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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 and Alaska Native Outreach projects this month - 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
 

Join us this month for Asparagus Harvesting!  Starting Saturday, April 30, 2022 (and every Saturday thereafter for the next 5 weeks) from 9 a.m.-11:30 a.m. we will be helping the Steigleder family harvest 52 rows of asparagus.  All proceeds made from the sale of the asparagus will go toward food and/or water relief projects!  This a free Volunteer service project but registration is required.  Thank you!

God bless,

The Helping Hands International Team

This month we announced we are moving forward with our annual Southern Oregon Makeover project, scheduled for 6/18/22-7/1/22!  This year we plan to focus on remodeling newly donated space at the Women's Gospel Mission, for The Pregnancy Center, which has new moms and babies in need of shelter.   Check out our Southern Oregon service project page for more details and to register to Volunteer!  Can't physically join us for this local project but still want to help?  Good news, you can support this project through prayer and by helping us cover the cost of building materials through our online fundraiser!  We are also happy to announce we are rolling out a brand new "Saturday Feeding Program" in Nairobi, Kenya this month that will feed approximately 1,600 students each week!  This is in addition to the approximately 200 students we feed each week through our Child Sponsorship program so, we are praising the Lord for this new provision.

God bless,

The Helping Hands International Team

Interested in serving with us?  Good news, we are still accepting online trip registrations!  Check out our 2022 calendar of service projects and sign-up online to volunteer today!  Can't physically join us on a trip but still want to support our efforts to share the love of God by bringing help and hope to hurting people?  Good news, you can support us through prayer, by becoming a financial partner, or choosing to be a monthly Child Sponsor!

God bless,

The Helping Hands International Team

Helping Hands International is partnering with Samaritan's purse to provide Tornado Relief to Mayfield, KY following a series tornados that caused death and destruction in its path on 12/10/21-12/11/21.  If you are interested in volunteering with us in January or February 2022, please click here!  You can also click here for the latest update regarding our 2021 Year-End Fundraiser results and annual donation letters (which were sent digitally via email on or around 1/20/22).  Should you need a hard copy statement, please feel free to call our office (541) 621-0134.

God bless,

The Helping Hands International Team