Helping Hands connects adult volunteers with homebound older adults or individuals with disabilities – which the program refers to as “neighbors” – who need additional support. Helping Hands offers volunteers several options for service.
- With “Helping Hands Giving a Ride,” volunteers use their own vehicles to drive transportation-dependent neighbors to grocery stores, pharmacies, the bank, or social events.
- “Helping Hands Being a Friend” matches volunteers with socially isolated neighbors for regular friendly in-home visits and telephone reassurance.
- In partnership with ACCA’s Squash Senior Hunger Coalition, “Helping Hands Providing Food” allows volunteers to serve food insecure neighbors through food delivery routes, a bi-monthly mobile food pantry, or sharing a meal together.
In providing these services, Helping Hands volunteers support the capacity of these neighbors to continue living independently. Please contact Erin Beasley at 706-549-4850 or ebeasley@accaging.org if you have any questions.
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