Disaster Relief Fund

When disaster strikes a community, the Home Instead Senior Care network rallies together to support affected franchise owners, their CAREGivers and key players. Your charitable gift to the Disaster Relief Fund helps Home Instead CAREGivers and staff members who are in need of support immediately after a disaster, as well as long-term assistance through the Disaster Hardship Assistance Grant Application program. Thank you for your contribution in support of the Home Instead staff members who always work tirelessly to care for seniors - even during disasters.

George & Vi Wellik Wickenburg Community Services Center

We are raising funds to complete the remodel of a 12,500 foot facility in downtown Wickenburg AZ. The Wickenburg senior population is 35% of the total and increasing. The current center is half the size and cannot accommodate the senior programming or the needs of the community. This building will house the Senior Center, CAP office, Food Bank, Respite Center and the Freedom Express, Wickenburg's (no charge) local senior transportation program. Currently we provide over 23,000 meals both in our dining room and Home Delivered Meals. Last year we distributed 160,000 LBS of food per year to people in our community. The CAP office provided crisis assistance for hundreds of people in the community and the Freedom Express has provided over 32,000 rides in the last 4 years.
WCSC is a group of volunteers trying to make a positive change in our community. There are no administration fees and all monies donated go directly to fund our building. We are anticipating project completion in November.

No One Should Go It Alone

Your donated dollars provide direct hands on care for our most vulnerable and valuable neighbors. Approximately $25 provides one hour of care and $1000 dollars provides a CareGift for a senior in need. Each CareGift is approximately 40 hours of non medical in home care to a senior who is isolated and alone. Providing this CareGift prolongs life and independence.

Social Enrichment Program

Helping Hands of Yuma has been advocating and striving to meet the needs of our at risk elderly population for nearly 23 years.
We recognize that our socially isolated older adults are at risk for poor physical, emotional, mental and social health. Many elderly only get out of their homes for medical appointments and grocery shopping and go without essential "fun" social interactions.
Without providing much needed social interaction, our seniors can suffer a dramatic decline in their overall health. Helping Hands desires to focus on our elderly's need to have more social time, activity involvement and peer to peer interaction in order to attain the quality of life necessary to truly live independent fulfilling lives.
In order to address social isolation, Helping Hands intends to increase and launch new social events, activities and interaction through community senior friendly classes, activities, birthday recognition, opportunities to give back to their community, and increased one on one social interaction program through friendly phone calls and friendly visits.
We can reduce the at risk status of our elderly by implementing social awareness and providing additional opportunities for group and individual interaction.
This is why we need your help. Together, through your generous donations we can meet and exceed our goals to increase social enrichment for our elderly at risk.