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Last month we announced a new program called Nominate a Need in which anyone can nominate a S. Oregon church to receive renovation/construction assistance from HHI Volunteers.  We are happy to announce that Rogue Valley Fellowship was chosen as our first recipient and the renovation project will run the end of August through the first week of September.  To Volunteer on this project, or get more information, please click here.  Thank you!

God bless,

The Helping Hands International Team

We are going to Klamath County this month to help to provide Disaster Relief and Recovery projects for fire survivors in the Bonanza area!   If you are interested in Volunteering with us, please call Jeromy Collins (HHI Disaster Relief & Recovery Coordinator) at (541) 414-3320 or fill out this online application and an HHI Staff member will get back to you shortly.  If you can not physically join us on this project but would  like to financially support our efforts, please click here.  We are also continuing to monitor the fire situation unfolding in Hawaii and have set-up a fundraiser to help Fire Survivors on the islands.  Finally, there is an opportunity to meet a potential global missionary partner this Friday (8/18/23) from the Dominican Republic; click here for more information.  Thank you!

God bless,

The Helping Hands International Team

We are going to Tulsa, Oklahoma this month to help with Disaster Relief and Recovery projects following a series of tornadoes impacting the area!   Please pray for our team as they head out on 7/2/23 to share the love of God by bringing help and hope to hurting people through practical hands-on care.  If you would like to financially support this project, please click here.  If you would like to go on this project, please call Jeromy Collins, our Disaster Relief & Recovery Coordinator, at (541) 414-3320.  We are also hosting a Global Partners Dinner on 7/21/23, featuring Pastor Emmanuel from India.  If you are interested in joining us at this free event, click here or text "RSVPHHI" to 541-303-9113.  Thank you!

God bless,

The Helping Hands International Team

During June we plan to kick off our Mexico house building projects and welcome our new Disaster Relief & Recovery Coordinator, Jeromy Collins!  If you have not had a chance to donate to the construction of the >10 houses we plan to build, good news, there is still time!  Click here to donate.  Please be praying for these projects, the three teams  of >175 Volunteers who comprise our groups, and for more Volunteers (preferably with a background in Dentistry) to join our Kenya project, scheduled for October.   Praise the Lord for His everlasting love!

God bless,

The Helping Hands International Team

During May we continued to raise funds for Mexico Houses (see "Special Message from our Founder and President" video for more information)!  If you would like to help pay for one of the 14 homes we plan to build, please click here, text "donate" to 541-303-9113, or simply send a check donation to our office:  600 Whitman Place, Medford, OR 97501.  This month we are also happy to share that we released our 2023 Q1 Child Sponsorship Newsletter.  We hope you enjoy reading this update - which includes the fact we are now employing over 17 people in Kenya to help us with various local outreaches (e.g. office admin, teachers, caretakers, Women's saving program, Child Sponsorship program etc.). We also completed our S. Oregon Harvest , S. Oregon Makeover, Alaska Native Outreach, and Kenya water well project, which now provides water for 600 students, teachers and cooks at the Bethany Education Center in Nairobi - please click each these links to see pictures and videos from each project.  God bless all of our awesome Volunteers and praise the Lord for His merciful kindness, which has been great toward us!

God bless,

The Helping Hands International Team

This month we are raising funds to serve Tornado Survivors and support our annual S. Oregon Makeover, which this year will bless at-risk students at Wilderness Trails.  We are also kicking off our 2023 Asparagus Harvest project to benefit Food and Clean Water projects in Kenya.  So, if you have a couple of hours free on any Saturday between 4/29/23-5/27/23 we'd love to have you help us snap the harvest!  Please be praying for all of our Team Leaders and Volunteers to have strength and wisdom as we carry out these various projects and shine the love of Christ to the world around us.  Finally, if you love reading quarterly newsletters, we released our Q1 Newsletter for 2023 this month!  Should you have questions about any of these project, please feel free to reach us at (541) 414-3341.

God bless,

The Helping Hands International Team

This month we are preparing to kick off our 2023 Asparagus Harvest project to benefit Food and Clean Water projects in Kenya.  We are also finalizing plans to help with a Pastors Conference in India and our Alaska Native Outreach project.  If you have not signed-up for a service project yet - GOOD NEWS!  We still have plenty of room in our S. Oregon Makeover project, which will focus on making repairs at Wilderness Trails (see above video).  Please be praying for all of these projects and for the LORD to work in and through the lives of our Volunteers.  Should you have questions about any of these project, please feel free to reach us at (541) 414-3341!

God bless,

The Helping Hands International Team

This month we welcomed home our Disaster Relief & Recovery teams from N. California, who were deployed to help with flood relief in the Santa Cruz, CA area.  We also announced the new Gap Year Program partnership with Pacific Bible College, which you can learn more about by clicking here.  In addition, we shared that our Feeding Program continues to bless students in Kenya and announced the opportunity to Volunteer or Give to our 2023 S. Oregon Makeover project.  Should you have questions about any of these project, please feel free to reach us at (541) 621-0134!

God bless,

The Helping Hands International Team

This month we are organizing a Disaster Relief & Recovery project to help our N. California neighbors suffering from recent floods in the Bay Area. We are also working on issuing our 2022 Donation Statements to Donors, finalizing our 2023 Volunteer project Calendar, rolling out a new Managed Mission Volunteer registration system, and submitting budget reports to financial partners who now support our Disaster Relief efforts on a multi-year basis.  Should you have questions about any of these project, please feel free to reach us at (541) 621-0134.

