Monterey, CA Hands to Help Seniors Joins Birdies For Charity, An AT&T Pro-Am Fundraiser

by Richard Kuehn on 11/25/13

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

We have some exciting news about Hands to Help Seniors.  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.