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Helping Hand Rescue Mission, 225 Broadway, Huntington Station, NY (2026)

06/01/2026

🤝💙 Thank You, Victory Foundation! 💙🤝

Last week, we had the pleasure of welcoming an amazing team from The Victory Foundation from Victory Home Improvements to Helping Hand Rescue Mission, and we are so grateful for their time, energy, and servant hearts.

From sorting donations and organizing supplies to assembling items, assisting with projects, and lending a hand wherever it was needed, this wonderful group jumped right in and worked alongside us with enthusiasm and compassion. No task was too small, and every person came ready to serve.

It is always a blessing when corporate and community teams choose to spend part of their day giving back. The impact goes far beyond the work that gets accomplished. It encourages our staff, supports our volunteers, and helps us continue serving individuals and families throughout our community with dignity, compassion, and hope.

Thank you, Victory Foundation, for being such a wonderful partner and for helping us make a difference together. We truly enjoyed having you with us and hope to welcome you back again soon!

📍 Interested in bringing your corporate, church, school, or community group to volunteer with us? We'd love to hear from you! Reach out to Wendy Pacheco, [email protected]

Victory Home Improvements, LLC

06/01/2026

🌙 Helping Hand Bedtime Story

The Trouble with the Big Black Bags

One day, a little boy named Tommy was helping sort donations at Helping Hand Rescue Mission.

As he walked into the donation room, he saw shelves neatly organized with baby clothes, winter coats, shoes, toys, and household items.

Then he noticed something else.

A giant black garbage bag.

Then another.

And another.

“Wow!” Tommy said. “Those bags are huge! Someone must have donated a lot!”

“They probably did,” smiled Miss Kim. “And we’re grateful for every donation.”

Tommy tried to lift one of the bags.

He couldn’t.

It was too heavy.

“Why don’t people use black bags?” he asked.

Miss Kim sat down beside him.

“Well, there are a few reasons.”

She pointed to the bag.

“First, we can’t see what’s inside.”

Tommy nodded.

“It could be baby clothes, kitchen items, shoes, books, or all of those mixed together.”

Then she pointed to another bag.

“Second, when things are packed tightly into large bags, items can get wrinkled, damaged, or even moldy if moisture gets trapped inside.”

Tommy thought about that.

“And third,” she continued, “heavy bags can be difficult for volunteers to lift. Many of our volunteers are seniors, and some bags are simply too heavy to carry safely.”

Tommy looked at the bag again.

“How do you know what’s in there?”

“We don’t,” laughed Miss Kim. “Sometimes we find wonderful treasures. Sometimes we find things that are broken. Sometimes we find both in the same bag.”

“That sounds like a surprise.”

“It is.”

Then Miss Kim showed Tommy some clear plastic bins and smaller bags.

“When donations are sorted into smaller bags or boxes, they’re easier to carry, easier to organize, and easier to share with families.”

Tommy smiled.

“So the problem isn’t the donation.”

“Exactly,” said Miss Kim. “We love donations. We just want them packed in a way that helps us help others.”

That day, Tommy helped open the giant black bags and sort everything into smaller containers.

It took a while.

But when they were finished, dozens of items were ready to bless families in the community.

✨ Bedtime Thought

Generosity is wonderful.

But thoughtful generosity is even better.

When we think about the people who will receive, carry, sort, and distribute our gifts, we make it easier for kindness to reach those who need it most.

Sometimes helping isn’t just about what we give.

It’s also about how we give it.

The End. 🌙❤️

A Helping Hand Tip: If possible, please donate items in small boxes, reusable totes, or smaller bags labeled by category (clothing, shoes, kitchen items, toys, etc.). It helps volunteers serve families more quickly and safely. 🤍Thank you!

05/31/2026

To say we had a great week would be a huge understatement...

We were so blessed with food donations from so many..and shared an abundance with those in need, right here.

Thank you Khalsa Aid, Huntington Rotary, Kind Neighbors & Families, US Food Rescue-Nassau, Cobb Bakery, Dortoni Bakery, Panera, Shop Rite Trader Joe's, Kerber Farm, Culinary Studio and others who help us to truly make a difference.

Thank you to our Food Pantry & Family Meal Fund Partners for helping us to purchase over $5800 in food items to distribute this past month!!! Every donation counts!

