NEIGHBORHOOD HANDS

" IN 2024, BY HOSTING 24 VOLUNTEER PARK CLEANING PROGRAMS AT GUADALUPE GARDENS IN SAN JOSE, CA, NEIGHBORHOOD HANDS CONNECTED AN ESTIMATED 857 UNDUPLICATED UNHOUSED AND VERY LOW-INCOME NEIGHBORS WITH RESOURCES, STIPENDS, AND A POSITIVE COMMUNITY. IN COLLABORATION WITH AN AVERAGE OF 17 PUBLIC, PRIVATE, AND NONPROFIT PARTNERS PER PROGRAM, THE NEIGHBORHOOD HANDS COMMUNITY LOGGED AN ESTIMATED 11,500 HOURS ALLEVIATING HOMELESSNESS, SOCIAL ISOLATION, AND BEAUTIFYING THE COMMUNITY IN 2024. WITH AN AVERAGE OF 203 TOTAL NEIGHBORS (AVG. 151 UNHOUSED OR VERY LOW-INCOME) PER PROGRAM, NEIGHBORHOOD HANDS CLEARED AN ESTIMATED 240,960 POUNDS OF PARK DEBRIS AND TRASH FROM GUADALUPE GARDENS AND RIVER PARK IN 2024! IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING ACCESS TO POSITIVE SOCIAL CONNECTION AND SOCIAL CAPITAL, NEIGHBORHOOD HANDS' UNHOUSED AND VERY LOW-INCOME VOLUNTEER PARTICIPANTS WERE CONNECTED WITH STIPENDS - PROVIDED BY BOTH NEIGHBORHOOD HANDS AND THE CITY OF SAN JOSE'S CASH FOR TRASH PROGRAM -- AND AN ESTIMATED 10,664 BEVERAGES, 6,882 MEALS, 5,041 PAIRS OF SOCKS, 3,405 ARTICLES OF CLOTHING, 3,145 VARIOUS SMALL CARRY BAGS, 2,497 ACCESSORIES (BEANIES, GLOVES, SCARVES, ETC,), 2,400 DENTAL ITEMS, 2,089 HYGIENE PRODUCTS, 667 PET ESSENTIALS, 630 HYGIENE PACKS, 614 DUFFLE BAGS AND BACKPACKS, 600 FEMININE PRODUCTS, 291 BLANKETS, SHEETS, SLEEPING BAGS, AND TOWELS, 168 DOSES OF NARCAN (OPIOID OVERDOSE REVERSAL MEDICATION), 160 PAIRS OF SHOES, 95 MOBILE SHOWERS, 89 FREE BIKES, 42 FREE BIKE REPAIRS, 31 EXPUNGEMENT REFERRALS FOR IMMIGRATION, CIVIL, AND ARREST AND BENCH WARRANT RECALLS, 13 HAIRCUTS, 8 MYCONNECTSV HOUSING PORTAL SIGNUPS, 8 MENTAL HEALTH CONSULTATIONS, 7 PET BEDS AND KENNELS, AND ENDLESS BELONGING.