There are days at Helping Hands when you just feel it — this isn’t just a pantry. It’s a family. It’s connection. It’s grace. Last week, one of our incredible volunteers stopped by with bags of pet food prepped by her 4H kids. Young hands, big hearts. They wanted to make sure that when families … [Read more…]
It’s Feel Good Friday at Helping Hands! There’s something powerful about ending the week by doing something good. Right now, many families in our community are feeling the weight of rising grocery costs. The price of milk, eggs, fresh produce, and pantry staples continues to climb — and for households already stretching every dollar, it’s … [Read more…]
Today at Helping Hands I met up with a volunteer to take down the Christmas tree. I know…it was time. He was really excited because he’d gotten some cool treats on sale and was looking forward to seeing if our guests tomorrow would like them. I already know they will. It occurred to me, watching … [Read more…]
Great Falls, Montana had an earthquake yesterday! I thought of our guests who live outdoors. As scary as it was for those of us who are housed, what if you had no safe place to go in an emergency or natural disaster? Imagine not having anywhere to store your things. No restrooms readily available to … [Read more…]
I forgot to post a Feel Good Friday at Helping Hands at First English yesterday, so let’s feel good today. (About something. Anything. Please…) These are the bags of groceries waiting to go out today, prepped with loving hands and hearts by our incredible volunteers. We fed 363 people today. But we also gave out … [Read more…]
It’s Feel Good Friday once again at Helping Hands at First English! (Is it just me or is time speeding up…?😳😳😳) Just a little reminder that, in addition to: Feeding our neighbors (40 tons of food just from the GFCFB alone this year)… Connecting neighbors to other resources and helping agencies (Looking at you, amazing … [Read more…]
It’s Feel Good Friday at Helping Hands at First English. I want to talk to you about HOPE. Due to our current administration’s decision to shut down SNAP, we served 571 guests last weekend. That’s almost 100 more than our prior record, set during the pandemic. Here’s where the hope comes in…This little grass-roots pantry … [Read more…]
Saturday was a record-breaking day at Helping Hands at First English. We served 571 neighbors, breaking our last record from the Covid days by about 100. When someone who is in need comes to Helping Hands, we feed them. We do not turn them away. I was shocked this week when another feeding organization in … [Read more…]
Happy Halloween and Feel Good Friday at Helping Hands at First English. 🎃 There has definitely been a pall cast on this day of celebration, as we face down the barrel of hunger as SNAP is discontinued. Through our work at Helping Hands, we know so many of our neighbors who will be impacted by … [Read more…]
After he’d been evicted, he’d gotten mugged the first two nights he was on the street. All of his paperwork was stolen and he had no resources to navigate the difficult system of finding a new and affordable place to live. Helping Hands at First English helped to keep him in a hotel so no … [Read more…]
