PA Students and Girls Scouts Volunteer

Seven Physician Assistant students from Boise volunteered to come on Tuesday evening and sort medical supplies. Thanks for coming! We appreciate your help! Two Girl Scouts, along with their mothers, packed 67 boxes of  linens! Thanks, Daphne and Allie, for your hard work and caring for others! If you or your group would like to serve with HoHNW, download an application…

Nursing Students Benefit

Nursing students attending the College of Western Idaho are benefiting from this ministry. When supplies arrive with a close expiration date, we can’t send them overseas as they would expire before they arrive. Now we are donating these supplies to colleges for the students to practice with. High school Certified Nursing Assistant Programs are also being helped with equipment and…

Board Retreat—Learning and Growing Together

On August 19 and 20, 2016, we held a Board Retreat in New Meadows, Idaho. It was a wonderful time for board members to learn, interact, and grow. Our coach was John Pearson, a nationally known coach and the head of John Pearson Associates. His costs were picked up by the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust as part of their Board…

Volunteer Spotlight in Memory of Robbie Durbin

This month we are remembering one of our volunteers who graduated to heaven on August 27. Robbie Durbin was an elementary school teacher and a lay minister at Nampa First Church of the Nazarene, where she led the Singles Ministry for 25 years. Always one who liked to stay busy and help others, Robbie began volunteering with us after her…

September 2016 Director’s Note

I am so thankful that the Lord’s Hand is on this ministry. We see His direction and connections happening all the time. Often we tell people that we don’t have the thing they need, only to have someone bring in the very item a few days later. Another local charity, Love INC of Treasure Valley, brought in two pallets of…

Diaper Roundup Update

The diapers have been pouring in since we announced last month that we needed them for a shipment to Ukraine. Even though we are sending one shipment on Tuesday, September 20, we still need more diapers, as we continue to work with several Christian organizations in that country. The special needs are great there, particularly with orphanages and homes for…

Compassion Caldwell Partnership

For the third year, Hands of Hope NW loaned medical equipment and donated supplies to Love Caldwell for their Compassion Caldwell event. This is one day when doctors, nurses, dentists, and other health professionals offer their services at no charge to those in need in the community. Many other volunteers are also there to use their talents to touch people’s…