Give Reach Out a hand
EVEN after employing the most stringent means to try and reduce our costs and outgoings Reach Out Extienda La Mano is near to closure.
We support more than 50 homeless men and women providing daily food parcels and weekend bags. Showers are provided to maintain the users’ cleanliness to some sort of reasonable state. We provide clothing and bedding when requested, and also a washing facility for clothes.
We support a total of 40 families sent to us from Torrevieja town hall social services, accounting for 140 souls. Luckily, we have been supported by a marvellous grant for food from The Church of Latter Day Saints (The Mormons). This will ensure food is available for nearly one year ending in July.
Due to costs we have had to close our shop in Calle Dona Sinforosa, as it was not bringing in enough to cover its expenses.
Our van, which was damaged while parked in the street at our back door, is now in repair and will again cost us funds, which we can ill afford, to get it back on the road. This has reduced our capacity to collect or deliver furniture and other donations.
Our shop is now costing us to keep open, but as this is our main source of income we cannot do without it. No one is shopping and, understandably, there is no money in the community and wages are low or non-existent in some cases.
Unfortunately, we are never included in any of the town hall releases regarding helping the homeless and needy families, even though we have been in existence and meeting our mission statement in Torrevieja for 10 years, so we need all the help we can get to carry on our work helping those less fortunate than ourselves.
To try and raise some funds we are now holding a €1 sale on all clothes.
Come and visit our shop at Calle Bella Antonia 1, Torrevieja to see the extensive range of quality goods we have on sale at very reasonable prices.
The shop is open Monday to Friday from 10.00-14.00.