Interfaith Assistance Ministry is implementing new service assistance hours to comply with Henderson County’s Stay at Home Declaration and continue providing food and other crisis services to local residents.

Beginning Monday, March 30, IAM will provide crisis services Monday through Friday from noon to 4 p.m. IAM is temporarily suspending use of inside volunteers beginning March 30 to keep our volunteers and staff as safe as possible during the COVID-19 Crisis. The change in service hours will allow IAM’s staff time to pre-pack food orders and sanitize.

“We will miss our volunteer angel force dearly,” said Elizabeth Willson Moss, IAM’s executive director. “We look forward to reuniting with each of them when this healthcare crisis has abated. They are the heart and hands of IAM and we can never thank them enough.”

IAM is grateful to the community volunteers who have stepped up to help us during the last two weeks, Moss said. “We want to do our part to help curb the spread of COVID-19 while still providing emergency basic needs like food, rent assistance, diapers and personal hygiene items to our most vulnerable residents,” she added.

To practice social distancing, IAM has changed procedures to keep employees and workers safe. If you need help, please drive to IAM’s parking lot and call us by phone at 828-697-7029 between noon and 4 p.m. IAM has phones available for those who come to IAM with no access to a phone. “We w

If you would like to help ensure IAM’s future and give back to our Henderson County community in an impactful way, please make unrestricted financial donations. Donations can be made online at www.iam-hc.org/donate or by mailing donations to IAM, P.O Box 2562, Hendersonville, NC, 28792.