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I like that.” Alades our metro area receives, Newsweek a diff erence in our community who could use your For more information, visit www.fi gsofwake.org or recently ranked Raleigh as one of the top 10 Ameri- help: http://bit.ly/2nd-Annual-. call 1.572.17. can cities best suited for a quick economic recovery and even touted our area one of the new “Silicon Valleys.” As fortunate as the region might be, we are not immune to the9 day-to-day issues that aff ect our fellow man. Take your dog for a walk around popu- lated areas and you’ll see the homeless with sleeping bags, boxes and other survival items living hard lives nestled under bridges and overpasses, alleyways FIGS Helping Hand Mission and behind buildings. If you knew which doors to Regardless of your thoughts on the government-run In 172 Sylvia Wiggins read an article in the newspa- knock on, you’d fi nd too many of our elderly gen- healthcare debate, it cannot be denied that everyone per about a man found frozen to death and started eration trapped at home, oft en malnourished or should have access to health care, whether young “Operation Warm Clothing.” Collection boxes were in pain for unattended medical issues. Overly dis- or old. According to the North Carolina Institute placed throughout the Triangle collecting coats, blan- abled poor oft en struggle to get around for the most of Medicine, there were an estimated 1.75-1. mil- kets, hats, gloves and any warm clothing for needy essential of necessities. lion uninsured people in N.C. Based on its research, adults and children. Th e need was realized and the NCIOM estimates the number of uninsured in N.C. organization evolved into the Helping Hand Mission. rose more than 22 percent from 2007 to 200, which Its mission is simple yet life-changing for many. For is the largest percentage increase in the country. An those who are homeless, elderly, handicapped, dis- acronym, FIGS is short for “fi lling in gaps.” Estab- abled, low income, or victims of fi re, Helping Hand lished in 12, it’s a private, nonprofi t organization provides relief and support by distributing food and located in Raleigh that helps people in Wake County clothing, as well as directing the unemployed to purchase prescription medications they cannot appropriate sources for training and education and aff ord to buy. FIGS helps people with special needs, help in fi nding employment and becoming self-suffi - including children, the elderly, those without a home, cient. With several strategic locations, Helping Hand and those with chronic illnesses and mental or phys- is open 365 days a year. It relies on the generosity ical disabilities. In its 27 years of existence, FIGS has of people by receiving donated reusable items from purchased over $2,000,000 worth of medications. families in Wake County and the surrounding areas. Donations come from individuals, churches, foun- Th e Mission also provides pickup services for large dations, grants, and corporations. With no paid staff items such as furniture and appliances. Th e Mission For such an affl uent region, it’s amazing that we and operating under a volunteer Board of Directors, has a program called Love Baskets—a collection of encounter—and allow—so much hunger, home- FIGS is a coordinated eff ort among area doctors and vegetables, meats and canned goods—which pro- lessness and needless suff ering. Th e Downtowner pharmacists. Th is structure allows the organization vides a wholesome meal to needy families. During Magazine is committed to being an advocate for to operate with no administrative costs and minimal the holidays, the Helping Hand Mission opens its >>> the physical, mental and economically-disadvan- overhead. Patti Cole, President of FIGS, says that “a taged as well as the abused. Instead of the typical donation of $25 will buy amoxicillin for a child with gift guide, we present our Second Annual for the an ear infection or $75 will buy a bottle of insulin Needy. Rather than buying consumer gift s for every- for a person with diabetes. I have been on the FIGS one on your holiday list this year, consider perhaps board for 13 years and president for the last 12. Our making a donation in someone’s name or volunteer- system is very simple but very eff ective. People who ing much-needed time to a charitable organization.