Meet our 2021 AmplifiHER Honorees
Deb is a powerhouse. When covid happened, she mobilized her team at Gather to meet the need of food insecure folks in the region. Her team transitioned from their normal pantry ‘shopping’ model to boxing up food and even delivering food to clients. Deb and her team worked with Evan Mallett of Black Trumpet to keep his employees working by cooking meals for food pantry clients. She helped start up the Pop Up Portsmouth market, bringing much needed revenue to local restaurants and businesses and providing a safe, fun outlet for Seacoast residents. She also piloted a program to provide mini grants to small food pantries across the Seacoast, enlisting funders to the cause and supporting pantries that otherwise wouldn’t have the capacity to apply for loans or grants, with an easy, simple application process and disbursement. She is a tour de force and deserves a tremendous amount of recognition for the work she does.
From Deb: This is a video showing Gather’s response to Covid: