HELPING HIS HANDS DISASTER RESPONSE INC

Have known Scott and his family for many years. I know they, along with their volunteers.go anywhere they are needed!

Have seen all the work they do for those who need it, locally and far away. Great people who work for and with them also!!!

As a volunteer, every week, I see food poor families receive fresh fruit and vegetables, other perishable and nonperishable foods to help families make ends meet. What a blessing.
The disaster relief team, takes machinery and supplies to clean up after the storms along with personal hygiene kits to help families start to recover.

HHH is a huge presence in our community and in our nation as a whole. From a food bank, mobility assistance, monetary assistance, and site clean-up here locally, to nation-wide disaster clean-up and emergency relief, these folks are the true hands and feet of Jesus. We are so thankful for all they do!

On December 10th, 2021, my husband and I lost everything to the quad state tornado, 15 hours before getting married. We never lost faith, and went ahead with the wedding. On our honeymoon we got a call from my dad that an organization in Indiana wanted to see about building us a new house. We couldn’t believe it! We met up with them, they gave us blue prints to choose from, and now, 10 months later, we are getting ready to move into our beautiful new home. I am forever thankful for helping His hands for all they did to get us back on our feet. We would have been so lost in the recovery process without them.

As both a member of the public and a volunteer, I’m so proud to have a nonprofit like this in our community! Between constantly helping during disasters across the US to helping our own community through our food pantry, ramps for Jesus, Christmas support and much more, I’m blessed to see how the Lord is using them!

I had a stroke. They built steps for my back door so that I could get in and out of my house to go to therapy and doctor appointments. I would not have been able to come home without these steps. I appreciate their willingness to help people in need!

Moving to a new state in my senior years, I looked for a place to volunteer. My goal was to become connected in the community through a meaningful group. After meeting two ladies in my neighborhood, the three of us adventured out on this quest to serve in our town.
Well our plans were small in scope while God’s was big. I had heard about Helping His Hands at church so we three new residences showed up to help where needed. Our joint venture has turned out to be a blessing that is allowing us to serve well beyond our community to states beyond our own by packing disaster kits wherever disaster strikes.
Nevertheless, we enjoy working on the assembly line in gathering food supplies for our local families. The comradely with the other volunteers and the environment makes the tasks not work but a delight. Over the chosen hours, days, and weeks upon weeks the tasks have been varied from working on the front lines to back in the warehouse.
I am left with admiration for the limited staff. Their dedicated hard work in organization, distribution, and commitment to running a viable operation makes for a happy place to serve.
Being part of the Helping His Hands’ organization has made the move to southern Indiana worth doing. The people here are treasures who work hard and support one another without judgement as they meet needs in their community and beyond. God continues to answers prayer for all kinds of needs from food to repaired shelters to fellowship in a place to connect as one (or three serve.

Any time one of my charges are in need of food, I know that Helping His Hands is there to fill that need.
Also, in this past yea, my home town was decimated by flood. It was an honor to help fill a semi trailer full of provisions to be sent for the people in my home town. Helping His Hands is helping the world one person at a time.

Well run organization doing awesome work for people in the local community.
In addition, they send disaster relief supplies to other communities in need.

Helping His Hands teams have been staying at our church all year. They have built a house for one of our church members and helped many others in our community after a tornado destroyed much.
They have blessed us with their love and generosity. I consider the staff friends. They go above and beyond to meet needs. Thank God for this ministry.

Scott and Helping His Hands come in and help pick up the pieces, after the tornado on December 10, 2021. They came with volunteers that helped us clean up and fix our house. They put on a new roof, hung sheet rock back up on the ceiling and put insulation back in the attic. They also turned our garage into living space. They done a wonderful job putting new siding on our house.
Our daughter and husband lost their home due to the tornado. Helping His Hands came and built them a new home. They also built the neighbor a new home as well, he also lost his home due to the tornado.
I can't say enough about the kindness and generosity that Helping His Hands has shown to our community. They also help with clean up out at the lake, building a ramp for elderly woman, putting new roofs on other homes, and just be there when we needed them the most.

