A meal. A repair. A showing up.

Helping Hands moves quietly between people who need a thing and people who can do it. A meal after surgery. Yard work when the body says no. A repair somebody can't make alone.

Student volunteers in New Hope ministry shirts tossing a large bowl of salad in the church kitchen

Three kinds of help.

Meals at the door

Meals delivered for someone recovering from surgery, welcoming a new baby, or walking through a season where dinner is the last thing they want to think about. Most volunteers either cook a meal or pick up something pre-cooked, then text the family to arrange a drop-off time.

Around the house

Minor repairs, yard work, errands run for you. The small practical things that pile up when life gets heavy. Church volunteers, at no cost to you.

Presence and prayer

Sometimes the help is somebody sitting with you. A listening ear, a short prayer, a reminder you are not alone.

Ask for help, or offer it.

Tell us what's going on.

Email or call the office at (559) 297-7362. You don't have to explain everything, and you don't have to be in a crisis. A brief note about what would help is enough.

Sign up to be on the list.

Fill out the Helping Hands interest form. You'll get occasional emails about specific needs. Reply when something fits your week. Skip the ones that don't.

Join Helping Hands.

Add your name. When a need comes in, the team emails the group with what's needed and you say yes to the ones that fit, skip the rest. No minimum.

Helping Hands interest form