Resources for Clients:

•   Vouchers for gasoline

•        Financial assistance for certain non-narcotic prescriptions

•        Financial assistance for emergency vehicle repairs

•        Housing/Rental assistance

•        Emergency travelers assistance

•        Assistance for utility shut-off notices

•        Firewood

•        Some Food Gift Certificates Available for Thanksgiving & Christmas

•        Emergency Food Supply (We keep a small stash in the office, but direct people to the Mead Food Bank and the North County Food Pantry up in the Elk area)

•        Clothing Bank

•        Referrals – We help clients find additional agency resources such as contacting Kiwanis Clubs for cribs, SNAP for utility assistance, the CHAS Clinic for medical needs, etc.

•        Toiletry Items (Clients are invited to select six items from our stock every other month)

•        New Hope acts as a Go-Between.  We accept donations from people in our churches – household items like furniture, appliances, linens, kitchenware.  We have even had cars donated.

•        Donated books for adults and children

•        Musical instruments for children are loaned on an annual basis to families who cannot afford to rent them

•        Musical instrument repair – Clearwater Music has volunteered to repair and clean our clients’ children’s school musical instruments

Spiritual Resources for Clients:

Chore Services for Seniors/Disabled:

• Donated Bibles and Daily Bread devotionals are available in the office

•        Christian books

•        Flyers from supporting Churches are displayed

•        Office staff pray with clients when requested

•        Beverages, homemade cookies, and encouragement from the office staff

•    Carpentry – Basic Home Repairs

•        Plumbing Repairs

•        Electrical Repairs

•       Snow Removal

•        Respite Care in Homes Where a Caregiver Needs a Few Hours Away

•        Transportation to Medical Appointments and Errands

•        Housework

•        Yard work

Programs and Events:

Special Resources:

•        Easter Basket Distribution

•        Spring Gardening Clinic

•        Spring Yard Clean-up for Seniors/Disabled

•        Backpacks & School Supply Distribution

•        Coats for Kids Distribution

•        Fall Yard Clean-up for Seniors/Disabled

•        SNAP Living Green Program in the autumn

•        Annual Christmas Wreath Sale to Raise Funds for New Hope

•        Annual Christmas Party for Clients

•        Annual Tree of Sharing for Children of Clients

•        A volunteer has taught a free ballet class to children of clients

•        A volunteer helps clients with social security paperwork

•        A volunteer repairs donated bicycles to be given to children of clients

•        Some Churches donate food baskets or food gift certificates during the holidays

•        RSVP knits and donates hats, scarves, mittens

•        Individuals knit and donate hats, scarves, mittens

•        Sewing groups have donated quilts

•        Children’s Church groups have donated decorated jars of cookies, soup, muffin mixes

•        Schools and Churches have held blanket drives for New Hope

•        Area school social workers contact New Hope when they have children with specific needs that New Hope might be able to help with