Request Help
If you are seeking support for yourself, your household, or someone else, complete the form below with only the information needed for our team to understand the situation and follow up.
If this is a medical, safety, or life-threatening emergency, call 911 or local emergency services.
The Lodge of the Open Hand is not an emergency response agency.
Eligibility Overview
Individuals and families experiencing food insecurity.
People facing urgent hardship or crisis.
Those needing hygiene items, household essentials, or referral support.
How Support Works
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Submit a request or referral.
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We review the need.
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Support is coordinated as resources allow.
Requests may come through self-referral, volunteers, lodge contacts, or community partners. Each request is reviewed with dignity, discretion, and care. Assistance is provided based on need, urgency, location, and available resources.
Help Request & Referral Form
Use this form to request assistance for yourself, your household, or someone else. Support is open to the public and based on need.
Help Request Form
Support is open to the public and based on need.
Privacy and Dignity
We respect the dignity and privacy of those seeking assistance. Please share only the information necessary for us to understand the need and follow up. Do not submit Social Security numbers, bank account numbers, medical records, or other highly sensitive information.