​Services Offered

​We provide a number of services for our disabled members. You must pay your annual membership dues in order to receive our services.  For information to join and information for the services we offer, please go to our members page or feel free to please call 718-606-9712. 

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Infoline

The Infoline is our newsletter and includes information on our events for the upcoming month. It is sent to members by email and via telephone call. If you cannot access either of these, you can call directly at
​773-572-6327 to hear an audio recording.
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Special Food Pantry

Are you wheelchair bound or are you totally blind?  Do you find it difficult to go to a regular food pantry?  If so, call Helping Hands for the Disabled of NYC and have food delivered to your door.  Food delivery occurs the third Saturday of the month.
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Action Line

If you need help with small tasks, such as looking up information, reading a website or shopping online, if you have any problems you would like to discuss, or you would just like to chat, you can call our Action Line at 718-606-9712. Everything is confidential.
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Volunteer Services
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If you need a volunteer to help you with shopping, running errands, reading mail, going to doctor's appointments, etc., please give us a call one week in advance. We will arrange a volunteer to help you. If you want a volunteer one day a week, please let us know, but there is no guarantee it will be the same volunteer each visit.
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Be A Friend Day

This is an opportunity for you to have a volunteer for 4 hours on the third Saturday of the month to complete tasks such as shopping or reading mail, or something fun like seeing a movie, going to a beauty parlor or going for a walk. Please let us know in advance if you plan to attend.
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Restaurant Club

This takes place the second Saturday of the month. Members of the club suggest restaurants to visit. Volunteers are always available to assist. Members are encouraged to contribute $5.00 to help cover the cost of the meals for our volunteers. Members who bring their own home attendants are not encouraged to contribute the $5.00 but will be responsible for the cost of their home attendant's meal.
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Trips
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From time to time, we will arrange different trips or events. You can make suggestions about what you'd like to do. These events will be announced in our Infoline and will also be available under the "Community Events" section of the website.

​Peer Support Program

Do you ever wish you had someone to speak to who really understood your needs? Do you sometimes feel like when you tell others around you your problems, they simply can't understand because they haven't been there? We are now setting up a peer counseling one-on-one program.
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If you wish to speak to someone who has your same disability and who can help you navigate, call our Action Line at 718-606-9712 for English or our President Alice Crespo at 718-606-9712 for Spanish. Tell us what you need, and we will set you up with an appointment to speak with someone who truly knows what you are going through.