Looking for a totally awesome life experience?
Consider joining our Helping Hands Ministry.
Meaningful and varied opportunities for service are available. Our volunteers provide non-medical support services and companionship to home-bound seniors and disabled persons. If interested in becoming a member or are in need of help please call our voicemail ONLY at 587-1131, ext. 402.
About Us
Helping Hands is an outreach of Interfaith Caregivers of Greater Mercer County. Interfaith Caregivers of Greater Mercer County (formerly Interfaith Caregivers Trenton) is a nonprofit organization established in 1994 to improve the quality of life and help meet the concerns and special needs of homebound elderly and people with disabilities in Mercer County, NJ. They are now a coalition of 28 interdenominational Mercer County-based member congregations with more than 250 dedicated volunteers who cheerfully provide free services — such as transportation to doctors’ offices, grocery shopping, friendly visiting, respite care, light housekeeping, telephone reassurance, occasional meal preparation, indoor/outdoor chores, minor home repairs and other non-medical help — that enable care receivers to remain in their homes. Their free services are offered without proselytization and without regard to race, religion, color, income or national origin.
SGG Helping Hands is an outreach ministry to assist seniors and persons with disabilities with non-medical and non-personal care services so that they may remain in their homes and stay independent. We are a chapter of Interfaith Caregivers of Greater Mercer County and our volunteers receive their training and background checks through that agency. We field phone calls from interested care receivers, have a group leader make an initial visit to determine the needed service and then match one of our volunteers to the receiver. Our care receivers are either a parishioner, or someone referred to us by Interfaith Caregivers because they live within our SGG neighborhood. The volunteer’s activities may include shopping, home visiting, transportation to doctor visits, assistance with mail and bills, light chores or respite for weary caregivers.
In 2017, 81 volunteers assisted 79 care receivers with 4,351 volunteer hours. These hours included transportation, grocery shopping, household chores, friendly visits, respite care, help with paperwork and reassurance calls.