As we celebrate Feed the Hungry San Miguel’s 40th anniversary this year, we marvel at how far we’ve come, from a soup kitchen in a church to nearly one million meals served every year to thousands of needy citizens throughout the municipality.

Leading up to the 30th anniversary of the organization in 2014, board member Dianne Walta Hart captured the recollections of several of the very special people who defined the mission, organized the processes, raised the funds, and kept the vision alive. We will always be grateful for those who took the first steps, not even dreaming of what the future held.

Here are their stories, from interviews and accounts written 2011 – 2014.