Helping Hands assists with emergency needs of those living in Greenup County through direct distribution, referral, and education. Helping Hands also equips and enables individuals, local congregations, and community organizations to see and respond to social ministry needs. Services include, but are not limited to: food, clothing, utility and prescription assistance, referral services and prayer. We are located at 412 Main Street in downtown Greenup. Assistance Programs:
Clothing Closet
Clients are given clothing vouchers that provide clothing assistance from our Thrift Stores. Food Pantry
Qualified clients are granted food from our on-site food pantry. Our food comes from private donations from individuals, churches and community organizations, River Cities Harvest in Ashland, KY, Facing Hunger Foodbank in Huntington, WV and USDA commodities**. If available personal hygiene and baby supplies are provided to clients upon request. Christmas Assistance
Helping Hands offers individuals and families food and clothing during the Christmas season. Clients must sign-up for the program in November. Back to School
Helping Hands can provide students with school supplies and clothing. Referral Service
Helping Hands offers referrals to other agencies as needed. Thrift Store
Helping Hands thrift stores provides gently used clothing, households items and furniture to the general public at low cost. This allows us to assist the working public while helping us meet our mission of assisting needy Greenup County residents. Notary Service
Helping Hands is pleased to have a staff member that is commissioned as a Kentucky State at Large Notary Public to provide this service to all in our community. Utilities
Helping Hands can provide financial aid for utility emergency needs once every twelve (12) calendar months based on funding availability. The utility service provider is contacted to determine the amount of assistance required to prevent termination of services. We can only pay the last $100 towards a client's bill. An emergency situation has to exist within the past 60 days. Payments are made directly to the utility provider. Prescriptions
Qualified clients can receive financial assistance for life sustaining medication purchases when funding is available. Examples of life sustaining medication include, but are not limited to:
heart conditions
blood pressure
diabetes
post-cancer treatment
Narcotics, mood altering and other non-life sustaining medications are not provided. Helping Hands reserves the right to make the final determination as to if a medication is life sustaining. Arrangements and payments are made directly with local pharmacies.
**USDA Nondiscrimination Statement - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits discrimination in all its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, and where applicable, sex, marital status, familial status, parental status, religion, sexual orientation, genetic information, political beliefs, reprisal, or because all or part of an individual’s income is derived from any public assistance program. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs.) Persons with disabilities who require alternative means for communication of program information (Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) should contact USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TDD). To file a complaint of discrimination, write USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20250-9410 or call (866) 632-9992 or (202) 720-6382 (TDD). USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.
