Orlando

Our Holiday Elves

storres4365 — Thu, 09 Feb 2023 22:02:25 +0000

Our Holiday Elves

Each year; Helperutnity supports local volunteers in reaching out to nursing homes, care facilities, and transitional shelters around the Christmas holiday, as well as helping the facility residents with reaching back and blessing their community in creative ways.

The project began as a visit to teach crafts at one local facility some years ago; only to discover that the residents and patients wanted to make gifts to give to others rather than keep the gifts for themselves! The class worked together and created nearly three dozen pencil boxes to be given to a local children's choir who had come to visit and sing to them.

The project expanded to supporting other seasonal community-outreach projects at elder facilities; where one group of facility residents painted up holiday ceramics to raise money and buy gifts for kids,

....and another group fluffed teddy bears and other plush pets to give to visiting children:

If you would like to support our Helpertunity Volunteer's unique efforts around the holidays; mark your tax-deductible e-banking or pay-pal donation to Helpertunity with "Amazing Elves of Christmas" in the memo line; and send it to Helpertunity at PO Box 1956, Apopka, FL 32704

storres4365 Thu, 02/09/2023 - 17:02

City

Orlando

State

Florida

For Our Veterans

storres4365 — Thu, 09 Feb 2023 23:34:37 +0000

For Our Veterans

When Chanda first met Helpertunity, she enjoyed our games and social events so much, that she decided to volunteer and spread the joy to others in her community. From serving Orlando's Homeless, to visiting the nearby Nursing Home, to starting a program to help Veterans in her neighborhood, Chanda has inspired Helpertunity as much as we first inspired her!

Helpertunity has carried on Chanda's inspiring work for America's Military Heroes by contributing Activity Resources to local elder care facilities in honor of Veteran's Day:

Tax-Deductible Donations made to Helpertunity, on behalf of this project, should be marked clearly in the memo line with "Volunteering for Veterans"

storres4365 Thu, 02/09/2023 - 18:34

Project Type

Elective Education Programs

Target Population

City

State

Bottle Brick Builders Guild

Eileen — Fri, 28 Apr 2023 19:40:52 +0000

Bottle Brick Builders Guild

In 2020 Helpertunity realized that all of its kit-packing projects were producing an excessive amount of plastic bags. So, the charity began looking for fun ways to recycle and upcycle waste plastics. Today, volunteers help hand pack plastic bottles with clean, dry plastic bags and wrappers. After turning these bottles into bricks they are used to make practical and decorative items.

Our friends from AmeriCorps RSVP have been crocheting covered abstract bottle people. They are being made to adorn a planned parade float in the coming year.

The bottle bricks have also been used to build obstacles, mazes and bot-ball arenas for creative cooperative team games with our friends from the Family Cafe Expo Events held in Orlando, Florida.

Eileen Fri, 04/28/2023 - 15:40

Project Type

Elective Education Programs