The Helping Hands Team is a group of men who staff Council 13904's efforts for the 'Helping Hands' Community program and the 'Food for Families' Family program.  Our council actively supports the Corpus Christi food pantry in Nashua and the Nashua Soup Kitchen and Shelter (NSKS) financially, with items gathered through drives, and and though volunteer labor.   The Helping Hands Team is a group of Knights who volunteer weekly for scheduled activities at these agencies and are on-call should the agencies need additional help.   Specific regular activities include weekly food pickups at local supermarkets for Corpus Christi using their van and Knight's personal vehicles, and regular serving of clients at NSKS.  We also have provided emergency support for Corpus Christi when they are short staffed for food pickup or distribution and project-specific support for NSKS including school supply collection and distribution, donation collection, and client service.   

The key enabler of this program has been having a growing team of volunteers that the Council's Chancellor can call on to staff the work.  Having enough volunteers on the bench assures than no volunteer gets over-committed and also lets us promise the agencies that the work will get done.   For example, on Mondays the food needs to be collected and delivered to Corpus Christi by 9:00 AM each week or people go hungry.  Having a large team, including those who can drive their van and our own pickups makes sure we always can get the job done.   

This is an ongoing program at our council, and not a singular project.  Through it we are serving our community, strengthening our fraternal bonds, demonstrating the Knights in action to our community, and ultimatly answering the Lord's call to feed the hungry, house the homeless, and show compassion to all of His children.