You can help us provide for our community! Thank you!

www.hhrm.org

05/31/2026

🌿 Sunday Selah

Building Endurance

“Let us run with endurance the race God has set before us.” — Hebrews 12:1 (NLT)

Today is a day to pause.

A day to take a deep breath.

A day to remember that God never asked us to carry tomorrow’s burdens today.

Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about endurance. Not the kind that comes from running a race or exercising, but the kind that is built through everyday life. The kind that develops when life keeps on lifing. The kind that grows when the bills still need to be paid, people you love are struggling, projects take longer than expected, prayers remain unanswered, and yet somehow you get up the next morning and keep going.

I don’t think endurance is something we set out to build. Most of us would choose the easier path if given the option. We would choose quick answers, smooth roads, and immediate breakthroughs. But that isn’t usually how God works.

I’ve noticed that when I look back over my life, the seasons that strengthened my faith the most were not the easy ones. They were the seasons when I didn’t know how things were going to work out. The seasons when I had more questions than answers. The seasons when I had to trust God one day at a time because I couldn’t see beyond the next step.

Those were the seasons that built endurance.

Not because I was especially strong.

Not because I always handled things perfectly.

But because God was faithful.

Every challenge became another opportunity to see Him provide. Every delay became another reminder that His timing was different from mine. Every difficult season taught me that I could survive more than I thought I could when He was carrying me.

Maybe today you find yourself in a season of waiting. Maybe someone you love is struggling. Maybe you’re carrying concerns that seem heavier than you expected. Maybe you’re wondering how much longer the road ahead will be.

If so, don’t underestimate what God may be doing beneath the surface.

While you’re praying, waiting, hoping, and trusting, He may be building something in you that could not be built any other way.

Endurance.

The ability to keep showing up.

The ability to keep loving.

The ability to keep believing.

The ability to keep trusting God even when the outcome is still uncertain.

As you rest today, remember this: you do not have to have the strength for the entire journey. You only need enough faith for the next step. And God has always been faithful to provide that.

☕ Sunday Selah Reflection

Take a few quiet moments today and look back over your life. Where has God carried you through something you once thought you couldn’t survive? Let that remembrance strengthen your faith for whatever you are facing today.

🙏 Pray About Everything

Father, thank You for Your faithfulness through every season of my life. Thank You for carrying me through the days when I felt strong and the days when I felt weary. As I pause today, help me to rest in Your presence. Remind me that You are working even when I cannot see it. Build endurance in my heart and give me grace for the next step ahead. Thank You for never leaving me and for always being faithful. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

✨ Sunday Selah Thought

Sometimes the greatest miracle isn’t that God removes the struggle. Sometimes the miracle is that He gives us the strength to keep going through it.

www.hhrm.org

05/31/2026

🌙 Helping Hand Bedtime Story

The Rotary Bags of Kindness

Once upon a time, on a cloudy day in Huntington Station, a group of friends from the Huntington Rotary Club arrived at Helping Hand Rescue Mission with something special.

They didn’t come carrying trophies.
They didn’t come carrying prizes.

They came carrying bags.

Lots and lots of bags.

Brown paper bags filled with food for families in our community.

There were bags filled with rice.
Bags filled with pasta.
Bags filled with cereal and other pantry staples.

But something interesting happened that day.

As the volunteers unloaded the bags, it became clear that they weren’t just carrying food.

They were carrying kindness.

They were carrying compassion.

They were carrying hope.

Young volunteers worked side by side with adults, pushing carts, lifting bags, and making sure everything reached the pantry shelves where it would soon help local families.

One teenager paused for a moment and looked at the growing pile of food.

“Who will get all of this?” he wondered.

The answer was simple.

A mom trying to stretch her grocery budget.

A senior citizen choosing between food and medicine.

A family going through a difficult season.

A child who would have something to eat before bed.

The volunteers may never meet every person who receives the food.

But that’s one of the beautiful things about kindness.

Sometimes you don’t get to see all the lives you touch.

You simply give.

And God takes care of the rest.

By the end of the day, the bags had been unloaded.

The carts were empty.

The volunteers were tired.

But their hearts were full.

Because they had learned something important:

When people work together, even small acts of generosity can become something much bigger.

A bag of food can become a meal.

A meal can become hope.

And hope can remind someone that they are not alone.

So tonight, as you drift off to sleep, remember the friends from the Huntington Rotary Club.

Remember the volunteers who gave their time.

