Hands to Help Ministries provides assistance to the homeless and those in crisis on the Northwest Side of Chicago.
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Hands to Help Ministries Receives Grant
The FDC Foundation granted Hands to Help Ministries $15,000 for the year 2013. Funds from this grant will be used for rental, identification and utilities assistance for our clients. We thank the FDC Foundation for its continued support.
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Hands to Help Welcomes New Outreach Worker
In March, Hands to Help Ministries welcomed Omar Guzman as its new outreach worker. Hands to Help Ministries welcomes Omar
to our team.
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Hands to Help Out in the Community
Our Hands to Help outreach worker, works with those in need in the Portage Park and Irving Park neighborhoods. The outreach worker targets the Six Corners area and the Kennedy Expressway underpass at Irving. He reaches out to homeless people living in the area. Hands to Help works to establish a relationship with people and after assessing needs, seeks to connect people with housing and other services. If you see a person in need, please call the Hands to Help hotline at 773 599-9370 and let us know the time and place you encountered the person.
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We have the following volunteer opportunities available:OFFICE HELPVolunteers are needed to help in the office on Wednesdays from 10:45 a.m. to1 p.m. The job consists of general receptionist work: Greeting clients,serving coffee, filling out paperwork, occasionally lending an ear. HTH isideally looking for 4 people: One volunteer to be scheduled for 1 week permonth.
ERRAND RUNNERIf you have a car, and bits of free time each week, this might be perfectfor you. Occasionally our Outreach Worker requests items for our clients(CTA card, toiletries, etc.), so the runner's job would be to go out and getthese when needed. Runners will be reimbursed by HTH. You may need tocoordinate pickup of donated items as well. A valid drivers' license isneeded.For those interested in Office Help or Errand Runner job, please contact LeeStein at 312-608-1465 or leesstein@gmail.comTUESDAY NIGHT OUTREACHVolunteers are needed to provide lunches in lunch bags and take them to oneof two designated areas. Groups of 4 Volunteers will pass out lunches tothose who are in need, and offer information about HTH. We are looking for acore of 4 to 12 people for this program. Tuesday Night volunteers willattend a short 1.5-hour training for this exciting job!LUNCHES for TUES. NIGHT OUTREACHVolunteer groups are needed to make about 10 to 20 simple lunches for ouroutreach volunteers to pass along to clients on Tuesday nights.This is a wonderful opportunity for churches, scouting troops, high schoolstudents, or any other group of people who want to do something to directlyhelp their community!For those interested in Lunch-making or Tuesday Night Outreach, pleasecontact Rev. Kara at 773-960-1889 or rector@stjohnschicago.com
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