Helping. Empowering. Loving. Providing.

As a Washington-based nonprofit, Helping Hands supports people in need through our nonprofit thrift stores + our partnerships with other nonprofits serving in the trenches. We are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.

Helping Hands serves many different demographics and needs.
Our social support is predominantly within these 5 pillars:

Who we Serve

Local support

Our Gift Card Program is the most significant way we support our partners. Over the years, we’ve given thousands of $25 Helping Hands gift cards to our partners, who distribute them to their clients most in need. The gift card recipients can then shop at can any of our 4 thrift stores and get items they need (such as clothes, shoes, furniture, home supplies, etc.) at no cost to them or the nonprofit that supports them.

Gift Card Program

Every month, one of our partners becomes “Partner of the Month.” Shoppers at all 4 of our stores have the opportunity to give a set amount or round to the nearest dollar when they check out their thrift haul. At the end of the month, the proceeds from the register fundraiser go to our featured partner.

We love witnessing our partner’s response when they see how much money Helping Hands thrifters have raised for their organization!

Register Fundraisers

Helping Hands has supported our local community in other ways, such as volunteering with our partners via diaper drives and serving at community dinners. Additionally, volunteers and employees work hard to recycle as much material as possible from unsellable donated items (which would otherwise go to waste).

Other Help

INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT: Amor en Acción

Helping Hands founders Vance and Faith Field helped create Amor en Acción (“Love in Action”) in Peru during the 1990s. This unique organization in the city of Trujillo helps women and children have more hopeful and sustainable futures. Today, the Fields’ legacy of love in action continues.

Amor en Acción is an accredited school run by faith-centered, licensed, and professional teachers with elementary education degrees. Students learn during morning classes and are provided lunch.

Not only do these children receive quality education in a safe and loving environment, but Amor en Acción also warmly welcomes children with special needs. In Peruvian culture, individuals with special needs are not as accepted and supported as they are here in the United States. Amor en Acción’s inclusion of these precious kiddos has made a meaningful impact in the lives of students and their families.

Preschool Programs

If you donate $50 per month, that money will go directly to Amor en Acción to sponsor one of their preschoolers!

Yes, that means more cute kids like these!

Sponsor a Student

OTHER Programs

Amor en Acción has five Sewing Centers, located in the greater Trujillo area, offering training for mothers and women of the neighborhood 2-3 days a week. They can learn how to sew on sewing machines provided by our thrift stores in order to support themselves and their families through a sustainable means. This ministry sometimes takes place within a church or an evangelizing growth cell that restores the hearts of those living in marginalized urban areas.

Sewing Centers

Amor en Acción took advantage of an existing water well at the preschool to install a clean water filtration system with the assistance of Helping Hands, several U.S. and Peru Rotary Clubs, and Water Missions Peru. It was inaugurated in 2016 and provides much-needed portable water for the neighborhood of Victor Raul in Trujillo.

Social and Family Services

Internationally, we provide disaster relief when it is needed. For example, in 2022, we supported Ukraine through a partnership with Rotary International. We’ve also provided relief in the aftermath of other disasters such as the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, the Oso landslide (2014), and destructive mudslides in Peru (2017).

Other International Help

Our Partners

    • Backpacks of Hope

    • Hungry Hearts

    • Local Food Banks: Canyon Hills Community Church, Lake Stevens, Maltby, Sky Valley

    • Shower to the People

    • Take the Next Step

    • Kindering - Families in Transition Program

    • Sound Pathways - PCAP Program

    • The Damascus House for Men

    • Sound Pathways

    • Hoff Foundation

    • Care Net of Puget Sound

    • Two Hearts Pregnancy Aid

    • Amor en Acción

    • Bridge Receiving Center

    • Monroe Gospel Women’s Mission

    • Acres of Diamonds

    • Vision House

    • Lutheran Community Services

    • Sky Valley Volunteers of America

    • Lake Stevens Community Resource Center Volunteers of America

    • School Districts: Northshore, Monroe, Everett (Family Resource Center), Sultan, Snohomish Education Foundation

    • Northshore Church

    • Northcreek Presbyterian Church

    • Cascade Community Church

    • Cornerstone Church (Granite Falls)

    • Central Faith Church

    • Peace Lutheran (Monroe)

    • Venture Church

    We are also proud partners with Bothell’s Fire and Police departments!

Select each dropdown to view the organizations we support that are serving the most vulnerable!

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