And remember that every act of kindness no matter how small can help change someone’s day.

Maybe even someone’s life.

💙 Bedtime Prayer

Heavenly Father, thank You for people who choose to help others. Thank You for the Huntington Rotary Club, for the volunteers, and for every family who will be blessed by their generosity. Help us all look for ways to share what we have and show kindness wherever we go. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

✨ The End ✨

“It is more blessed to give than to receive.” — Acts 20:35

www.hhrm.org

05/29/2026

🌙 Helping Hand Bedtime Story

The Little Umbrella

One Wednesday afternoon at Helping Hand Rescue Mission, the sky suddenly turned gray.

Volunteers were busy serving families. Pantry bags were being handed out, fresh produce was being shared, and children were laughing while enjoying cupcakes outside.

Then the rain came.

At first it was only a few drops. Then more. Soon everyone was looking for cover.

A little girl stood holding her cupcake, unsure of where to go. Just then, someone opened a clear umbrella that had been donated to the Mission. She smiled as she stepped underneath it.

Soon another child joined her.

Then another.

Before long, several children were gathered together under that simple umbrella, giggling as they watched the rain fall around them.

It wasn’t a fancy umbrella.

It wasn’t expensive.

It was just something someone had donated because they wanted to help.

But that day, it became exactly what was needed.

As the volunteers watched the children laughing beneath it, they were reminded of something important:

God often uses simple gifts to bring big blessings.

A bag of groceries.
A warm coat.
A package of diapers.
A loaf of bread.
An umbrella on a rainy day.

What seems small to one person can mean everything to someone else.

That afternoon, the rain eventually stopped. Families headed home with food for their tables and smiles on their faces.

And a little clear umbrella reminded everyone that kindness has a way of spreading farther than we ever imagine.

Bedtime Thought:
You don’t have to do something huge to make a difference. Sometimes the smallest act of kindness becomes the biggest blessing in someone else’s day.

Prayer:
Heavenly Father, thank You for every person who shares what they have with others. Help us notice opportunities to be kind and generous. Use even our smallest gifts to bless someone in need. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

🌙 Goodnight, friends. And remember… even a little umbrella can make a big difference. ❤️

05/28/2026

Join Kim on a Food Rescue! 🚗🍎🥖

Yesterday, I received a call asking if we could pick up food donations from a couple of local retailers — and of course the answer was yes. 🤍

Come along with me as I stop by ShopRite and The Culinary Studio to pick up food that was generously shared with our community and distributed that very same day through Helping Hand Rescue Mission.

There is something so beautiful about seeing local businesses, volunteers, and community members come together to help care for others. Every rescued item represents more than food… it represents kindness, dignity, hope, and people choosing to care.

We are incredibly grateful for the generosity of places like ShopRite and The Culinary Studio who help make it possible for families in our community to receive fresh food and extra blessings each week.

Thank you to everyone who supports the mission in big ways and small ways. It truly takes all of us working together. 🤍

05/28/2026

🌸 Mamás, este espacio es para USTEDES. 🌸
🌸 Moms, this is for YOU. 🌸

Tomorrow morning, we’re gathering for a special Mom’s Group at Helping Hand Rescue Mission — a time to connect, encourage one another, and have meaningful conversation in a welcoming space. 🤍

Jennifer Zethner, NP and Dr. Mara Bolletieri will both be with us to lead a valuable discussion focused on support, wellness, and encouragement for moms.

🛍 Grocery store gift cards will be available for those who participate.

📍 Helping Hand Rescue Mission
225 Broadway
Huntington Station, NY 11746

🗓 Thursday, May 29th
⏰ 10:00AM–11:00AM

📞 Spaces are limited. Reserve your space today:
631-351-6996

We can’t wait to see you there. 💕

Mañana por la mañana nos reuniremos para un hermoso Grupo de Mamás en Helping Hand Rescue Mission — un tiempo para conectarnos, apoyarnos y compartir una conversación significativa en un ambiente acogedor. 🤍

Jennifer Zethner, NP y la Dra. Mara Bolletieri estarán con nosotras guiando una valiosa conversación enfocada en apoyo, bienestar y ánimo para las mamás.

🛍 Habrá tarjetas de regalo para supermercados disponibles para quienes participen.

