Helping Where It Counts
When an unforeseen circumstance thrusts a family into a crisis, managing day-to-day needs can be overwhelming and unaffordable. The emotional and financial stress of the situation can make basic necessities of food, clothing and gas seem like distant goals. It doesn’t have to be that way.
What is “Essential Needs”?
The Essential Needs Program was created to assist families and individuals in crisis with necessities needed to maintain a “normal” life style. Essential Needs fills a void that can lift up all those impacted by the situation.
To fill that void, there are two projects in Essential Needs: There Is Hope and Voucher Project.
There Is Hope provides families with monthly support in the way of gift cards for groceries and gas, as well as vouchers to shop for free at the A Lot of Good Thrift Store. Families receive benefits for a full year and can opt in to additional support for a second year.
The Voucher Project provides approved nonprofits, ministries, schools and hospitals to receive an allotment of vouchers to shop at the A Lot of Good Thrift Store for free. The vouchers are distributed to the individuals and families they support to be able to shop for free to get needed items for the entire family.
There Is Hope Project does requires support from individuals, groups and businesses. The donations made make a key impact to the families.
Donations are tax deductible as per IRS guidelines as A Lot of Good is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
For more information on who is eligible for assistance, please visit our FAQ page.
Sometimes, “BECAUSE” Is Why
How important is it to get an Easter basket in the spring? Why celebrate what you are thankful for when you are facing physical, emotional and financial hardship? What is so special about opening presents at the holidays when you won’t remember what you got in 6 months?
Because we all want to fell like we are loved. Like we matter. Like someone out there cares. That’s what the We Care Program is about. It’s in the name.
What is “We Care”?
Through the We Care Program, A Lot of Good provides emotional support to the families through family visits & meals, phone and e-mail communication, comfort gifts, and special parties and outings with the children. This program is highly dependent upon volunteers for organizing activities for the families, providing meals, entertainment, visits, prayer, conversation and much more.
Some projects associated with We Care are:
Winter Wonderland Project – provides gifts to hundreds of children every holiday season.
Project Love Box – gift boxes of toys, magazines and activities for the parent and the child during treatment at the hospital.
Backpack Drive – helping children of assisted families to start school with a new backpack filled with supplies to encourage learning.
Kids Helping Kids – children reaching beyond themselves to be creative and interactive on behalf of others in need.