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Our Mission
Hand Up's mission is to provide emergency food and personal essentials to our at-need residents. We serve with maximum positive effort for our children of underserved households. Our benefactors and volunteers give of themselves to,"Pay it Forward". Many hands provide the momentum that helps us affect change. We provide solutions that make a long-lasting difference. Please support our mission.
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The moral test of a government is how it treats those who are at the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the aged; and those who are in the shadow of life, the sick and the needy, and the handicapped. ~Hubert Humphrey
Our History
Recognizing a shortage of food existed for our most vulnerable Enterprise residents, we formed our organization using sensible solutions. Our unique approach to filling the food gaps was delivering food to the at-need. This gives us the opportunity to fully vet our referrals. Also witnessing conditions of need gives us a broader view of how we might help. HUE members will rally when needed - donating clothes from their closets or even household items. Each family is given a Hand Up not a hand out. It is a privilege to serve our community. Paying it forward is what we do.
COVID19 pandemic school closings left low income Enterprise children without the USDA school feeding program food. Hand Up began an immediate distribution of 400+ food bags. As community resources became mobilizing Hand Up worked with the Enterprise school system to distribute twice weekly food drops. Hand Up worked with SYSCO foods to distribute 40+ ton of food !
Working together makes our Community a better place.
Our amazing team of regulars and part-time volunteers are committed to helping others. We take our convictions and turn them into action. No one takes a salary.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
LOCAL
· United Way 211 Community Health & Social Service
· Coffee County Dept Of Human Resources
· Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) AL Apply Online
· AL Coalition Against Domestic Violence Org.
· Low Income Housing Listings - Enterprise, AL
· Coffee County Habitat for Humanity
· House of Ruth - Dothan, AL - Domestic Violence Shelter
· Section 8 Affordable Housing - Enterprise, AL
· WEPS - Wiregrass Emergency Pregnancy Services
· https://www.facebook.com/Coffee-County-Family-Serv...Coffee County Family Services
STATE AND FEDERAL
· Alabama Food Bank Association (9 food banks in AL)
· US Department of Agriculture Emergency Food Assistance Program
· Food and Nutrition Service (federal program that manages food)
· Congressional Hunger Center (outgrowth of the Congressional Select Committee on Hunger)
· MAZON (Jewish non-profit agency providing food and help)
· United Way 211 Community Health & Social Service
· Coffee County Dept Of Human Resources
· Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) AL Apply Online· Child Support Services
· AL Coalition Against Domestic Violence Org.
· Low Income Housing Listings - Enterprise, AL
· Coffee County Habitat for Humanity
· House of Ruth - Dothan, AL - Domestic Violence Shelter
· Section 8 Affordable Housing - Enterprise, AL
· WEPS - Wiregrass Emergency Pregnancy Services
· https://www.facebook.com/Coffee-County-Family-Serv...Coffee County Family Services
STATE AND FEDERAL
· Alabama Food Bank Association (9 food banks in AL)
(federal program that manages food)
·Emergency Food Assistance Program
(outgrowth of the Congressional Select Committee on Hunger)
· MAZON
(Jewish non-profit agency providing food and help)
