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“I
am a disabled lady, I have no food in my house!
Please call me soon.” “My
doctor told me I needed to stay on bed-rest.
I need food for my children.”
“I
still haven’t been able to find a job.
Can you help us with food?” “I
just got out of the hospital again, I haven’t been able to work.”
“We
are retired, living on a fixed income.
Now we have to raise our grandson… Can you help us?”
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Germantown HELP is a community-based nonprofit organization that provides emergency assistance to our neighbors in crisis. Our clients are residents of Germantown, MD (zip codes 20874 and 20876).
Our FOOD PROGRAM provides 2-3 days' worth of food. Sometimes we have diapers, baby food and formula, please ask if you need these items.
Our PRESCRIPTION PROGRAM helps to pay for doctor-prescribed medication. Prescriptions need to be filled at a Giant Food store. We may be able to provide as much as $150 to help a NEW client, if funding is available.
Germantown HELP VOLUNTEERS are great! They call clients, pick up food, sort it, box it and deliver it. All kinds of folks volunteer with us at all times of the day and all days of the week. If you have an hour or two a month, contact us! Student Service Learning hours are often available, but most positions require a parent or other adult to help.
We greatly appreciate all our DONORS, large and small. It all adds up to a lot of HELP!
See the director's blog for Germantown advocacy & issues: http://thoughtsfromgermantown.blogspot.com/
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2010: What a Year!
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Emergency Food Program:
2010: 1884 deliveries
(2009: 1759 del/642 households; 2008: 1575 del/608).
Prescription Assistance Program:
2010: 141 people with 305 prescriptions.
(2009: 136 clients/269 prescriptions; 2008: 127 clients/305 prescriptions).
Montgomery County Holiday Giving Project in Germantown:
2010: 1,153 households referred for assistance
(2009: 1,032 referrals, 2008: 912 referrals).
Thanks to everyone who made it possible!!
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We are all dependent on one another, every soul of us on earth.
- George Bernard Shaw, British playwright and critic
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| Copyright 2006, 2007 by Germantown HELP, Inc.
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