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Changing lives of Irving Homeless by providing basic services and safe spaces with dignity, hope and love.
Many Helping Hands has been serving the Irving homeless population in South Irving, since June 2013. We have not missed a Thursday night dinner, even Holiday's and during COVID. Many Helping Hands (MHH) addresses the critical needs of the homeless community in Irving, Texas, offering vital services. MHH has grown from serving weekly hot meals and clothing since June 2013, to operating the only Day Center in Irving, opened in July 2022, delivering a broad range of services that promote dignity and self-sufficiency. MHH is the first and only nonprofit to provide weekly homeless services in Irving, including hot meals four days a week. MHH also provides clothing, hygiene, showers, laundry, haircuts, healthcare, ID assistance, and other services. In addition, we provide transportation to/from our Day Center, Thursday night dinners, work programs, and healthcare appointments, ensuring accessibility for those who may otherwise face mobility challenges. With over a decade of experience, MHH has forged strong relationships with the homeless community. Its holistic, compassionate approach rooted in Christian values, emphasizing Hope, Dignity, and Love. As street homeless numbers continue to grow, the need for MHH to expand our services is imminent.
Our YTD statistics, through 8/31/24 -
| Day Center | YTD Aug |
| Laundry | 1092 |
| Showers | 1876 |
| Clients | 1762 |
| Volunteers | 509 |
| Meals | 2643 |
| Thurs. night dinner | YTD Aug |
| Clients | 1709 |
| Volunteers | 673 |
| Parkland Bus | 171 |
| Meals | 2564 |
We are excited to have a safe cool/warm place for our friends without homes to go. We are the overflow for inclement weather shelter and had 39 clients housed, and 2 families, for 2 full weeks in January. So far this year we have 9 individuals, and 2 families reunite with their families, purchasing one-way tickets so they are no longer homeless. We have helped 6 people who made the decision to go to rehab by providing encouragement, recovery bibles, transportation, clothing, and hygiene for their recovery journey. We recently had 13 women get much needed mammograms by bringing the mammogram bus to our day center and have flu vaccine's scheduled for both our locations. We have been able to help many people with needed prescriptions, Job transportation and needed work clothing. We are expanding the awareness of our ministry and have formed wonderful partnerships to provide resources in areas of healthcare coverage assistance, assistance with applying for disability, housing, rehabs, new clothing donations from warehouses, Job opportunities, and other Companies support etc.
Our vision is expanding our days of service to 5 days a week and offering case management to identify specific individual needs. This expansion will ensure anyone who is homeless has access to much needed basic services, a loving community, a place to rest, get cool or warm in inclement weather, and have access to resources.
We have seen an increase in homelessness overall and now have numerous families who come to the day center for services, living in their cars. There are limited resources for homeless families and the homeless population.
Limited affordable housing and high cost of living makes getting off the street extremely difficult, even with many of our people working.
It is important to note that 99% of the staff to support our programs are volunteers from the community.
We partner with:
Parkland Hospital - Mobile unit provides doctor care
Dallas County Health Department - provides vaccines and bug repellent.
Texas Health Resources
IPD - Mental Health Response Team (MHRT)
IPD - Community Outreach/Homeless services
Panera
Sprouts
BSN Sports
Many Helping Hands is a unified ministry of local churches and organizations. We are so grateful to organizations and volunteers that make this Ministry possible.
Changing lives of the Irving homeless community, both sheltered and unsheltered, through Christian based, compassionate, relational and personal service.
MHH's mission is to provide our friends without homes with dignity and normalcy through basic services and Christian guidance. We show love and compassion without judgment, meeting them exactly where they are and giving them hope for a future.
Serving our Community by providing:
Nourishment
Healthcare
Spiritual Support
Educational Resources
Mentoring
ID's
Laundry
Showers
Our biggest need is an additional van or bus to transport our clients to and from the Day Center. In addition, please help us continue to provide transportation, additional resources, bus passes for appointments, transportation to Jobs, hygiene, backpacks, tents, sunscreen, bug spray, basic needs and to help us grow our day center.
We are always in need of tennis shoes, men's jeans and other clothing items. The money will also be used to help secure legal IDs to the those that do not have a form of ID, so they are able to work.
Although we have amazing support of in-kind gifts, we do at times need to purchase cleaning supplies, laundry soap, food, paper plates, paper towels, cases of water etc.
Our Day Center has been more successful than we could have imagined, and we want to do more. We are great stewards of our donations and will be able to further impact those we support in profound ways to them and us. Opening our Day Center to 5 days a week and providing added wrap around services is our goal to help the growing homeless population.
Here is the link to our ongoing needs Amazon wish list: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/3OI67VVXXG0VH/ref=nav_wishlist_lists_1
Many Helping Hands Non-Discrimination and Equal Opportunity Policy Ensures a commitment to nondiscrimination and equal opportunity, prohibiting discrimination based on factors such as race, gender, religion, or disability.
At Many Helping Hands, we are firmly dedicated to upholding non-discrimination and equal opportunity principles, vehemently prohibiting any form of bias based on race, gender, religion, disability, or any other protected characteristic. We firmly believe in
providing our services to all individuals, without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, familial status, sexual orientation, or gender identity. Our unwavering commitment is rooted in the belief that every person deserves to be treated with dignity and respect, and we will not tolerate any form of discrimination.
Together, we strive to build a community where everyone feels valued and appreciated.
View our current participation opportunities.
In-Person Volunteering
MHH Day Center
MHH Day Center in the Bear Creek Community Church
Ongoing opportunity
Organization name
Many Helping Hands Ministry
Causes
Housing, Shelter & Homelessness
Operating Budget
$100,000 - $249,999
Counties Served
Dallas
BIPOC Serving
Black or African American, Asian/Pacific Islander, Hispanic or Latinx, Native American
Address
1711 W Irving Blvd, Suite 300