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High Plains Helping Hands (HPHH) is excited to announce the hiring of David Edson as its new Executive Director.

Prior to this role, Edson served as the International Projects Manager with Convoy of Hope, an international relief and development organization. He brings a passion to help our community with the fight against hunger and poverty. Edson is married to his wife Kara and has a son, Jax.

Edson officially began working for the organization on January 4. He is working side by side with current Executive Director Rose Mizer during January in an effort to create as smooth a transition as possible.

Mizer has served with HPHH for seven years and is retiring to spend more time with her grandchildren and enjoy traveling, hiking, sewing, and gardening. HPHH thanks Mizer for her service and wish her the best in retirement as she enters this new chapter in her life.

Mizer would like to express her appreciation to the community for all of the support given to HPHH through the years. “It has been a blessing and a joy to know and partner with so many of you,” she said.

High Plains Helping Hands is a Christian human services agency, near Black Forest and Woodmen Roads, that helps those in need living in northeastern Colorado Springs, Falcon, and beyond. Its services include food, hygiene items, senior commodities, clothing vouchers, gas cards and children’s Christmas toys, school supplies, birthday gifts, and Easter baskets, as well as spiritual and emotional support when requested. In December, it provided 296 families with special Christmas food bags and turkeys or hams. Parents visited the HPHH “Christmas Toy Store” to select free gifts and stocking stuffers for their children and teens, As a result, 494 youth woke up to wonderful surprises on Christmas morning. HPHH’s service area covers 17 zip codes and over 3200 square miles. For more information about High Plains Helping Hands, visit hphh.org.