How You can Help

Do you know an individual or family who:

·         Lost their job or took a pay cut?

·         Is dealing with a serious illness?

·         Recently lost a loved one?

·         Is newly separated or divorced?

·         Is a single parent?

·         Is faced with unexpected emergency expenses?

·         Lost their retirement income due to the economy?

·         Is caring for elderly parents?

Then you may know someone in need of encouragement.  Any one of these situations can cause financial strain on an individual or family.  Our mission at Invisible Hands is to provide private, compassionate care to Trietsch Families through a church run food pantry and other resources.  We want to facilitate anonymous assistance to those who may need encouragement but will not ask.

Should you know someone in need of encouragement, please e-mail InvisibleHands.tmumc@gmail.com with some information about the situation and need as well as the size of the family.  Our volunteers will take it from there.

If you would like to make a donation, we are always accepting:  Non perishable food items, personal hygiene items, toilet paper, laundry detergent and other household cleaners.  We can also use $5 or $10 gift cards to Target, Wal-Mart, Kroger, Albertsons and Tom Thumb so our families can have a little cash to pick up fresh food items such as milk, bread and eggs.  We also have an account set up at Trietsch so you can make checks payable to TMUMC and write the name Invisible Hands in the memo line.

God Bless You!

History of Invisible Hands

In the Spring of 2010, I sat down with Pastor Joe Shafer to discuss the possibility of opening an Emergency Food Pantry for Trietsch Families. Our family had just been hit by several large unexpected expenses. Thankfully, we had savings to fall back on, but it occurred to us that many people in our congregation may not have this luxury, given the current economic situation. Joe indicated that traditionally, Trietsch would refer people to CCA or other local food pantries, should they ask for assistance. I tearfully admitted, that had it been me, I wouldn’t have gone, as it would take all I had to come to the church for help in the first place. It must have struck a chord with him as he put me in touch with Pastor Diane Presley and our discussions began. Later I heard about a single father who mentioned to some scout leaders that he and his daughter had been eating rice for a week. A dear friend of mine heard about the need and organized a food collection which yielded one month’s worth of groceries and left it on his step when she knew he wouldn’t be there. I began thinking it would be so nice be able to provide assistance to people, like this father, without them even having to ask, hence the name Invisible Hands.