Hello my name is Billy Burton , back in December my home was hit by the horrific tornado, I remember seeing this vehicle it said Helping His Hands , they started working on my neighbors property , they came over and checked on me made sure I was okay ,and offered a prayer. Over a couple weeks I seen them a lot in my neighborhood, then one day Scott came over and told me we would like to help you. So we met over lunch and went over there process of how they can help, he said they wanted to build me a home!!!! God is so Good!! I didn’t know how this all worked hadn’t ever experienced anything like this ever..well over the last 9 months they have built me a home with volunteers and donations. Everyone of the volunteers have been from different church’s, a lot of youth groups came ,it has been a true blessing not just getting a new home but seeing how Jesus really works through his people has changed my heart and so many ways!. The name speaks for itself (Helping His Hands) this is an awesome non profit they do so much more than what the eye can see. I just want to say thank you to everyone that’s been apart of my experience ,and keep doing what your doing

“Amazing Place. PERIOD. The staff is always willing to go the extra mile to assist. Many local families benefit from the food give-outs and the prayer. Always very willing to find answers to assist people in need. Building and rebuilding homes for people who have lost everything. Helping His Hands shine with the light of Christ.

This non-profit goes above and beyond for those that are in need. It might say disaster relief in their name, but that is only a portion of what they do. A very valuable resource !!

Excellent non profit! They do a wonderful job helping people not only in our local area but across several states.

Just a wonderful place to be a part of! They helped in the TN wild fires of 2016 so many lost their homes that year. Helping His Hands brought hope back into the area. God bless this organization!

The work this organization does is just amazing. I can't tell you all the stories of countless people they have helped. But by reading the reviews alone should tell you what you need to know. I pray God allows them to continue helping for decades to come!

God centered-selfless disaster response assistance, for those in their greatest time of need. Simply amazing!

I went with Helping His Hands on a disaster relief mission near Pigeon Forge. I have never met a person who could share the Love of Christ as naturally as Scott Shipman. He is real thing.

Helped With handicap access for a teen who had been accidentally shot and is paralyzed

I’ve volunteered and been on trips with Helping His Hands and it’s always been a wonderful experience! They do so much to help those in need and share the love of Jesus in the process. They’re also very active in their own community with their food pantry, disaster aid, wheel chair ramps/low rise steps, and many more things to help those in need.

I personally know that they follow and perform their mission of helping others in response to disasters.

Helping His Hands is a wonderful organization that helps countless people. It's a blessing to volunteer with them and see the joy and gratitude of the recipients who receive some assistance in whatever way. Our church partners with them to offer a mobile food pantry in the northern part of Knox County (where HHH is located), and this has helped many families with their food insecurities. I also have seen firsthand how much of a blessing the HHH Rampin Up for Jesus ministry is to folks to who cannot afford a wheelchair ramp and have been a prisoner in their own homes for quite some time. The staff and volunteers with HHH do great work for the community, the region, and many parts of the U.S., largely thanks to the vision and leadership of director Scott Shipman and the team he has helped build to steer all the various aspects of this organization.

Great people! Great servants hearts! They do so much for people all over the United States!

Been on a couple of mission trips doing storm cleanup with Helping His Hands over the last year, from the very first conversation with the people associated with them it has been great. Everyone’s heart is clearly into helping others and spreading God’s word. Looking forward to doing more with them in the future.

The work this organization does is outstanding, and the staff are some of the best people you will meet. Highly recommend checking them out, and consider contributing to the work that they do.

I have helped serve with Helping His Hands and they give back to so many people and change lives all while sharing the gospel! They are fantastic people with great hearts.

Excellent experience volunteering at Helping His Hands! They meet the needs nationally and locally!

Helping His Hands is an organization that has helped the lives and families of not only this community but also people from across the country, from the food pantry to disaster response and even the ramp ministry. When straight line winds hit our community they didn’t hesitate to get to work and I had the privilege of watching them bless people in Jesus’ name.

Helping His Hands is an awesome ministry were you can serve and be served. I have witnessed this organization love on those in need from feeding people on a regular basis to lending a helping hand in disaster cleanup to rebuilding homes after a disaster. They are the Hands and feet of Jesus and they encourage others to serve along side of them.

