day.
Flagstaff Family Food Center hasn’t missed a single hot meal since 1991!
Our Story
Over 30 years ago, local businessman and philanthropist George McCullough would give his business card to any person he met on the street who needed some help and tell them to head over to the Grand Canyon Cafe for a hot meal and use his business card as payment At the end of the month, he would square up with the restaurant owners, Fred and Tina Wong. McCullough’s generosity became well known around Flagstaff and eventually evolved into a soup kitchen, first opened in the basement of his church.
More and more community members became drawn to the mission of feeding those in need and on Christmas Day 1991, the Flagstaff Family Food Center officially opened its doors. The Center’s merger with Northern Arizona Food Bank in 2013 led to our new name of Flagstaff Family Food Center: Food Bank and Kitchen, and widened the scope of our services to include emergency family food boxes.
And that’s how a community built the Flagstaff Family Food Center: Food Bank and Kitchen.
Our Leadership
JB DeWitt
Interim Executive Director
jb@hotfood.org
Tim Joyce
Operations Manager
tim@hotfood.org
Rene RedDay
Children's Literacy Coordinator
rene@hotfood.org
Summer Grandy
Volunteer Coordinator
summer@hotfood.org
Aaron Secakuku
Reading Room Coordinator
aaron@hotfood.org
Lisa Aguiñaga
Kitchen Manager, Lead Cook
lisa@hotfood.org
Now Accepting Appliations
Executive Director
Now Accepting Appliations
AmeriCorps (10 positions available)
Our Great Staff
Flagstaff Family Food Center
Board of Directors
- Steve Bennett, President (W. L. Gore, Retired)
- Sylvia A. Johnson, Vice-President (FUSD Administrator, Retired)
- Kathy Kilgrow, Secretary (Teacher, Retired)
- Kevin Stephens, Treasurer (Stephens & Company)
- Cathy Abeyta, Member (W. L. Gore, Retired)
- Tony Abrams, Member (W. L. Gore)
- Eric Boatner, Member (Allstate Insurance)
- Lea Clifton, Member (Self-Employed)
- Jean Christy, Member (Teacher, Retired)
- Tom Pahler, Member (Contractor, Retired)
- Lina Wallen, Member (Flagstaff Housing Authority, Retired)
Legacy Members
- Joel Rohrbough (Northern Arizona Orthopaedics)
- Tim McCoullough (NFP Insurance)
- Chris Budwig (FFFC)
- Kristen Downs (Northern AZ Ear, Nose & Throat)
- Jim Dykes (W.L. Gore & Associates)