More Food For Poor Single Mother Families Thanks To Kimo’s Appliances

 More Food For Poor Single Mother Families Thanks To Kimo’s Appliances  Uncategorized EHHF's Posts
Jul 292013
 

As those of you who follow Enlightened Helping Hand Foundation’s blog surely know, EHHF – and its members / beneficiaries! – have been desperate for a refrigerator for quite a while now.
Enlightened Helping Hand Foundation has approached many major companies and retailers with requests for a donation of a refrigerator within the last 4 months. Our requests have been ignored by many.

Meanwhile, Enlightened Helping Hand Foundation’s Shop EHHF Pantry program, which helps stretch struggling single parents’ grocery budgets, is expanding and attracts more and more recipients each month. EHHF is very thankful for the support of donors who contribute food to our pantry. However a large portion of the food donations we’re receiving consists of fresh, perishable foods. It is great because they’re healthy for young families and growing children. Unfortunately, in California, without the ability to refrigerate food, a lot of well-meaning fresh food donations were going to waste; that’s why obtaining a refrigerator donation was of utmost importance to us.

Kimo's Appliances

Kimo’s Appliances donated desperately needed refrigerator to help EHHF feed poor single mother families in San Fernando Valley, CA

Today, I’m delighted to announce that thanks to the generosity and compassion of Kimo’s Appliances, Enlightened Helping Hand Foundation has a refrigerator, at last!!!
There won’t be any more wasted food! There’ll be MORE nutritious food available to disadvantaged single parent families and children!

Thanks to the support of Kimo’s Appliances, EHHF will be able to reach more single mother families in need and help put more food on more tables!
It’s a rerigerator, but it’s also a milestone in our growth: Enlightened Helping Hand Foundation extends its sincere thanks to Kimo’s Appliances. You didn’t help some faceless organization but poor single mothers and hungry children to fill their need for nutritious food.

If you – the reader – are not in need but a visitor / prospective donor reading this page, please lend your patronage to Kimo’s Appliances. Kimo’s offers a wide variety of new and used appliances for every budget. Their prices are very competitive and their services include delivery and installation. (They’ll even haul away your old appliances!) Kimo’s Appliances is a solid, local company known for its integrity. With that said, Kimo’s is not only a profit-generating enterprise but an investor into the future of our community.

Another Day at Enlightened Helping Hand Foundation

 Another Day at Enlightened Helping Hand Foundation  Single Parent Families Helped
Jul 262013
 

July 25th was just another day. The staff of EHHF:

  • delivered a desperately needed mattress to a needy single mother’s family
  • helped a different (unemployed) single mother look for and apply for a job
  • provided a single mother (an office clerk) with medical supplies to help her manage carpal syndrome symptoms
  • clothing, shoes and a cool toy were provided to an 8 year old
  • business separates were given to a single mother on a job search
EHHF Delivered A Mattress To A Single Mother Of Three

EHHF Delivered A Mattress To A Single Mother Of Three

 

EHHF Helping An Individual Single Parent Family

EHHF Helping An Individual Single Parent Family

 

EHHF Helps A Single Parent With Medical Supplies

EHHF Helps A Single Parent With Medical Supplies

 

EHHF works

EHHF works

Enlightened Helping Hand Foundation’s efforts to raise funds for a Safe Family Haven for Poor Single Parent Families facing homelessness are on-going.

We’re fighting the good fight, one day at a time, with YOUR help EHHF will succeed!

Sherwin Williams’ Commitment To Struggling Single Parents

 Sherwin Williams’ Commitment To Struggling Single Parents  Uncategorized EHHF's Posts
Jul 172013
 
Sherwin Williams Paint Stores Group Logo

At Enlightened Helping Hand Foundation every day is dedicated to helping single mother families in crisis; to finding solutions for individual families; to the endless pursuit of charitable contributions which – as you can easily imagine – is quite discouraging in today’s economic climate. (Case in point, a whole group of Enlightened Helping Hand Foundation’s beneficiaries is desperate for mattresses. We contacted many mattress manufacturers, distributors and stores to no avail…)

Sherwin Williams Paint Stores Group (thanks to the generosity and common sense of one of its store managers, Mr. Yashar Basmenji) has come to the rescue of struggling single mother families with a generous donation of a large amount of paint. The donation brings relief to the EHHF’s members / beneficiaries who are in need of home renovations. The remaining paint – as well as anticipated future donations of paint from Sherwin Williams – will be used for fundraising.

Not every donor realizes that a donation of goods – even if they’re not listed on EHHF’s urgently needed list – can be used for fundraising and – in form of funds – used to purchase urgently needed goods.

Enlightened Helping Hand Foundation and quite a few of its members are in a jubilant mood, hoping to eventually turn Sherwin Williams’ donations of paint into at least one desperately needed mattress and – God willing! – baby diapers.

Sherwin Williams Paint Stores Group Logo
From the bottom of our collective heart: thank you Sherwin Williams Paint Stores Group AND Yashar!

If you’re not a single parent in need and reading this page, please buy your paint at your local Sherwin Williams Paint Store. Sherwin Williams sells superb quality paint, wall coverings and paint supplies. Sherwin Williams is known for the excellent quality of the products it sells; it should be known also for its commitment to the community it serves. Sherwin Williams didn’t say “no” like so many others today do; it defied the trend and extended helping hand to the most vulnerable among us: disadvantaged single mothers and underprivileged children. Kudos to Sherwin Williams and God Bless Yashar!

EHHF Distributes Organic Fruit To Disadvantaged Single Parent Families

 EHHF Distributes Organic Fruit To Disadvantaged Single Parent Families  EHHF Events
Jul 152013
 
The Founder of Enlightened Helping Hand Foundation greets arriving families

On Saturday July 13th 2013, Enlightened Helping Hand Foundation held an unscheduled food distribution for single parent families.

With the epidemic of obesity raging countrywide, it’s essential that fruit and vegetables are provided in abundance, especially to children. As a non-profit organization EHHF rarely receives donations of fresh produce. (We don’t actively pursue donations of perishable food at this time because we’re still hoping and looking for a donation of a large refrigerator…)

EHHF received a generous donation of frozen, organic fruit quite unexpectedly and rushed to distribute it to the struggling single parents and children we serve. Each family in attendance received a substantial amount (from 10 pounds and up) of delicious frozen, organic pineapple, peach, and more.

EHHF Fruit Distribution To Disadvantaged Single Parent Families

EHHF Fruit Distribution To Disadvantaged Single Parent Families

It was an unexpected blessing and a feast. The pictures tell the story, just take a look…

EHHF Fruit Distribution To Disadvantaged Single Parent Families

  EHHF Distributes Organic Fruit To Single Parent Families

After EHHF Fruit Distribution: the Founder's work is never done....

After EHHF Fruit Distribution: the Founder’s work is never done….

If YOU’re wondering how to help Enlightened Helping Hand Foundation’s members, here’s the answer: anything you can contribute makes a difference!

  • money or used goods that can be sold to generate funds
  • mattresses
  • diapers
  • food…

the need has no end and neither does this list. Questions? Please e-mail EHHF or call 818-503-7775