HHOOT's Page
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| A Partnership That Works For Those In Need |
Don Hawkins started working with Joyce & Charlie Yant and formed Hands of Hope Ministries in 2000, who was serving the Homeless every Saturday morning in downtown Indy. In 2002 he started working as a volunteer with Indiana's Prisons, Work Release Centers, Community Corrections Corp., GEO, Liberty Hall, Jails, Inmates, and ex-offenders. He was also on several DOC Community Advisory Boards. He participated in numerous prison ministries, clothes drives, electronics drives, mentoring, etc. He then formed Homeless & ReEntry Helpers (HRH) in 2006 and incorporated it in 2008. He founded Helpers Helping Others Outreach Team (HHOOT) in 2011 and has been serving/helping Indy's Homeless, ExOffenders & Veterans since then. In 2011 HRH-HHOOT partnered with the Mayors' Advisory Council for Veterans (MACV) to help with the Mayor's first "Veterans Appreciation Day" event at the American Legion Mall. In 2014 Veterans Support Council, Inc. (VSC) was incorporated. HRH was VSC's second Partner (MACV was the first). Since then, HRH-HHOOT & VSC have shared and maintained offices and warehouse space to help those in need, including Indy's Veterans, Military, and their families. HHOOT's Distribution Center (HDC) was incorporated on the 11th of September 2019.
Below are pictures of our warehouse and just some of the many partners, donors, helpers, volunteers, and ministries that help HRH & VSC serve those in immediate need through HHOOT's Distribution Center (HDC).
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HRH & VSC's Warehouse
2457 E Washington St (View map - We are behind 30 S Temple Ave)
HHOOT's Distribution Center is Not a Food Pantry.
To find a food pantry near you, please call 2-1-1 or (866) 211-9966 - 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
We only serve Agencies or individuals accompanied by an Agency, and we only have drinks & non-perishable food items.
We do not have perishable food items like bread, milk, eggs, cheese, butter, meat, baked items, vegetables, or fruit of any kind. |
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| Our Donors, Partners, Helpers & Volunteers |
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| Our Warehouse |
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| Monthly Donors |
- Don Hawkins
- General Carol Mutter
- Charlie Kootz
- Donn Williams
- Clare Osborn
- Andrea & the Kids (Brown Bag)
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- JL Hair Rentals
- Ann B Adcook
- Jose Flores, Vet to Vet
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- Veterans Support Council. Inc.
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| Single Donors |
- American Legion Post #510
- Paul Norton & Hal Daniels
- Patrick Sweeney
- Thomas Bromstrup
- Barry Styles
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- Humble Impressions
- Concrete Pour & Core, Inc.
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- Gordon Smith
- American Legion Post #276
- Paul (Ponytail) Cauley & G.G. Bedwell
In Memoriam of Mark Cauley
- American Legion Post #64
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| Below are earlier pictures from HRH & HHOOT's old Warehouse & HHOOT's Diner. |
HRH & HHOOT served hot meals (averaging from 75 to 110 people, 7 days a week from 3-6 PM) plus handed out clothing, and personal hygiene items to our homeless friends for over ten years at our old location on E. Michigan St. before we lost our lease in the Spring of 2017.
In the Summer of 2017, we moved to our new 6,500 sqft warehouse at 2457 E. Washington St. where we continued the clothing and personal hygiene giveaway program. A few months later we added services that offered Veterans organizations, street ministries and professional agencies, with water, sodas, Gatorade, chips, snacks, non-perishable food items, and other things they could distribute to our homeless friends and others in need.
| Information on Past HRH & HHOOT Projects |
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| Food Pantry Information in Indy |
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| Don Hawkins Vietnam & Family Pictures |
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