God bless,

The Helping Hands International Team

This month we continued our Year-End Fundraiser (click here to give!) and partnered with Samaritan's Purse by sending two Disaster Relief & Recovery teams to help Hurricane Ian Survivors in Florida!  We also started releasing our preliminary 2023 Volunteer Calendar, which will continue to be finalized over the coming months.  Merry Christmas!

God bless,

The Helping Hands International Team

This month we kicked off our Year-End Fundraiser by holding our first in-person annual Celebration Banquet in three years!  Thank you to the almost 300 guests, Volunteers, and Sponsors who made this event possible!  This month we also sent a small, but mighty, team to Cambodia in response to an invitation we received from World Team to assist with their annual missionary conference.  We were blessed to serve the approximately 55 men, women and children who have dedicated their lives to spreading the Good News of Jesus Christ around the globe and ask for your prayers for them, as well as our team who is scheduled to come back on 11/17/22.  We also continued to take online Volunteer applications for the Disaster Relief project to help Hurricane Ian Survivors in Florida.  If you are interested in helping with this project, please click here!  Finally, we are turning our attention to our online Year-End Fundraiser to ensure we have the necessary funds to continue sharing the love of God through practical hands-on care in 2023!  If you were not able to attend the Banquet but would like to donate, please visit our Fundraiser page (where you can also see our Team Leader testimonials and Year-End recap videos!) or text the word "Donate" to 541-303-9113 - thank you!  

God bless,

The Helping Hands International Team

This month we are sending a Volunteer team to India to serve orphans at the Bethany Children's home, another  Volunteer team to California to serve homeless outreach efforts at YWAM's San Francisco facility,  Volunteer teams to N. California to serve McKinney and Mill Fire Survivors, and Volunteer teams to Florida to serve Hurricane Ian Survivors.  Please pray for our Volunteers as they go out to share the love of Jesus with people who are hurting.  We are also still taking online registrations for our annual Celebration Banquet  so if you have not expressed interest in joining us yet, please click here to RSVP - thank you!

God bless,

The Helping Hands International Team

This month we are sending a Volunteer team to Kenya to dedicate the two houses we built for women in need in Rakwaro, visit children in our Child Sponsorship program, and complete various projects for local villagers.  In addition, we released our "Save the date!" message for the annual Celebration Banquet, which is scheduled for  11/10/22 at 6 p.m. at the Rogue Valley Country Club.  Click here to RSVP to save your spot!  We are also continuing to organize Volunteer teams to help Fire Survivors in Northern California impacted by the McKinney and Yeti fires.  Please pray for us as we continue to assess the needs of Fire Survivors and evaluate what assistance we can provide in Weed, CA following the recent Mill fire.  Click here to Volunteer for this Disaster Relief & Recovery project or to submit your Needs Assessment if you are a Fire Survivor and need help - thank you!

God bless,

The Helping Hands International Team

At the end of July, we were given the opportunity to help distribute and install portable air conditioners to S. Oregon residents who were 65 years of age or older, or disabled (any age), and are Medicare or Medicaid recipients.  We are happy to announce this Heat Relief project extended into August and we continued to deliver and install units in Cave Junction, Central Point, Glide, Grants Pass, Medford, Talent, and White City, Oregon etc. !  We also sent out our last Mexico team, who went to Baja to build our last set of houses for the Summer, and Alaska team, who went to Unalakleet to serve individuals and families in need.  Your prayers for our Team Leaders and Volunteers joining these projects were appreciated!  Currently, we are turning our attention to assist our neighbors in Northern California, who survived the McKinney and Yeti fires, through our newest Disaster Relief & Recovery project.  Click here to learn more , volunteer or donate to this effort - thank you!

God bless,

The Helping Hands International Team

Praise the Lord!  We completed the S. Oregon Makeover project at The Pregnancy Center's new space at The Women's Gospel Mission and welcomed home our first two Mexico mission trip teams - who built a total of 10 houses in Baja!  Our next Mexico team is scheduled to leave on 7/24/22 so please be praying for them.  We could still use funds to cover the cost of both of these project so, if you are so include, click here to help: S.OR Makeover & Mexico House Builds.  Finally, we announced a new partnership with Pacific Bible College, and sent out a market survey for a new 1-year Gap Year certificate worth up to 33 college credits, in hopes of giving students the opportunity to experience short terms missions!

God bless,

The Helping Hands International Team

This month we are sending our first two Volunteer teams to Mexico to build houses for families in need!  We have about 90 Volunteers scheduled to travel this month and plan to build ten houses in two weeks!  Please pray for these Volunteers, our Teams Leaders and funds to come in to cover the costs of the buildings.  We still need about $50k and invite you to donate today!  We also ask for your prayers as we kick off the 2022 Southern Oregon Makeover Project at the Women's Gospel Mission on behalf of the Pregnancy Center.  Volunteers will be remodeling 5 apartments for new moms who have had an unexpected pregnancy but have chosen to keep their baby and need resources like housing.  We are also trying to raise funds for this project too so thank you for considering giving a gift!  

God bless, 

The Helping Hands International Team
 

Our free Asparagus Harvesting project continues each Saturday this month from 9 a.m.-11:30 a.m.  If you or someone you know is interested in joining us, register by clicking here.  For those looking for information about our upcoming projects in June (e.g. Mexico, S. Oregon Makeover etc.), please see our Volunteer page for more information. Thank you!

God bless,

The Helping Hands International Team