Monterey, CA #GivingTuesday And Hands To Help Seniors

by Richard Kuehn on 12/02/13

View From A Nonprofit Serving Seniors In Carmel, Carmel Valley, Gonzalez, Greenfield, King City, Marina, Monterey, Pacific Grove, Pebble Beach, Salinas, Seaside And Soledad California

Tomorrow is #GivingTuesday, a national campaign which is run each year the Tuesday after Thanksgiving to encourage people to give to charity.  It's backed by major companies like Microsoft and Sony and was a huge success last year, with online giving up 50% the Tuesday after Thanksgiving.  Paypal mobile donations were 487% higher than the previous year.  There are now 7,500 nonprofits participating in this great event.  We hope you will support us and help us help seniors by making a donation to Hands to Help Seniors, and at this time we are participating in a matching funds program.  We have been chosen by the Community Foundation to participate in a matching funds program called Birdies for Charity, which is done in conjunction with the AT&T Pro Am golf tournament.  This will occur between February 6-9, 2014.  You can help in one of two ways.  You can pledge an amount "per birdie".  For example, if 1,800 birdies are made during the tournament, you would be committed to contribute $18.  This past year, 1,823 birdies were made.  In addition, you can make a cash donation at the following web site:

https://events.r2it.com/birdies/r.aspx?site=ATTPebbleBeach&charity=HandstoHelpSeniors

This year, the Community Foundation has a contest called the Chevron Shoot-Out Qualifier.  If we are able to raise $1,000 by December 31 from 15 different donors, we have a shot at getting a $50,000 bonus.  Please help us meet this goal by donating $20 or more at the previously mentioned website. 

Hands to Help Seniors is a unique nonprofit on the Monterey Peninsula which helps senior citizens facing a one-time financial crisis.  Some of our recent accomplishments and clients we are working with include:  

Client 1 lives in Salinas.  She is very poor and has her rent paid by her church as well as some of her food and other expenses.  However, she needs some dental work done and cannot afford this.  Hands to Help Seniors plans to help her with this one-time cost of getting her dental work done.

 Client 2 lives in Carmel Valley and her porch was collapsing which endangered her safety.  We have hired a licensed contract to make her home stable and safe again. 

 Client 3 lives in Salinas and we helped her get her dentures replaced.  This client was sent to us via Legal Services for Seniors.  She lives alone and had been trying to have her dentures replaced due to a hospital losing them and not agreeing to replace them.  She had lost 30 pounds because she had a hard time eating without her dentures.  She is now recovered, thanks to Hands to Help Seniors. 

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/12/01/givingtuesday-charity-day/3797705/

About Richard Kuehn And Hands to Help Seniors:

After more than a decade of caregiving, both in a professional environment and for a 97 year old family member, it became clear to me that there are many seniors that can't afford to pay for a private duty caregiver, not to mention medical expenses, food and property taxes on their home.  I decided to form a non-profit to help seniors with any service they might need to get by, should they be unable to afford this themselves.  From putting on a new roof to providing a hot meal, Hands to Help Seniors is there to help.  Please visit my blog where I talk about important senior issues at:

http://www.h2hs.org/news-and-media.html

Please note that this blog reflects my personal opinion and may or may not reflect the opinion of Hands to Help Seniors and the individual members comprising the Board of Governors.