One of the co-founders of The Supply Hive, a Des Moines-based organization focused on helping others in the community, is finding herself on the other end. Zakariyah Hill is a co-founder of The Supply Hive, but she's also a daughter who is close to her mother. Zakariyah's mother, Rebecca, was diagnosed with stage 3 colorectal cancer a day before her birthday. "It's devastating," Hill said. "It's like, how do you give a birthday gift like that can bring some sort of joy or what do you say to, like, get away from the subject of it." Hill refers to her mother as her rock. The mother-daughter duo is close, with Rebecca even helping her daughter with The Supply Hive. "She has driven our U-hauls. She has loaded them. She has given up her garage to be our storage and her backyard to be our preparation spot so many times," Hill said.The Supply Hive began back in the summer of 2020. Hill co-founded the organization with her friend, Aaliyah Quinn. Since its start, members of the organization have helped stock community fridges and supported local leaders, activists, women, and most recently, children at Hiatt Middle School who needed instruments. Aaliyah Quinn and Hill have even started the Hill-Quinn Legacy grant to fund legacy ideas of the Black leaders. "We don't stop at just people of color and BIPOC communities and low income," Hill said. "We recognize needs are on a spectrum and can range from so many things — the tangible things and the intangible. So we continue to find a way to help those and meet those needs."Now Hill is seeing some of the same people she's helped, turn around to help her family. Hill created a GoFundMe for help in battling her mom's illness."I was going back and forth with myself. I'm like, 'Do I post ta GoFundMe? I don't know.' I'm used to helping other people out," Hill said. "But people are showing up and I cannot be more happy and grateful."Hill says her mom has four more weeks of chemo left and then they’ll hope for good news.If you’re looking to help or make a donation, you can do so here.