Connecting Henry will be hosting a Lend a Helping Hand Day of Service event on Saturday, November 14, to assist an elderly couple in McDonough that is in great need of yard clean-up assistance.

  “We hope to rally the community to come out and show support to a neighbor in need,” said Barbara Coleman, Connecting Henry Executive Director.

  The wife is a full-time caregiver for her husband and has recently been unable to maintain care of her yard.

  “I’m the caregiver of a husband that had a stroke several years ago, and he has dementia. It’s a full-time job caring for him, and I have arthritis. I just don’t have any strength in my hands so, I really can’t use them for much,” said the wife. “I’d be really grateful if I can get some help to get our yard under control.”

  Connecting Henry is looking for volunteers to lend a helping hand and donate their time, equipment, and lawn-maintenance expertise to help clean up the couple’s yard that is severely overgrown with weeds and brush.

  The project’s needed equipment includes chainsaws, lawn rakes, lawnmowers, weed eaters, blowers, a bush hog, and a bush hog operator.

  The Lend a Helping Hand Day of Service will begin at 9 a.m. in McDonough. Connecting Henry will release the couple’s address to volunteers after they have signed up to participate in the event on the website.

  For more information about the Day of Service, contact Connecting Henry at 770-288-6230. To sign up for the Lend a Helping Hand Day of Service event, visit https://www.connectinghenry.org/upcoming-events.