History

The Gift Of A Helping Hand Charitable Trust was founded on January 10, 2002. The organization was formed to serve the needy, underprivileged, underserved, economically disadvantaged and poverty-stricken families and individuals residing in distressed communities in southeastern Michigan.

Purpose

The purpose of The Gift Of A Helping Hand Charitable Trust is to serve the underprivileged, underserved, economically disadvantaged, poverty-stricken and low-income families and individuals in metropolitan Detroit, Michigan and other Wayne counties with support, assistance and resources in which our programs, services and activities offers on a day to day basis.

Our mission is to assist in lifting our voices against illiteracy and putting an end to poverty, hunger and homelessness in southeastern Michigan and other Wayne counties.

Shelter's mission statement

The Gift Of A Helping Hand Emergency Shelter will eliminate homelessness and domestic violence one shelter at a time. We will provide the homeless with the valuable resources, assistances, support groups and opportunities needed to help them to become self-sufficient, self-reliant and living productive and abusive free lifestyle.