The founders of Ben’s Wish are honoring a De Pere school administrator for sharing his story about growing up in poverty.
Becky and Peter Delain started the program that gives a backpack of food to children who struggle with food insecurity.
Jerry Nicholson’s story in front of hundreds at a fundraiser helped shine a light on how many children in Northeast Wisconsin don’t know where their next meal is coming from.
Ben’s Wish is named after the couple’s son who gave an apple to a homeless man along a highway hours before he died in an ATV accident.