Our Lord is awesome, to let us serve here and love on the people he crosses our path with is such a huge Blessing!!! We pray others would want to be involved as we further His Kingdom one person at a time. Thank you Jesus for letting me be apart.

I had the amazing opportunity of working with this group of people when they had their food giveaway. They are some of the most respectful, kindhearted people I know. They have great ideas to make the community better and they are always thinking of those in need. Helping his hands really changed my outlook on life and they helped me become a better person.

I spent a summer as an intern here, and let me just say the people that run this organization are some of the best you will ever have the privilege of meeting. I was able to serve my community in one of the best environments I've ever worked in and would not trade the many experiences I had there for the world.

I am a college student whose scholarship requires that I get 15 hours of community service a semester. Helping His Hands allowed me to do meaningful community service in a faithful and fun environment. All the workers there are great, intelligent people who live their lives through Christ.

I volunteer at Helping His Hands Disaster Response as a Board Member and assisting in the Food Pantry, food warehouse and our new Mobile Food Pantry. We have a great need for food assistance in our community for families, college students and homeless people. We offer food and prayers as we attempt to be the hands and feet of Jesus. We also work nationally in areas of natural disaster, build handicapp ramps and low rise steps for the disabled population. We are a recipient not for profit for Bombas socks and distribute them to the homeless and needy.

Great organization to help so many. With food. With ramps. With disaster relief. They are incredible

The employees and volunteers really care about the people they are helping. This isn't a job to them, it's a mission. I enjoy helping out and working together with them.

Helping His Hands is wonderful!
They help feed so many people in need.
They are also helping with hurricane clean up.
I love them.

I first got connected to Helping His Hands Disaster Response through a mission trip to Joplin, MO after the massive EF5 tornado hit there. We worked on roofs and helped drywall at a house. Their work is incredible. I have done a total of 3 mission trips with them. I have also volunteered with Depot and the ramp ministry. Helping His Hands is amazing.

I have done several trips with Helping His Hands and they are always Christ-centered and others focused. I would choose them over and over again!

When the wildfires hit Gatlinburg, TN, Helping His Hands was there. So was I. I will be 80 in 2 months, but when I was asked to come help, I did. We slept in a church building in the Cove, and every day went to work on a house that had been completely leveled by the fire. A single woman lived there with her son. Her insurance company scammed her and some people she hired to haul off trees also scammed her. Helping His Hands did not! Not only did they rebuild her house, it was bigger than the one that was destroyed. It did not matter that the week we chose to work was the hottest week of the summer...up to 103 degrees. And yes, this is in the mountains of East Tennessee. The thing I was most impressed with was the commitment of the main crew of this Organization. They care so much about the people they help, that you would think THEY were the ones who had lost their home! You probably would not talk to them very long before tears would well up as they described the losses these people have suffered. I am not skilled, nor can I do much at all, but they acted like I was necessary to the work going on. And in spite of my failings, the work did indeed get done. I am so thankful for the opportunity of working with this fine group. Pat Oaks Knoxville, TN

I have taken college students every year on trips with HHH it is enriching rememberable and changes lives.

I've worked with Helping His Hands on mission trips with my student ministry at college at UT Knoxville and also locally! I love getting to be able to actually meet and spend time with the people we are helping. Being able to do work that you absolutely know is helping people and also just pouring love into them is such a Godly rewarding feeling. You don't have to be able to specifically do construction; there is something for everybody to work on!

Tears streaming down my face..I cry out God Help! The wildfires of Gatlinburg TN stripped me of Hope. Helping His Hands and their steadfast loyalty in answering the Fathers call brought Seeds of Hope to my barren world and restored my life both physically and spiritually.

Great people to serve with. I highly recommend volunteering with Helping His Hands. It's nice to be able to help others out in their time of need.

This place is amazing! I have met so many wonderful people and still learning what all they do. They are so nice and help so many people!

This organization and all the volunteers are amazing. They came to Oklahoma eager to help people after the May 2013 tornado. If it wasn't for them I don't know what we would have done. They built us another house because ours was destroyed and we didn't have any insurance. My family is so thankful and there is not enough words to thank them enough for everything that they did for us. They showed up as volunteers and left as family.

