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Now - November 13: Warm & Fuzzy Drive
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November 21: Blanket Making Party
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December 4 - 12: Winter Boutique
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February 20, 2027: Empty Bowls Dinner
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March 12, 2027: Nashville Songwriters Live
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Nov 7: El Dorado Hills Farmers Market Children's Activity Booth
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Nov 7: Twin Lakes Food Bank - Gala Clean Up
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Nov 8: Hands4Hope Winter Boutique Sorting Event
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Nov 9: Twin Lakes Food Bank Food Distribution
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Nov 13: Hands4Hope Winter Boutique Sorting Event
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Nov 14: GVCC Common Ground Breakfast & Essentials Distribution
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Nov 14: Family Resource Center Food Bags (Tahoe)
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Nov 16: Hands4Hope Winter Boutique Sorting Event
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Nov 17: ASPIREKids Community Night - Buckeye Elementary
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Nov 18: ASPIREKids Community Night - Green Valley Elementary
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Nov 18: Mercy Creekview Manor Senior Dinner & Entertainment
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Nov 20: Hands4Hope Winter Boutique Sorting Event
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Nov 21: El Dorado Hills Farmers Market Children's Activity Booth
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Nov 21: Hands4Hope Annual Blanket Making Party
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Nov 28: GVCC Common Ground Breakfast & Essentials Distribution
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Nov 28: Upper Room Dining Hall Dinner
MAPS Peer Mentoring:
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Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, & Fridays
(No sessions Nov 26 & 27)
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Nov 3, 3:45-4:15 pm - MAPS Online Orientation
(required prior to volunteering)
White Rock Village After-School Club (Now on Tuesdays and Thursdays)
- Tuesdays: Nov 3, 17
- Thursdays: Nov 5, 12, 19
Donation Opportunities (Due Oct 19):
- $20 Costco Card for Mercy Creekview Senior Dinner
| | From a middle school club participant hoping to find a path to help others to a confident leader, Penny is on a journey to discover just how much she can grow and accomplish through Hands4Hope. Now a freshman at Oak Ridge with 230 service hours under her belt, she’s taken on leadership roles and found meaningful ways to make a difference in her community. Read Penny’s story to see how two years of getting involved have helped her confidence, leadership skills, and passion for service grow! | | Winter Boutique Committee Update | | |
by Penny S, Marketing Chair
The Hands4Hope Warm and Fuzzy Drive is now well underway, continuing through November 13. The Warm and Fuzzy drive is the main source of new clothing for our 17th annual Winter Boutique. Hands4Hope is partnering with local businesses, schools, and other organizations to gather clothes that will be given out to people in need through Winter Boutique in early December. We are collecting long sleeved tops, pants/leggings, sweaters, gloves, warm socks, warm pajamas, underwear, base layers, and blankets. We are particularly in need of men's clothing items this year.
If you don't have time to shop and drop off, you can shop our Amazon Wish List, or make a direct donation to have the committee shop for you for what is needed most.
| | The 2026 Hands4Hope Winter Boutique will have a "winter wonderland" theme and will be held at Faith Episcopal Church from December 4 through 12. Winter Boutique will be staffed by youth volunteers, along with Adult Lead volunteers. Winter Boutique shift sign-ups are coming soon, and you can sign up now to help count and sort clothing. Multiple dates and times are available. | | We are all looking forward to serving our community and helping everyone to have a “warm and fuzzy” winter this year! | | Empty Bowls Committee Update | | |
The Empty Bowls Committee is formed and ready to plan the 27th annual Empty Bowls Dinner in Placerville! Save the date for Saturday, February 20, 2027 from 3 to 6 pm. We'll have music, vendors, our signature soups, and of course, a handmade bowl.
This fundraiser supports projects that address food insecurity, and promote nutrition, healthy eating, agriculture, and increased education and awareness around these topics. If your organization serves El Dorado County and would like to apply for a portion of the funds raised by this event, you are invited to fill out our Beneficiary Application, which is due Friday, November 13. Feel free to share with others!
| | Check out the new Hands4HopeYouth.org! | | We’ve been busy behind the scenes! For the first time since 2018, Hands4HopeYouth.org has a fresh new look, easier navigation, and all our programs, events, and opportunities in one place. Made possible by a generous grant from The Latrobe Fund and shaped with input from our youth participants, the new site makes it easier than ever to discover what we do and find ways to get involved. Take a look around and see what’s new! | | |
Save the date for the 4th annual Nashville Songwriters Live benefit for Hands4Hope - Youth Making A Difference at the Harris Center for the Arts at Folsom Lake College! Enjoy an evening on March 12, 2027, facilitated by the incredible Mark McKay, with Greg Barnhill, Morgan Myles, and Cynthia Renee.
Tickets and more info coming in a few weeks. Add it to your calendar now!
| | Sponsorships are being accepted now. | | |
Hands4Hope - Youth Making A Difference
is a youth-driven non-profit charitable 501(c)3 organization whose mission is to inspire and empower youth in leadership and service.
Our vision is to develop a community of civic-minded and socially responsible citizens for generations to come.
THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF OUR COMMUNITY!
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