As area residents continue to deal with the impact of snow, ice, and freezing temperatures, Helping Hand of Hope is asking for donations for their transient/homeless program, which executive director Hope Burke says is almost out of funding.
“As we all know, with the weather, temperatures, and things like that, there have been a lot of people that we have had to work with like the police department and Room in the Inn,” Burke said. “We put people in hotels that are displaced, and with that it’s not a cheap thing to do.”
Support is also needed for the Client Select Food Pantry after a busy week.
“There’s a lot of our neighbors that are stuck inside of their house because their apartment complexes are still covered with a lot of ice, and so we ended up doing 65 food boxes in one day just for families that were either senior citizens or had kids and different things like that, so it depleted a lot of our items that we have,” Burke said.
Burke says at a time where many residents are in vulnerable situations, any support is appreciated.
“We know that a lot of people, they’re just one paycheck from something happening, and now with these colder temperatures it could be even with your electric bill,” Burke said.
Non-perishable food items can be taken to the organization’s office, located at 6796 South Wilson Road in Elizabethtown. Visit www.helpinghandofhope.org to find the link to donate or an address to mail a donation.
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