I've been involved with Helping His Hands since the early days. I can't express the joy I've experienced, both through serving others and through working with such an extensive and amazing group of volunteers. Helping His Hands (HHH) is the real deal!!!0

Our church works with Helping His Hands and we have seen first hand the work that this group does. They are beyond wonderful and I would recommend them to everyone!! God has blessed them and with they they bless others beyond measure!!

I have never been able to go and help physically but I do help financially! I have grandchildren and a son-in-law that go and do hands on work. I also have brothers and sisters in Christ that serve with them! Through video I have heard onsight testimonies and seen the awesome work Helping His Hands have done!

Great organization! I have worked along side HHH in Oklahoma and Indiana for clean up after tornados. I have volunteered at the food pantry. Great people doing amazing work for many communities. Building ramps, clean up, building homes, supplying food to the needy and supplies for flood and tornado victims.

Have been on many disaster relief trips and short term missions with HHH. Serving the Lord and spreading the Word.

I've seen many friends and family members pitch in and help with this organization. A dear friend of mine works for HHH. I feel like I'm constantly hearing about all of the wonderful things HHH is up to! When people that I know have volunteered, communication has been clear and work gets done very efficiently. There is no doubt that this maximizes the capacity in which God is using them. Excited to hear more. Thankful that this organization is so close to home.

Working at home base,working with wonderful organization helping people in need

I got the amazing privilege to be able to volunteer at HHH. The atmosphere of Helping His Hands is just full of happiness and laughter. Not a day goes by that i dont have a smile on my face as soon as I walk through their doors. Scott Shipman is such a great man, and role model. Tiffany Couch is a fun one to be around and the volunteers and interns that are there almost every day just help lift your spirit. When your there, they will cheer you up no matter how you feel. Im so blessed to be able to see how HHH helps people all around. From just the food pantry to the Missions trip. And how its all Faith based and such an amazing thing to add to this community.

I met HHH when my house burned down at 2 am 3 years ago. Scott Shipman was there while the house was still burning. HHH clothed us, feed us, housed us and loved as as Jesus would. This started a new way for me...with decades of building experience, I started to help with relief in disaster areas by using my skills and my heart. I'm blessed to have met and become a small part of this great ministry

As a single mother of three, I really appreciate all that Helping His Hands does for our community! The food pantry is such a blessing in the months where we struggle.

Helping His Hands is such an amazing organization! Not only do they do disaster response, but they have so many other ministries as well! There is the Food Pantry where they give out food to around 400 families a month; the Food Depot, Helping His Hands hosts a Depot Day each month where 14 Food Pantries in the area come and get food for their pantry; They also have the House of Hope homeless shelter; The automotive ministry provides maintenance on vehicles for low-income families through volunteer mechanics free of labor charges; Rampin' Up for Jesus, building ramps and low-rise steps for disabled individuals, and so much more.

Helping His Hands were do I begin. I have been a volunteer for about three years now. I have gained so much by being here everyday. This organization is AMAZING. They help so many. I have done a little bit of everything here. I love being able to help people being able to fix their cars, and helping them get the food and resources that they need so they can survive. I love the atmosphere and the people that I am around daily they truly help me, and we are one great big family. We love each other even if they are only here for a day or a couple of hours. We welcome anyone and everyone who comes in the door at Helping His Hands. I love HHH because I love seeing people smile and seeing that we can help out and make a difference in their lives even if it is just by helping them with food. As I look at each person who comes in the door and see the difference that they are making, they do not even realize that they are making a difference in my life as well. We love and care for each person and it is a great experience and opportunity for anyone and everyone evolved.

I have volunteered for Helping His Hands for three years on and off now and I love being with them. The people here are amazing and will do anything to help the people they meet on a daily basis. They give out food, love, hope and help to those in their community other communities, and even out of state. I am now a volunteer with HHH everyday and love every moment of it! We help so many people and love on them everyday and I can't wait to see more of the lives they touch with their different ministries. God has blessed Helping His Hands in many ways over the years. It is not by the people but by God who is their strength every day. They work hard and care for everyone they meet. They reach out and pray with anyone who asks or even if they don't we ask to make sure everything is okay. When you walk into Helping His Hands you can just feel the presence and peace of God in the building.

