A ray of hope to the Susquehanna Valley
We are a faith-based, social entrepreneurial, non-profit organization located in Milton, PA. Since 2004, the HandUP Foundation has helped hundreds of families and individuals in crisis situations within our community. We strive to maintain each person's dignity by offering hope in a supportive and encouraging environment. Our name is our philosophy. We offer a HandUP, not a hand-out. We customize an assistance plan for each person that provides a way for them to work toward their own solutions. We are dedicated to offering help and hope to every neighbor who needs us.
The HandUP Foundation is supported through donations and funds raised by the HandUP Store and HandUP Recycling Center. Families and individuals are helped with clothing, food, counseling, vehicles, homes, and financial assistance.
The HandUP Foundation is supported through donations and funds raised by the HandUP Store and HandUP Recycling Center. Families and individuals are helped with clothing, food, counseling, vehicles, homes, and financial assistance.
Have you heard the news? HandUP Foundation has been selected as the beneficiary of the @GIANTFoodStores Bags 4 My Cause Program! Each time the $2.50 reusable Bags 4 My Cause Bag is purchased at the GIANT in Lewisburg during the month of January 2020 we will receive a $1 donation.
Good Afternoon Prayer Warriors
Just wanted to say to keep those prayers coming for HandUP! We are seeing God’s miraculous work in our finances and wanted to share with you how God is working and supplying our needs. We have been able to eliminate 2/3 of the debt by clearing out our recycling warehouse and most importantly, by God himself, placing it on the hearts of others to give. Through this time of thought and prayer, HandUP has received some generous donations. Please continue to pray as we are wanting to start the new year in a positive cash flow. Thank you and please share this note of praise!
Greetings and Merry Christmas,
I am coming to those of faith sharing that God is active at HandUP and to also ask you to join me to invoke the power of God through prayer. We have a financial need that I am asking God to provide for by the first of the year. I am fasting and praying for this and I have felt God speaking to me to be the first to give and so I wrote out a check for $3,000 and handed it in for processing…..it was fairly easy to write the check but not as easy to let go of it. The heart is willing, but the flesh is weak. I am asking you to please pray for our situation and to share it with others. I am asking you to truly pray like you never have before for HandUP. Pray for God to place it on those whom He chooses to give. Pray who you can share this story with. I believe that God is going to place it on the heart of someone to meet our need and I believe that it will be a miracle that we can look at and say, “The only way this happened was God’s favor. It had to be God”.
It has been well documented that that trade issues with China have radically affected price points of most recycling products. Almost 20% of HandUP budget is Recycling income. As an example of the price points plummeting, we were getting paid 8 cents a pound for scrap metal and we were shipping a dumpster a week. That income was about $500 per dumpster per week. The current price point is ½ cent per pound and one of the last checks we got was for $25 for the same load. Three years ago, the going rate for cardboard prices were $160-$180 for a ton. Last week, we received $40 for the same amount. We process about 10 products in recycling and all prices for each of these is down to historic lows. This past year one recycling facility every 3 days was going out of business.
In regard to our $600,000 a year budget…..our store income has remained steady in the midst of new thrift stores continually opening up, our donations have gone up, our grant income has excelled and our support from the community is as strong as ever. Unfortunately, everything keeps coming back to the devastating loss of income in recycling having nothing to do with any circumstances that we have created.
Despite the new economic challenges, HandUP has seen God continuing to be very powerful in the lives of those we meet. The Recycling Center has been a hub for us to hire men coming out of jail. We hired a guy out of prison to manage recycling and trained him in management. He levered that into a good paying job. He grew in his faith and is now bringing his girlfriend and other family members to church. We have led over 11 men to the Lord from the Union County Jail. One man got saved and when he got out of jail, he also started attending our church and encouraged others to come with him. A woman was counseled for relationship issues as she was always attracting the wrong guys. As she grew as a Christian with new knowledge, within 6 months she attracted a Christian man, got married, and they are now thriving as a new family. We have developed an Emotional and Relational Healing Program that seems to powerfully affect everyone that participates. We recently hired a recovered alcoholic with a powerful testimony. We see him as critical addition to strongly minister to those trying to recover from addictions.
Our church is reaching people that would not fit into a “normal” church environment. One man was brought by a woman who was recovering from abuse. He became a faithful attender, committed his heart to God, and a few months later died of complications from decades of alcohol abuse. God used New Hope Church to give him an opportunity to hear of salvation and to become a believer in Christ.
We graduated another two women from the Women’s Home this past year. Both accepted Jesus in the home and are continuing their faith.
These are all snapshots of what God has been doing through HandUP amid our new economic struggles.
HandUP continues to provide social ministry through our food bank. Not only do we provide food on a monthly basis, but we also provide food education. Our Assistance Ministry(paying bills), our Clothing Ministry, our Job Ministry of providing short term employment for people in transition, our ministry to traditional churches in providing opportunity to get out of church walls and serve those in need, and our Vehicle to Work Ministry of providing donated cars to those who need them for getting a job and medical purposes are all areas that God has used HandUP to offer a place of help and hope to those in our surrounding communities.
Finally, HandUP could not do any of this without you! Your prayers and financial support mean everything! You are a huge part of the lives that have been changed! May you and your family have a most blessed Christmas season with continued peace and joy into the New Year.
Merry Christmas,
Doug Diven
Good Afternoon Prayer Warriors
Just wanted to say to keep those prayers coming for HandUP! We are seeing God’s miraculous work in our finances and wanted to share with you how God is working and supplying our needs. We have been able to eliminate 2/3 of the debt by clearing out our recycling warehouse and most importantly, by God himself, placing it on the hearts of others to give. Through this time of thought and prayer, HandUP has received some generous donations. Please continue to pray as we are wanting to start the new year in a positive cash flow. Thank you and please share this note of praise!