📍 Helping Hand Rescue Mission
225 Broadway
Huntington Station, NY 11746

🗓 Jueves, 29 de mayo
⏰ 10:00AM–11:00AM

📞 Los espacios son limitados. Reserve su espacio hoy:
631-351-6996

¡Estamos emocionados de verlas allí! 💕

05/28/2026

What a wonderful Wednesday at Helping Hand Rescue Mission. 🤍

From Grace sharing words of encouragement… to volunteers serving with joyful hearts… to little girls enjoying cupcakes before finding shelter together under a clear donated umbrella during a passing rain shower… it was one of those beautiful days filled with kindness, community, rescued food, fresh produce, pantry bags, and simple moments that mattered.

So grateful for every person who helps make this mission possible. 🌦️🧁🥕🥖

Thank you for your generous food donations for our community! Thank you Food Rescue US-Nassau & Shoprite of Huntington, Thank you Wholefoods of Huntington Station, Thank you Trader Joe's of Commack, Thank you Cobb's Bakery, Thank you The Culinary Studio, Thank you Ditori's Bakery, Thank you Kerber Farm

05/28/2026

A Helping Hand Bedtime Story:)

Long ago — though not really so very long ago — there stood a little building on a busy road in Huntington Station where people came carrying all sorts of things.

Some carried grocery bags.
Some carried tired hearts.
Some carried worries they never spoke out loud.

And on the front of the building was a simple name:

Helping Hand Rescue Mission

During the daytime, the Mission was full of movement.

Volunteers stacked canned goods onto shelves.
Boxes of diapers rolled through the halls.
Fresh bread arrived in baskets.
Children laughed while picking out little outfits.
Coffee brewed somewhere almost all the time.

But what most people didn’t know was that after the doors closed each evening, the building became very, very quiet.

And in the quiet, the Mission seemed to breathe.

The old floors creaked softly.
The refrigerators hummed.
The pantry shelves stood full and ready for tomorrow.

And if you listened carefully enough, you could almost hear the walls whisper stories.

Stories of the people who had walked through those doors.

One night, after a long day of serving families, a little boy named Eli helped his grandmother carry food to their car.

He held tightly to a loaf of bread that was almost as big as his arms.

As they buckled into the car, Eli looked back at the building glowing softly under the streetlights.

“Grandma?” he asked.

“Yes, sweetheart?”

“How does the Mission always have enough?”

His grandmother smiled.

“Well,” she said thoughtfully, “I think God sends what’s needed.”

“But how?” Eli asked.

She pointed toward the building.

“Through people.”

That night, after Eli fell asleep, something beautiful happened inside the Mission.

The shelves began whispering their stories.

The bread shelf remembered the bakery that donated extra loaves instead of throwing them away.

The produce bins remembered volunteers unloading boxes of fresh fruits and vegetables in the rain.

The diaper shelves remembered mothers who cried tears of relief because they didn’t know how they were going to make it another week.

Even the old coffee pot seemed proud of all the tired people it had comforted over the years.

And in the middle of the building sat a little wooden table where countless prayers had quietly been whispered.

Prayers for healing.
Prayers for rent money.
Prayers for children.
Prayers for strength.
Prayers from people who had nowhere else to go.

The Mission held them all gently.

Then, sometime around midnight, the moonlight stretched across the pantry floor and something extraordinary happened.

All the items on the shelves glowed softly.

Not brightly.
Not magically.
Just warmly.

As though kindness itself had settled into the building.

The soup cans glowed because someone cared enough to donate them.

The coats glowed because someone wanted another person to stay warm.

The baby formula glowed because someone remembered what it felt like to struggle.

And the walls glowed because day after day, people kept showing up for one another.

By morning, everything looked ordinary again.

The shelves stood still.
The lights flickered on.
The coffee brewed.
Cars began pulling into the parking lot.

And one by one, families arrived.

Some came for food.
Some came for clothing.
Some came because they simply needed someone to look them in the eyes and remind them they mattered.

And every person who walked through the doors left carrying more than groceries.

They left carrying hope.

Because the truth was…

The Mission was never really built from bricks and shelves and boxes.

It was built from compassion.

From volunteers who stayed late.
From donors who quietly gave.
From prayers whispered over pantry bags.
From people who believed that even small acts of kindness could change someone’s day.

And every night, long after the doors closed again, the little building rested peacefully under the stars…

Ready to love the community all over again tomorrow.

The end. 🌙🤍

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