Helping
Hands
Helping Hands Society
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
P. O. Box 754
Milledgeville, GA 31059-0754
478-452-2421
Email: sacredheartmga@windstream.net
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
P. O. Box 754
Milledgeville, GA 31059-0754
478-452-2421
Email: sacredheartmga@windstream.net
What Is Helping Hands Society?
Helping Hands Society is a group of parishioners who are dedicated to compassionately helping the suffering of Baldwin County with understanding, love and resources. Help is given without regard to religious affiliations. By contributing to Helping Hands Society, a donor can be assured that we use their money as they intended: in providing food, clothing, shelter, medicines and emergency supplies to the most needy and disadvantaged families of Milledgeville.
How Our Society Works
Persons with needs normally meet with a team of Helping Hands members who interview them to determine genuine needs and to assess what help can be provided. Sometimes, it is help with medicine, food, utilities, clothing or rent. Sometimes it is help in understanding the root causes of the problem, or referral to another agency. Often it is simply a smile and a willingness to listen. Applications are reviewed at regular meetings and help is given based on the need and the resources we have available, yet there are always more needs than resources. In addition to our monthly disbursements, last year we distributed food baskets during Christmas and Thanksgiving to 67 needy families.
Where do we get our Resources?
The Society receives no outside help - not from the state - not from the diocese - but we have received a grant from FEMA in the past several years. Mostly what we give, we get directly from our parishioners and from generous businesses in the community.
We have four sources of funding:
~ From contributions in our Sunday collections. Whatever is received is immediately deposited in the Helping Hands checking account. No fees, virtually no expenses. By the next Wednesday, it is placed lovingly in the hands of those who need it most.
~ From members of the Society who contribute their time, talents
(and often add a little from their own pockets when they meet a client).
~ From businesses who donate money, goods or services.
~ From fund raising events, such as the Pancake Supper and our Annual Dinner/Auction.
Click for Treasurer's Report.
How can you help?
We need contributions for our annual fund raising event - a dinner/auction - being held October 16, 2010. We are grateful for donations of money or items/services which can be used in either our silent or live auctions, which are held during this event. No gift is too small to be appreciated by those who come to our Society seeking help and support. Won’t you open your heart to the less fortunate families in our community with a donation to this worthy and rewarding cause?
On behalf of those in need,
THANK YOU!
Helping Hands Society is a group of parishioners who are dedicated to compassionately helping the suffering of Baldwin County with understanding, love and resources. Help is given without regard to religious affiliations. By contributing to Helping Hands Society, a donor can be assured that we use their money as they intended: in providing food, clothing, shelter, medicines and emergency supplies to the most needy and disadvantaged families of Milledgeville.
How Our Society Works
Persons with needs normally meet with a team of Helping Hands members who interview them to determine genuine needs and to assess what help can be provided. Sometimes, it is help with medicine, food, utilities, clothing or rent. Sometimes it is help in understanding the root causes of the problem, or referral to another agency. Often it is simply a smile and a willingness to listen. Applications are reviewed at regular meetings and help is given based on the need and the resources we have available, yet there are always more needs than resources. In addition to our monthly disbursements, last year we distributed food baskets during Christmas and Thanksgiving to 67 needy families.
Where do we get our Resources?
The Society receives no outside help - not from the state - not from the diocese - but we have received a grant from FEMA in the past several years. Mostly what we give, we get directly from our parishioners and from generous businesses in the community.
We have four sources of funding:
~ From contributions in our Sunday collections. Whatever is received is immediately deposited in the Helping Hands checking account. No fees, virtually no expenses. By the next Wednesday, it is placed lovingly in the hands of those who need it most.
~ From members of the Society who contribute their time, talents
(and often add a little from their own pockets when they meet a client).
~ From businesses who donate money, goods or services.
~ From fund raising events, such as the Pancake Supper and our Annual Dinner/Auction.
Click for Treasurer's Report.
How can you help?
We need contributions for our annual fund raising event - a dinner/auction - being held October 16, 2010. We are grateful for donations of money or items/services which can be used in either our silent or live auctions, which are held during this event. No gift is too small to be appreciated by those who come to our Society seeking help and support. Won’t you open your heart to the less fortunate families in our community with a donation to this worthy and rewarding cause?
On behalf of those in need,
THANK YOU!
