supporting our
neighbors in need who
are struggling to
make ends meet

Mission

The mission of Heights Unlimited Community Resource Center (HU) is to support individuals and families in need in our local communities by providing food, personal essentials, clothing, resources and programs. Our service area includes residents in the following ZIP codes: 53503 (Arena), 53515 (Black Earth), 53517 (Blue Mounds), 53528 (Cross Plains), 53560 (Mazomanie).

Your support and involvement make a difference!

You can give our neighbors in need a helping hand in 2025. Food donations have decreased significantly, but the number of clients has increased. Here’s how you can help:

  • Consider a monetary donation! Your dollars help us buy food and other necessities.

  • Organize a food drive.

  • Volunteer at the pantry or clothes closet. (Check out the Volunteer page for more info.)

  • Volunteers are needed to do an occasional food order pickup and delivery to HU from Madison’s west side. This will take very little time for someone already in Madison, but it’s so important in supporting our clients. Contact Brad Delwiche for more information.

Backpack buddies program

Beginning in October 2025 and throughout the rest of the school year, HU offers food-filled backpacks every Friday to students whose families have enrolled in the program. Find more information on our Services page. The backpack program is available at no cost to families, but monetary gifts are welcome to help keep backpacks filled for kids in our local communities.

As an extension of HU’s Backpack Buddies Program, the 2025 Kids Summer Lunch Program was an amazing success, with an average of more than 110 kid visits every Wednesday from June through August. This initiative was established to provide children with a few weekly nutritious meals throughout the summer when they can’t count on the daily meals available during the school year.

Special thanks to all who contributed to this program’s success this past summer, especially to our volunteers and to Joy Nelson, owner of Gordon’s Restaurant.

(These programs are funded in part by a Healthy Life Initiative Grant from the Sauk Prairie Healthcare Foundation.)

“The help from Heights Unlimited has eased the stress of trying to figure out how we are going to pay our bills and feed ourselves.
Thank you.”
 

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Even the local Girl Scouts have pitched in to support our food-challenged neighbors.

Summer Lunch Program
Kids serving kids--caring doesn’t get much better than this!