The Help Action platform was launched to provide contactless service delivery of critical resources. Organizations like local food banks, pantries, and other agencies looking to distribute resources to clients access a pool of available volunteers looking to help their community members.
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Volunteer Around Your Schedule.
Volunteers choose how often they receive, how many requests, and which requests they can help. If you have to skip a request, that’s OK! The request is immediately sent to the next volunteer on the list ready to Help!
As Easy as Sending a Text Message
Send One Text Message to Help One Person. We connect people with the help they need right when they need it through the power of text messages – because no one should fear falling through the cracks.
End the Day as a Hero
We require our volunteers to practice contactless deliveries to the greatest extent possible. Contactless deliveries allow items to be delivered at a doorstep. This eliminates the need for close contact between volunteers and the person getting the delivery.
The premise is simple: Become a Volunteer or “Shopping Angel”, and receive text alerts with requests from people in need; parents, nonprofit organizations, healthcare workers, neighbors who have had their income interrupted, or people with underlying medical conditions. Help
If you choose to accept the request based off the message: items, zipcode, and local landmark, you will be connected directly with that person to coordinate dropoff time and location. We understand that volunteers will not always have a trip planned for the day, and if you decline the request; That’s OK! The assistance request message will then be sent to the next volunteer down the line and keep moving down the line until an available volunteer can take on the request.
We require our volunteers to practice contactless deliveries to the greatest extent possible. Contactless deliveries allow items to be delivered at a doorstep, keep the volunteer back to a distance greater than 6 feet away while verifying receipt of the delivery, and maintaining all communication electronically. This eliminates the need for close contact between volunteers and the person getting the delivery.
HelpAction is based in the Southwest of the United States, Paso del Norte region of West Texas and Southern New Mexico. We currently operate throughout Texas and Illinois and are available to launch in any state. HelpAction is currently in the process of expanding coverage to additional regions of the country; please check back for updated locations.
