About Us

STORY & VALUES

To make our mission and vision a reality, we practice the following

In working with each other and the community, we follow our Guiding Principles and core values which are Integrity, Communication, Accountability, Respect and Safety.

To support our mission:

Hands Over Homes respect a person’s autonomy within their capacity to remain independent.

We believe that diversified funding creates a healthy and sustainable organization.

We recognize the value of services we provide.

We listen first. We believe that hearing from the people guides our direction.

We are inclusive and non-partisan, listening to the minority and the majority.

We are respectful in our communication and our behaviors – individually and collectively.

We recognize that lack of awareness can lead to under served aging adults.

We believe that collaborative strategies can result in effective and efficient efforts and partnerships.

We believe that volunteering provides a positive experience for the volunteers and those we serve.

We honor and value our volunteers, respect their wisdom, experience and engagement.

volunteers and clients are excited, enriched and valued through community service opportunities.

FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY

As a 501(c)3 tax exempt organization, Hands Over Homes is guided by the organization’s Strategic Plan and Guiding Principles.

Hands Over Homes publicly discloses financial information and readily makes available key documents that may be of interest to the general public, potential funders, private foundations, corporations, businesses, partners, volunteers and staff.

HOH diligently works to provide exceptional transparency. The HOH organization is as an accredited charity with the Better Business Bureau,  Great Nonprofits, and right now we are working past a silver level seal of transparency on GuideStar.

our core values

Excellence

We are committed to increasing our expertise to better serve veterans and the elderly.

Accountability

Our board, staff, guests, and volunteers are accountable to what we say we will do.

Loyalty

We are loyal to our veterans, the elderly and to our mission.

Responsiveness

We recognize and respond to urgent needs in our community by being creative, adaptable, and persistent.

DONORS AND EVENT SPONSORS

HEB Helping Here

 

Scavenger Hunts by Let’s Roam
https://letsroam.com 

 

Every Penny Counts Tax Service 
https://epcts.com

 

Do you need help?

How you can Help

Whether you’re looking to spend time or money helping those who’ve served us, you can find a way to get involved.

Hands Over Homes is a new 501C non-profit organization. We are in the field start phase or phase 2 of our non profit build and could use some help. We are ready to take donations, volunteers, supplies and love to veterans caught in the path of disaster. We are fully operational and ready to achieve our mission. It’s taken 2 years to build HOH out of the administration and into the field, please see our cause and help us protect those service men, women and their families from being abandoned or abused.

Give Goods

Support our service men and women in need by donating your new and gently-used items, new unopened food, blankets, furniture and more.

Give Funds

Hands Over Homes is a community that leaves no one behind and touches the lives of our veterans and the elderly when disaster strikes. Will you be part of it?

Give Time

We have immediate opportunities for passionate volunteers to help ensure that veterans and the elderly can find help when they need it most.

Affiliations

You can make a direct impact

Hands Over Homes was created to preserve and protect the lives, health, and well being of veterans and the elderly before during and after disasters. With an outreach in local emergency housing for those military veterans and families that face hard ship.