Hannah J. Sanders, M.S., runs the calendar. If you need help this week, start with the intake form. If you can give two hours, Tuesday meals are the easiest on-ramp.
Emergency aid and personal financial counseling help vulnerable households get through a welfare crisis. In practice that means a same-week conversation about the bill on the table, a grocery card when the refrigerator is empty, and a phone call to the utility office so a shut-off date does not become a dark house.
Schedule. Crisis intake is Monday through Thursday, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., by phone or walk-in at 1170 Playa Del Sol Ln. After-hours messages are read at 8:00 a.m. the next business day. Direct emergency counseling calls are dispatched across Osceola County when a partner church or first-responder desk flags a family that cannot wait for Thursday.
Eligibility. You do not need a Social Security number to ask for a meal or a listening hour. For a cash-equivalent card we ask for proof of Osceola or nearby Orange County residence (a lease, a letter, a school note) and a simple picture of the hardship —a shut-off notice, a hospital bill, a pink slip. We will not turn a child away from Tuesday dinner because paperwork is incomplete.
How to participate. Call or write using the contact form. Tell us whether you need food, a counseling hour, or help reading a notice. A volunteer will reply with a time. Impact to date: 2,500+ households helped directly.
Digital skills training, job connections, and career courses for workers who have lost their jobs. Classes are small on purpose: twelve chairs, two coaches, and a printer that actually has toner.
Schedule. Digital skills (email, Google Docs, basic Excel) meet Wednesday evenings, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Resume and interview labs meet the first and third Saturday of the month, 9:00 a.m. to noon. Hiring-manager coffee is quarterly; we post dates on the Stories page.
Eligibility. Open to adults 18 and older who live or work in Osceola County and are unemployed, underemployed, or recently laid off. Laptops are loaned for the length of the course. Childcare is not guaranteed, but we will try to pair a Saturday lab with the youth mentoring hour so a parent can sit in the next room.
How to participate. Register through the contact form with the subject "Skills workshop." Bring a photo ID to the first session if you have one; if you do not, tell Hannah in advance. Impact to date: 600+ learners have completed a full course.
Nutrition care, periodic health support, and social activities for isolated seniors and children in need. Hot meal packages are prepared every Tuesday at our Saint Cloud kitchen. Weekend outdoor mentoring sessions run Saturday mornings when the weather holds —usually behind the community tables off Narcoossee Road.
Schedule. Tuesday meals: packing at 4:00 p.m., serving 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Saturday mentoring: 9:00 to 11:30 a.m. Senior check-in calls: Thursday afternoons. Periodic health-screening partners (blood pressure, vision) visit on the last Tuesday of even months.
Eligibility. Children and teens through age 18, and adults 62 and older who live alone or with limited family nearby. We do not require church membership. Allergies are noted on a card taped inside the meal box.
How to participate. Families sign in at the door. Seniors can be added to the Thursday call list by a neighbor or by themselves. Volunteers 16 and older are welcome with a signed waiver. Impact to date: 4,000+ nutritious meals served.
Use the contact form or email admin@henrybagho.org. Name the need in plain language: rent, food, a resume, a ride to a clinic, a lonely Thursday.
A staff member or trained volunteer answers within one business day. Crisis flags are read first each morning.
We write down household size, the deadline on the bill, and any language preference (English, Vietnamese, or Spanish). You may bring a friend.
Meals and counseling hours happen on the published calendar. Cash-equivalent aid is issued after Treasurer review. We call back in two weeks to see if the house is still standing.
Marisol R.
"They did not ask me to retell the eviction story three times. Hannah wrote the landlord"s number on a yellow pad, Eric called while I sat there, and we left with a meal and a date. That Tuesday I slept."
James T.
"I had not used email in years. The Wednesday lab printed my resume on actual paper. Two Saturdays later I interviewed at a shop off 192. I still come back to mentor when a night shift allows it."
Rev. Alan P.
"When a house fire left a family on our steps, Henry Bagho"s desk picked up. They sent a cooler and a counselor the same afternoon. We do not have to pretend we are a social-service agency. They already are."
