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Many people ask us regularly "How can I help?" The answer to that question is almost open-ended. We can use and will graciously accept:
**Become a sponsoring business or organization.**
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Complimentary food from: Chick-fil-A, Chuck E. Cheese, Willie Jewels Old School BBQ, Just Wing-It and more! Live music and dance performances, Jump Castles and Slides. Games for the kids. Free Child ID kits, Police dog performances and so much more. Lots of valuable door prizes and raffles. Admission is free. For every 2 non-perishable food items brought to the event, receive 1 raffle ticket or purchase a ticket for $1 with all proceeds benefiting Helping Hands of Goose Creek. Visit Drew Sineath.com for more information or for donation box locations prior to the Festival.
Students and parents of Goose Creek and Stratford High Schools: Get involved in the Annual Food Bowl at your school. The 2009 winner was Goose Creek High with over 13,000 pounds!
Our needs Our primary need always has been and will be for the foreseeable future Non-perishable food items such as:
We also need Personal Hygiene items:
The next time you shop why not pick up a couple of extra items so you can "Lend a hand, donate a can" to HHGC?
On occasion we can accept perishable food items on a limited basis. We have gone out to farms and gathered the leftovers following the harvest and have been able to give our clients fresh produce in this way. We do have limited storage space for this sort of food and limited resources to go and gather it. Of course, we use volunteers to do this work. Naturally, we occasionally have donors deliver quantities of fresh produce following farmer's markets, etc. (We do need to be notified in advance so we can have someone there to accept the food.) Volunteers Our volunteers are our most precious asset, generously contributing their time on a regularly scheduled basis or whenever they can. We often have miscellaneous jobs such as sorting out food donationss that we receive, doing odd jobs around the warehouse, or helping our clients shop for their items. We can use you if you want to serve your community. Our Philosophy We feel that the Scripture that says Mat 25:37 "Then the righteous will answer him, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink?Mat 25:40 "The King will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.'is speaking directly to what we do here at HHGC, won't you join us here as we serve "the least of these brothers." Suggestions for groups and individual projects
There are several ways in which you can help us through your work, school, athletic team or league, etc. You can volunteer to head up a food drive and it can be as little or as large as you want it to be. It can be non-competitive or competitive, with the "winners" getting some sort of recognition to reward their efforts. We have had intra-office and inter-office food drives, drives in schools and Sunday Schools, ongoing and one-time drives in churches and other organizations, neighborhood drives, etc. If you have an idea, talk to us about it and we will offer some suggestions that we know have worked for others in the past.
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Helping Hands of Goose Creek is a local Food Bank and deserves your support. |