Helping His Hands goes out on many mission trips throughout the year. They bring in church groups to help them out with the mission trips that they run. These groups not only put up a foundation, walls, or even paint, but they soak the families in love, scripture, prayer, and faith. Helping His Hands helps so many people throughout a single year and it isn't just them. It is the people, our Lord and Savior, and even the love that we get from each other! Helping His Hands is a great place to just feel the love of God surrounding you!

We were and still are at a low point. We were flooded out of our house not knowing what we were going to do with not much financial and what to do. Scot and Helping his hands reached out to us to get us going. We appreciate all they are doing and the people he has reached out to. The work they are doing is awesome.

I cannot say enough about Scott Shipman and Helping His Hands. They are a Godsend. No matter where you are in life, they welcome you and provide assistance to you and your family. My ex-husband was at the lowest point in his life after making some very bad decisions. They were able to provide some food for him when he needed it. He was so appreciative of this act of kindness, that now he is volunteering once and sometimes twice a week helping others in need. They have help give him a purpose. Praise the Lord! Thank you Helping His Hands!!!!

Amazing work God is doing through Helping His Hands Disaster Response locally and several states away in disaster areas. In local disasters and difficulties HHH provides community outreach through a food pantry, a family homeless shelter, local clean up, and Rampin Up for Jesus wheelchair ramp construction program. In 2017, HHH through volunteers, constructed 2 full size homes in the Gatlinburg area that was devastated by forest fires last year, made several trips to Georgia and Key West, Florida to clean up after hurricane Irma, and still has crews in Texas mudding out houses and cleaning up after hurricane Harvey. The focus and energy in this organization is remarkable. The love they share as they reach out being the hands of Jesus is even more remarkable. What God has done through HHH is not surprising, but it is amazing!

Had a great experience volunteer for helping hands. Great people to volunteer for.
Would highly recommend to do if your looking to some volunteer mission work.
Thanks helping hands!
Joel Schwartz.

A truly God-lead organization! Helping His Hands is a Jesus-lead, passion-filled mission association who want to help make peoples lives better and "bring Hope and a hand of service those in need."

This group is spot on... Ready, willing and able..
America's Disaster Relief enjoys working with them, they do what we are often unable to do locally...

Jan France - CEO
America's Disaster Relief

Had an awesome time working with the folks from Helping His Hands. Saw Good move in many different ways. It's great to play a small part in helping someone get be back what was taken from them through no fault.of their own. Can't wait to help them again.

The work this organization does within Vincennes, let alone the disaster relief is amazing. They are the most wonderful partner to help people who come to our church looking for a hand up, and they are amazing hosts for so many additional ministries in town.

Patrick Schutz Dir of Youth Ministry at First United Methodist Church, First Christian Church, and St John's UCC

I volunteered with this group when they went to Henryville, IN after the tornado devastated their town. The experience was amazing. The efforts were well organized and well received.

The people at Helping His Hands are so wonderful and caring. They have so many areas in Knox County and around the US where they are making a huge difference. Helping so many people means that they have a big need for donations, volunteers, etc to keep their hands available to help others. These are wonderful people that are willing to help so many people, they are making a huge difference in people's lives!
Hilary

I am privileged to serve in the Food Pantry area of Helping His Hands. What a blessing.

HHH is a great organization with a great leader and wonderful volunteers that help many people everywhere

Helping His Hands Disaster Response serves both locally and nationally. I've had their excellent CERT introductory training. The have experienced trainers and an excellent facility. I've also had a chance to help with the remodeling of a facility which is now a homeless shelter for families, the first in their area. They saw the need and made it happen. The leadership is constantly looking for new ways to serve others.

I have been volunteering at HHH for around a year. I volunteer the first Tuesday of every month to unload and distribute the semi we receive from Mid West Food Bank in the Am. Then in the PM we distribute the food to 14 other food pantries in the surrounding area. I volunteer ever Wednesday to pick up contributions from other locations, help clean up building, help with maintanance on the equipment. This is a great opportunity for anyone who has the time to volunteer great people to work with, honest, dependable, respectable. Myself and the others I have worked with do this because we believe it is HELPING HIS HANDS.

