Partnerships

Betty was spending her days beside her husband’s hospital bed. The yard work he always took care was being left undone. A quick call to Love INC and volunteers from a local church responded. Betty’s lawn has been mowed, freeing her up to concentrate on more pressing matters.

After a vehicle accident left Connie without a car, she feared she would loose her job and her medical insurance coverage. Then she called Love INC. Caring Love INC volunteers have been helping her through the transition, providing her weekly transportation to work, to the grocery store, and to church on Sunday.

A guest from Texas was admiring the unique tile work in The Parsonage’s upstairs’ bathroom. The tile workers from the Hershey Estates, who built The Parsonage, were known for their excellent and distinctive workmanship. More specifically, her dad was one of two tile workers for the Hershey Estates, and the bathroom tile looked like his “signature” work. Indeed, she was staying in a home her dad help build.

Volunteers have been helping an out-of-state family settle into their new apartment. New to the area and with reduced circumstances, the mom felt disconnected from others and was afraid she would be judge harshly. Warm and generous Love INC volunteers have included her in their weekly bible study. Recently, the woman reported feeling accepted and supported.

Before her doctor would schedule a necessary procedure, Dorothy needed to confirm she had transportation for three weekly appointments. Love INC was able to schedule and confirm volunteer drivers for her appointments. As a result Dorothy had timely, reliable transportation to facilitate her access to her health care provider.

When a gentleman needed a ride to the medical center for a series of doctors’ appointments, a first time volunteer offered to drive him, wait for him during his extensive appointments and drive him home. Just as the client was getting out of the car, his physician called to say he had a fracture in his foot. Instead of driving away, this first time volunteer cheerfully drove the client back to the Medical Center, waited for him, and drove him home again literally, going the extra mile for Christ.

A home-bound client has been receiving assistance from Love INC volunteers for over six months. Volunteers have been providing rides to medical appointments and help with grocery shopping and banking. This client does not qualify for any shuttle service until this fall when she will qualify for CAT transportation so Love INC has been filling the “gap” in the meantime. Love INC also facilitated home health-care for her.

A Parsonage guest was delaying taking her dirty laundry to the laundry mat because her knee was giving her some trouble. While she was visiting her husband, who was awaiting a transplant at the hospital, an understanding volunteer house manager washed her laundry. You can imagine the guest’s surprise and delight finding her freshly laundered clothing folded neatly on her bed. Love INC volunteers go the extra distance to treat The Parsonage guests like family.

When an out-of-town dad was torn between being with his young son at the hospital or going to his job, the pediatric care coordinator from the Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center called Love INC to ask if volunteers would keep this boy company during the day while his father went to work. Love INC responded with 10 volunteers from 4 different churches to visit this little boy over a three day period. The father, a single dad raising 3 children, had peace of mind knowing loving volunteers were reading, visiting, and comforting his son while he went to his job.