Sofia Lopez wants to give back and she’s using her birthday to do so. This year, instead of birthday gifts, Sofia has asked family and friends to donate to Isaiah’s Kitchen, a food outreach charity in Hobbs, and hopefully, by her eighth birthday on Jan. 16, the charity will benefit. It all started a few weeks ago. Sofia and her …

Denise Benson will celebrate four years of volunteering at Isaiah’s Soup Kitchen in November, she said Thursday. While preparing to serve chicken and pasta for lunch, she laughed, “I just like making people happy because happy people make me happy.” Mike Stone, president of the Isaiah’s Soup Kitchen board of directors, said Benson’s tenure is special and she seems to …

Jimmy Brown never bought $1,000 in groceries before. And in his first opportunity, he instead chose to give it to someone else. “I don’t need a $1,000 in groceries,” he said. “So I donated it to Isaiah’s Kitchen.” So, early Saturday morning Renee Madron, executive director of the Isaiah’s Kitchen food bank, arrived at Albertson’s with a shopping list. The …

Albertsons Souper Bowl of Caring fills Isaiah’s Kitchen’s pantry Seven privately owned pickups were lined up by their owners in front of Albertsons grocery store in Hobbs at 10 a.m. Saturday. The pickups were there to be loaded with groceries collected by Albertsons during its most recent Souper Bowl of Caring, a food drive held during the two-month run-up before the …