King's Compassion helps the elderly, age 65 and older, who have a monthly income at or below the current year federal poverty level and live in San Antonio’s lowest-income zip codes.
Although there are some community resources for the elderly, many of those needing assistance are isolated and would not know how to find the needed resources. King’s Compassion finds these elderly in need of our assistance by going door to door, by word of mouth, and by connecting with community contact points such as agencies, senior centers, churches, organizations, and individuals that aware of these isolated elderly.
We fulfill our mission by building relationships with and providing for the total well-being of the elderly poor and homeless through the following free goods and services:
- Visitation (residence, nursing home, and hospital)
Ministry - Phone calls
- Food/nourishment deliveries
- Toiletries/essentials deliveries
- Fans/heaters deliveries
- Minor home repairs and maintenance
- Lawn care
- Donated items (e.g., wheelchairs, walkers, household goods, furniture, appliances, etc.)
- Annual painting project of elderly’s home
This program is for persons 65 years or older who have a monthly income at or below the current year federal poverty level and live in one of these low-income zip codes:
- 78202
- 78204
- 78207
- 78210
- 78211
- 78212
- 78225
- 78226
- 78228
- 78237
Lawn Care and Maintenance:
We are looking for lawn care volunteers to help seniors enjoy a safe and well-maintained yard. Having a clean yard helps seniors keep pride in their homes - a feeling that all homeowners should have the chance to enjoy. Volunteers of all ages welcome. Does not have to have a mower, but having a mower and a truck to haul is a bonus.
Grocery Preparation:
You will be opening bulk boxes and then set them up containers. Bulk dry goods are divided into smaller packages, so they can be easily distributed into individual grocery bags. Come join us as we set up for our monthly grocery distribution. You can come for an hour or all day. Volunteers of all ages welcome. It’s a great way to give back to the community.
Grocery Bag and Deliver:
After Grocery Preparation volunteer day, we fill separate grocery bags of non-perishable items, for each of our elderly. We load the bags into vehicles and visit our seniors with fresh groceries putting smiles on their faces. Come join us as we serve our community; we need volunteers to bag and deliver groceries to low income elderly. It will be rewarding to positively impact these lives. This takes place the 1st & 3rd Saturday of every month from 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM It’s a great way to give back to the community.
Conviva Food Distribution:
San Antonio Food Bank has a program for seniors called "Project Hope". Conviva is a Humana Health Care agency and distributor for Project Hope. Conviva has partnered with King's Compassion, so that we can get food for our seniors. Come join us as we partner with Conviva and re-package bulk food for Conviva's listed seniors and then King's Compassion takes the packed groceries to the homes of our seniors. We sort & re-package bulk items from 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM and then King's Compassion begins loading their groceries for delivery. This takes place the 4th Tuesday of every month. It’s a great way to give back to the community.