Helping His Hands food pantry is a wonderful service to the community. Many people would go hungry without the food pantry. The people who receive the services of the food pantry are very grateful.

This place is great! I'm a program manager for a youth camp in northwest Indiana, and last year we took two trips with HHH. They were great to work with. Their prices for going on a missin trip are amazing! They took great care of us while we were there. And the job set was very well prepared! A great organization, I can't say enough good! I hear that they are also doing wonderful things in their local community also.

Helping His Hands does exactly that. Help the hands of Jesus. HHH is one of the most diverse yet focused nonprofits you will find. There is diversity in volunteers from young children, college students, young adults, all the way to retired folks all with an amazing array of backgrounds. There is diversity in donors from corporations, to churches, to individuals, and to small businesses. The diversity also is reflected, most importantly in neighbors who receive assistance from Helping His Hands in short term and long term needs. Regional disasters: from Sandy to Moore, Oklahoma and Joplin, Missouri; from Georgia and Katrina to Henryville, Indiana have benefitted from Helping His Hands assistance and volunteers. Locally, a food pantry has been established to assist those in need of basic provision. The Salvation Army refers neighbors when they run out of resources. Other local assistance includes home repair, roof repair and replacement, and providing some furnishings for those who have had a fire or other destructive event. Temporary housing for those who have lost their home is being developed with a vision to assist the homeless in the future. A great organization in helping His hands.

Helping His Hands is one of the best missional organizations thst I've witnessed. After disaster, most organizations just help with recovery and clean up but HHH stays through rebuild and sometimes is the last organization to leave a disaster area. Not only are they instrumental to the aid of disaster stricken areas but they provide many services in the local community and have a great vision for helping people recover and bringing people to Christ. My children and I went to family camp in Oklahoma this last summer to help rebuild a house. It was an awesone experience for them, at the ages of 5 & 13 to see how helping others out of the love of Christ is so impactful to those who need hope. I can't wait to see what Christ does next thru their organization.

Helping His Hands Disaster Response Inc. is an organization that does what it says it will do. No empty promises here. We have been blessed to have their groups stay at our church many times. The director, Scott Shipman is a man of God who has been given a mission and involves many churches and individuals in making this vision happen.

You will not be disappointed in volunteering Helping His Hands, nor will you be disappointed if you are a recipient of their amazing generosity. This ministry will be a blessing to you no matter what your involvement is with them.

I am blessed with a servants heart and I pray daily for God to fill my heart with love and I will give it away. Helping His Hands Ministry is built on love. God is love and volunteering fulfills my daily prayer. Whether it is fixing a broken home or a broken heart, serving with Helping His Hands is doing Gods work. Thank you Pastor Scott for allowing to serve.

Our church had 9 members go to Joplin Mo to help assist those in need from the devastating tornado they had. It was an invitation from Scott of Helping His Hands that we decided to make this trip. Scott is a man that loves God and loves to help his people in their time of need. All it takes is the willingness to help and serve to help another person. Helping His Hands took care of everything, from arranging our sleeping quarters, providing transportations to the work site and they put us in areas where we could do the most good. The people we helped we so gracious and we were blessed beyond words to be able to make a "hands on" contribution to those in need. Everything Helping His Hands does goes to the glory of God!

Helping his hands is a great ministry. The director, Scott Shipman, has a most excellent vision and mission for the organization. I really enjoyed the authenticity and realism that happens within this group. Real people are impacted in very real ways by everything around them. They seek to offer a helping hand (as the name implies) to people in need, and that's exactly what they do. They go out and provide assistance and relief to those who need it.
Even if you're not that skilled at construction or the various actions in recovery, there is no need to worry. Helping his Hands has experienced workers able to provide guidance to those who may need it and can teach you a variety of skills that you can keep for a lifetime. Ideally, one could take what they learn and be able to use that knowledge in other areas, such as other mission trips or their own hometown.
In conclusion, HHH is the real deal.
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God Bless, and enjoy your day.

Being a college student you don't always have the money to donate to groups like HHH. But you can still give your time. I loved going on mission trips to areas stricken by disaster and seeing in person the difference HHH is making in peoples lives.