Feel Good Friday comes with a special chance to double your good work and intentions! Helping Hands at First English is again participating in the annual Town Pump matching funds campaign! Your money will be DOUBLED if you donate through November! That’s DOUBLE the food we can buy for our neighbors! DOUBLE the Thanksgiving, Christmas, … [Read more…]
Feel Good Friday: More Than a Bag of Groceries Sometimes helping looks like a bag of food or a warm meal. And sometimes it looks like showing up for someone, and staying. At Helping Hands, we have the privilege of walking alongside some of our community’s most vulnerable neighbors—not just for a day, but through … [Read more…]
439 souls were fed at Helping Hands on Saturday. We had plenty of volunteers who were there to offer support, load boxes, and provide hospitality. The sanctuary was opened for guests to have communion if they wished, or sit in quiet prayer or contemplation. A prayer was offered and many conversations were had about life, … [Read more…]
Saturday, August 15th, 439 souls were fed at Helping Hands. We had plenty of volunteers who were there to offer support, load boxes, and provide hospitality. The sanctuary was opened for guests to have communion if they wished, or sit in quiet prayer or contemplation. A prayer was offered and many conversations were had about … [Read more…]
As people continue to make islands of themselves in this strange political climate we find ourselves in, we want to believe we have more in common than we have differences. We want to believe it matters to everyone that we keep taking care of one another, loving our neighbor, and looking out for the vulnerable … [Read more…]
It’s Feel Good Friday at Helping Hands! As you may know, we feed hundreds of guests each week in our downtown community, which is an census-designated area of concentrated poverty. What you may not know, is that as we’ve grown we have been able to increase our services! We have been key in helping several … [Read more…]
Last weekend, Helping Hands experienced a record-breaking day, serving 526 people in a single day. While we’re grateful to be here for our neighbors, this number is also a reminder that the need in our community remains significant. With school now out for the summer, many families lose access to the breakfasts and lunches their … [Read more…]
As the weather warms up, we get excited about spending more time in the great outdoors. For our unhoused neighbors, however, there can be challenges to being constantly outside in the heat. During weeks where the temps are high, Helping Hands works with the Great Falls Public Library to have a cooler with cold bottled … [Read more…]
At Helping Hands, we are seeing more neighbors coming through our doors worried about how they’ll feed their families after recent government funding and cuts create uncertainty and hardship for many already living paycheck to paycheck. But we’ve also seen something beautiful: neighbors helping neighbors. At Helping Hands, we believe everyone deserves food, dignity, compassion, … [Read more…]
This week at Helping Hands, we’re walking alongside a guest as they work toward a more stable future — helping them get to appointments for housing, mental health care, and other vital benefits. At the same time, we continue feeding hundreds of neighbors each week with the help of this amazing community. We recognize that … [Read more…]