Greetings and Merry Christmas,
I am coming to those of faith sharing that God is active at HandUP and to also ask you to join me to invoke the power of God through prayer. We have a financial need that I am asking God to provide for by the first of the year. I am fasting and praying for this and I have felt God speaking to me to be the first to give and so I wrote out a check for $3,000 and handed it in for processing…..it was fairly easy to write the check but not as easy to let go of it. The heart is willing, but the flesh is weak. I am asking you to please pray for our situation and to share it with others. I am asking you to truly pray like you never have before for HandUP. Pray for God to place it on those whom He chooses to give. Pray who you can share this story with. I believe that God is going to place it on the heart of someone to meet our need and I believe that it will be a miracle that we can look at and say, “The only way this happened was God’s favor. It had to be God”.
It has been well documented that that trade issues with China have radically affected price points of most recycling products. Almost 20% of HandUP budget is Recycling income. As an example of the price points plummeting, we were getting paid 8 cents a pound for scrap metal and we were shipping a dumpster a week. That income was about $500 per dumpster per week. The current price point is ½ cent per pound and one of the last checks we got was for $25 for the same load. Three years ago, the going rate for cardboard prices were $160-$180 for a ton. Last week, we received $40 for the same amount. We process about 10 products in recycling and all prices for each of these is down to historic lows. This past year one recycling facility every 3 days was going out of business.
In regard to our $600,000 a year budget…..our store income has remained steady in the midst of new thrift stores continually opening up, our donations have gone up, our grant income has excelled and our support from the community is as strong as ever. Unfortunately, everything keeps coming back to the devastating loss of income in recycling having nothing to do with any circumstances that we have created.
Despite the new economic challenges, HandUP has seen God continuing to be very powerful in the lives of those we meet. The Recycling Center has been a hub for us to hire men coming out of jail. We hired a guy out of prison to manage recycling and trained him in management. He levered that into a good paying job. He grew in his faith and is now bringing his girlfriend and other family members to church. We have led over 11 men to the Lord from the Union County Jail. One man got saved and when he got out of jail, he also started attending our church and encouraged others to come with him. A woman was counseled for relationship issues as she was always attracting the wrong guys. As she grew as a Christian with new knowledge, within 6 months she attracted a Christian man, got married, and they are now thriving as a new family. We have developed an Emotional and Relational Healing Program that seems to powerfully affect everyone that participates. We recently hired a recovered alcoholic with a powerful testimony. We see him as critical addition to strongly minister to those trying to recover from addictions.
Our church is reaching people that would not fit into a “normal” church environment. One man was brought by a woman who was recovering from abuse. He became a faithful attender, committed his heart to God, and a few months later died of complications from decades of alcohol abuse. God used New Hope Church to give him an opportunity to hear of salvation and to become a believer in Christ.
We graduated another two women from the Women’s Home this past year. Both accepted Jesus in the home and are continuing their faith.
These are all snapshots of what God has been doing through HandUP amid our new economic struggles.
HandUP continues to provide social ministry through our food bank. Not only do we provide food on a monthly basis, but we also provide food education. Our Assistance Ministry(paying bills), our Clothing Ministry, our Job Ministry of providing short term employment for people in transition, our ministry to traditional churches in providing opportunity to get out of church walls and serve those in need, and our Vehicle to Work Ministry of providing donated cars to those who need them for getting a job and medical purposes are all areas that God has used HandUP to offer a place of help and hope to those in our surrounding communities.
Finally, HandUP could not do any of this without you! Your prayers and financial support mean everything! You are a huge part of the lives that have been changed! May you and your family have a most blessed Christmas season with continued peace and joy into the New Year.
Merry Christmas,
Doug Diven
Looking to own a home and have someone else pay for it??? $115,000 NO RENT TO OWN. HandUP is selling a Duplex 148/150 Ridge Ave. Milton, PA Live on one side and have the other side pay your mortgage. 3 bedrooms and 1 bath on each side. Completely remodeled with separate utilities. Outside pictures to follow
Call 570-742-3000 or email:dougd@handupfoundation.org
Call 570-742-3000 or email:dougd@handupfoundation.org
Thanksgiving, Black Friday and Cyber Monday shopping is all over! What is your plans for all that money you saved? Giving Tuesday is a great place to spend that money you saved.
What can HandUP do with your donation you ask?
Donate and be part of helping others in your community!
Here are a few of the programs we offer:
Vehicle to Work
Renewed Hope Women's Home
Milton Food Bank serving 1800 people a montg
Counseling services for men and women
Jail Ministry and job readiness
Community Service Opportunities
Assistance Programs
Group Counseling
Job Readiness Programs for persons that are differently abled
Grand Opening Announcement! You asked for it and we did it!
Dollar Bargain Basement (next to Recycling Center)
Monday December 2nd, 2019
Stop by and check out the bargains and refreshments!
9am-6pm Monday-Friday Saturday 9am-5pm
HandUP Store Holiday Hours For Your Shopping Convenience!
9am-6pm - Monday-Friday
9am-5pm Saturday
Come in and see our beautiful selection of Christmas Trees!
9am-6pm - Monday-Friday
9am-5pm Saturday
Come in and see our beautiful selection of Christmas Trees!
Good News: We have buyers for Newspaper, Magazines, Books and your Alum Cans!! We will be taking these items for your recycling needs! Open Tuesday and Thursday 10-4 and Saturday 9-1
AS OF AUGUST 14TH, 2019 WE WILL NO LONGER BE RECYCLING THE OLDER CRT TELEVISIONS AND MONITORS.
Recycling is now open Tuesday and Thursday 10-4 and Saturday 9-1
A big shout out to SU Splash Program and their student volunteers
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"For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothing and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me."
Matthew 25:35-36