Realtors Donate to Helping Hands for the Homeless and Hungry in Rye

From Hudson Gateway: The Hudson Gateway REALTOR® Foundation, the charitable arm of the Hudson Gateway Association of REALTORS®, recently presented a check for $1,500 to Helping Hands for the Homeless and Hungry, Inc. in Rye, NY. Founded in 1987, Helping Hands is an all-volunteer, non-profit that purchases and donates food, clothing, and school supplies, and makes cash grants to organizations to give to those in need. Helping Hands relies solely on the generosity of its donors and grant makers to provide dignity to those in need.

Helping Hands has partnered with dozens of social service agencies and houses of worship who are on the front line providing for the basic needs of our neighbors, such as Westhab, the Urban League, HDSW, etc.

‘The Hudson Gateway REALTOR® Foundation grant will be used to provide NEW underwear to children in need through our “Undie Fundie Project.” Underwear is not seen and often forgotten with clothing drives and donations, but NEW undergarments can really make someone feel better and more dignified, “ said Susan Salice, Helping Hands Co-President.

The charity also provides “Dinner at Noon,” a hot lunch served every Saturday from September until June at the Carver Center in Port Chester. In addition, its “Mission Backpack” provides School Ready Backpacks for children in shelters or at risk in our communities, and “Project Refresh” and “Undie Fundie” provides residents in shelters with basic items of necessity, such as toiletries and New underwear!.

Helping Hands for the Homeless and Hungry, Inc. is one of the many local Hudson Valley charities benefitting from the REALTOR® Foundation, which has raised more than $30,000 from its “Runway for Hope” Fashion Show at New Rochelle’s Glen Island Harbour Club, and four “Pub Nights” this year held throughout the Hudson Valley.

Established in 2004 and relaunched in 2013, the Foundation has donated thousands of dollars to charities and non-profits throughout the Hudson Valley. As concerned members of the communities we work in, the Hudson Gateway REALTOR® Foundation participates in qualified community-based charities who serve the housing, hunger, health, happiness, and humane needs of citizens everywhere.

For more information or to apply for funding from the Hudson Gateway REALTOR® Foundation, please visit www.hgrealtorfoundation.com.

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