North Whidbey Help1091 SE Hathaway St
Oak Harbor, Washington 98277-4075
Phone 360-675-0681
Fax 360-679-0315
Thanksgiving food basket sign up
Registration for Thanksgiving food baskets will begin on Friday, November 1st thru 15th. Please bring picture ID for anyone 18 and older in the household.
We will continue taking applications after that but you will be put on a waiting list. You will still receive a basket but it will be after those that came in earlier.
If you, your spouse or the family you live with are active duty, the service member must contact their Command Master Chief to sign up.
If you have children in school, the Counselor will be sending home an application with your child.
If you have any questions, please contact Help House, during normal working hours, at 360-675-0681.
North Whidbey Medical Help fund
North Whidbey Medical Help is a fund that is administered by Help House. This donor-driven fund is to assist people in the 98277 zip code with short-term costs associated with medical/dental needs.
The fund can help pay co-pays for prescriptions, limited dental costs and other health related issues. Since this program will only exist until the funds are gone, at this time, we have put a $500 a year limit on assistance.
If you would like more information, please contact us, during normal working hours, at 360-675-0681. If you would like to make a donation to the fund, you can do so through our website or send a check to us at 1091 SE Hathaway Street, Oak Harbor, WA 98277 and be sure to include "the donation is for NWMH" in the memo line.
Thanksgiving & Christmas baskets
Here are the "stats" from Thanksgiving -
We distributed 366 holiday food baskets that fed 1,053 people
We "adopted out" 35 families.
Here are the Christmas "stats"
We distributed 283 holiday food baskets that fed 792 people
We adopted out 30 families
THANK YOU to those who volunteered their time, made donations or adopted a family, you helped us ensure our clients had a brighter holiday season!
Statistics for 2023
These are the numbers from 2023:
# of food boxes given out (including holidays) - 6,923
# of people fed with those boxes - 15,025
# of homeless served - 1,202
# of volunteer hours - 1,685
# of people who received bakery and produce - 40,717
# of people who received assistance from our North Whidbey Medical Help fund - 30
Where does our 2022 funding come from?
North Whidbey Help House receives 96.41% of our funding through public support with the remaining 3.51% coming from the WA state Department of Agriculture through the Emergency Food Assistance Program (EFAP)
Our admin costs are 6%
This information is from our recently completed 2021 990.
Paypal Donations
Thank you to all who have used our PayPal link to make donations. I would just like to make everyone aware that if you have a g-mail account we are not able to send a "thank you" via e-mail. For whatever reason, we are unable to send e-mails to those accounts. If you need a receipt for the donation, please contact us at 360-675-0681 and I can mail one to you.
Thank you again for your generosity! May 2024 bring good health and happiness