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The Help Agency has been serving those in rural poverty since 1993. Between handing out groceries through their food banks and serving meals at feeding sites, they are now currently reaching more than 7,500 people every month. More than twenty years ago the Help Agency received their first donation from the local Winn-Dixie in the Ocala National Forest in the form of a $25 gift-certificate to help fill their empty shelves. Many of their clients live without electricity and running water and so they have recognized that the need goes beyond the everyday food handout with compassion and love. The Help Agency also provides financial help along with education, mentoring, teen pregnancy prevention and opportunities to a better future. Since that first day when they were able to start giving back to the community, the Help Agency has developed different programs and avenues to help those in need.
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Help Agency Programs
- SoZo Kids, a sponsorship program that provides the necessary means in helping each child receive FREE food, supplies and access to ALL of our programs and services to help them through their level of poverty.
- Turning Point Mentor Centers, an after school and summer program to help children with their education.
- Camp SoZo, a place where the children of the Ocala National Forest can "get away" from the poverty stress home-life and just have fun being a kid.
- SoZo Catering, a self-service restaurant where students can come and gain a good work ethic to build the best career path possible.
The Help Agency believes that if the same people that are being fed and helped can become better educated for a better tomorrow and be given the opportunity for a better tomorrow, then they will have a better tomorrow and will no longer have need of being served but now become the servers to help put an end to abject rural poverty.
Select One Program
Helping the Agency
If you are interested in Helping the Help Agency give people a better tomorrow and help end rural poverty for the lives of those in the Ocala National Forest through the giving of non-perishable foods, then the Select One Program is just for you. The Select One Program is designed for simplicity and effectiveness.
Here's how it works:
1. Select
You as an individual or with your church, club or organization will fill out the Select One Form and "Select One" item from the list of needs of non-perishables.
2. Collect
This will be your item to focus on for each week, bi-weekly or monthly (depending on how fast you collect and will have need of a scheduled pickup).
3. Contact
After you have collected the necessary item, simply contact us by email by clicking here to schedule a pickup. It's that easy.
Fill out the form below to get started today!
Here's how it works:
1. Select
You as an individual or with your church, club or organization will fill out the Select One Form and "Select One" item from the list of needs of non-perishables.
2. Collect
This will be your item to focus on for each week, bi-weekly or monthly (depending on how fast you collect and will have need of a scheduled pickup).
3. Contact
After you have collected the necessary item, simply contact us by email by clicking here to schedule a pickup. It's that easy.
Fill out the form below to get started today!
Select One Program Form
Location and Hours of Operation
Hours of Operation
Open: Monday | Wednesday | Friday | 9am - 12noon Closed: Tuesday | Thursday | Saturday | Sunday | Holidays |