Our Impact Is Far Reaching
Over $6 Million Raised
Direct Donations:
$6 Million
Additional In-kind
Donations:
$3.5 Million
68 Homes
Repaired
68 houses repaired to date since 2021. 50 more on our waiting list.
400 Families
Fed Weekly
6,500 cooked meals and 19,500 lbs of fresh produce and groceries delivered in 2020 alone.
Over 550 Children Supported in 2024
Summer camp, tutoring, college counseling swim lessons, prom tickets, birthday parties, holiday presents, clothing and shoes.
Our Impact
Is Far Reaching
Over $6 Million Raised
Direct Donations:
$6 Million
Additional In-kind Donations:
$3.5 Million
68 Homes Repaired
68 houses repaired to date since 2020. 50 more on our waiting list.
400 Families Fed Weekly
6,500 cooked meals and 19,500 lbs of fresh produce and groceries delivered in 2020 alone.
Over 550 Children Supported in 2024
Summer camp, tutoring, college counseling swim lessons, prom tickets, birthday parties, holiday presents, clothing and shoes.
What Makes HCO Different?
OUR APPROACH IS PERSONALIZED
Poverty is personal, not one-size-fits-all. HCO identifies the root cause or fundamental need in a client’s situation, and problem-solves to create real, long-lasting impact.
WE MEET PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE
HCO is agile and mobile; we bring services directly to underserved people and communities to meet their needs.
WE CREATE TRANSFORMATIVE OPPORTUNITIES
HCO promotes the well-being, dignity, creativity, and education of all people in our community, and provides life-changing experiences that would otherwise be out of reach.
WE MOBILIZE OUR COMMUNITY
HCO educates and inspires our neighbors, supporters, and local companies, to come together to amplify our impact and strengthen our community.
What Makes HCO Different?
OUR APPROACH IS PERSONALIZED
Poverty is personal, not one-size-fits-all. HCO identifies the root cause or fundamental need in a client’s situation, and problem-solves to create real, long-lasting impact.
WE MEET PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE
HCO is agile and mobile; we bring services directly to underserved people and communities to meet their needs.
WE CREATE TRANSFORMATIVE OPPORTUNITIES
HCO promotes the well-being, dignity, creativity, and education of all people in our community, and provides life-changing experiences that would otherwise be out of reach.
WE MOBILIZE OUR COMMUNITY
HCO educates and inspires our neighbors, supporters, and local companies, to come together to amplify our impact and strengthen our community.
💫 A special shoutout to Rosa at Fresco Deli, whose kind heart makes such a difference in our community. She carefully puts together food orders for our neighbors experiencing homelessness, doing this important work with such care and warmth. Thank you Rosa for showing that small acts of kindness can make a big impact. You inspire us all!
When Kevin`s car broke down beyond repair, he had no way to get to work. Through our amazing donors, we were able to purchase a used car. Please consider making a donation to help others get back on the road and back to feeding their families
Meet Karen Rodriguez, one of our essential Food Outreach volunteers! Karen dedicates her Tuesdays to helping pack and deliver over 3,000 pounds of fresh produce and groceries to families across the East End. Her consistent commitment helps ensure our neighbors receive reliable access to healthy food each week.
Volunteers like Karen are the backbone of our food distribution program. Thank you Karen for being part of the HCO family! 💙
Despite working two jobs and earning a scholarship, one of our foster youth is at risk of having to leave college due to financial hardship. With no family support system, each semester is a struggle to make tuition payments. She`s maintaining good grades while working 40+ hours per week, but it`s not enough. Your donation helps ensure her education - and her path to stability - isn`t cut short.
A night @thegarden This young basketball fan experienced his first @nyknicks game thanks to the incredible generosity of @emmaschait and @pete_vaziri. Special access for a pre-game shootaround made this birthday even more meaningful. These moments matter in ways big and small.
10 Valentine baskets still needed. Help bring warmth to an elderly neighbor who`s facing a lonely winter. Link in bio to shop our Amazon Wish List. 🧡
Our first modular home project marks a shift in how we tackle housing conditions in our community. While we celebrate this milestone for one family, we’re mindful of the many others still waiting for critical housing help. Thank you for helping us test new solutions for our neighbors in crisis.
If you would like to help support this intiative, please visit link in our bio to donate.
Our neighbors living outdoors face dangerous winter conditions. They urgently need work boots, warm socks, gloves, and hand warmers to survive the cold. These essential items can help them stay safe while they search for year-round employment and stable housing.
Link in bio to contribute.
Our elderly neighbors face isolation and hardship year-round, not just on Valentine’s Day. While a care package won’t solve their fundamental challenges, it can provide comfort during difficult times. Your gift from our Amazon Wish List helps us reach isolated seniors who often go unnoticed in our community. Link in bio to show you care.
Join us for slime + giving back! Your child will make Valentine`s slime while helping feed local families in need.
Link in bio to register. Ages 4+. Drop-off at The Church in Sag Harbor.
A hardworking single mother in our community can’t afford to give her son what many take for granted - a birthday experience at a Knicks game. While she manages to cover basic needs, special moments like this remain out of reach. Can you help make February 1st meaningful for this family? We’re seeking tickets or contributions toward tickets for the game.
DM us if you can help.
These are the moments that remind us why we do this work. Breaking bread together, sharing stories, and celebrating what we can achieve when neighbors help neighbors. Thank you to our amazing Shinnecock friends for preparing such incredible food, and to each donor and business who shows up for our community. Your support makes every home repair possible.
Transportation isn`t just about getting from A to B - it`s about access to education and opportunity. When this nursing student had to pause her education due to lack of transportation, our community stepped in. While we`re grateful to help one future healthcare worker continue her journey, we know many others face similar obstacles.
Thank you to our donors who understand these basic needs. 🙏
Living in poverty means having to ignore basic health needs. Our friend had been struggling for years, trying to navigate daily life with broken glasses and the wrong prescription. He couldn`t read street signs and struggled to recognize faces clearly.
While getting new glasses doesn`t solve all challenges, today he can see clearly again. Thank you to our donors who made this possible.
HCO LOVE FEST
February 8, 5:30-7:30 PM
230 Elm, Southampton
All proceeds will support our services for local families in need. 🎟️ Link in bio to purchase tickets.
We are please to be partnering with the event planning firm @Classiceventsnyc for this exciting event!
@kristinlgrayphotography will be there to capture photos! 📸
✨A special thank you to our sponsors! Sotheby’s International Real Estate, Pernod Ricard, Land Rover, Flying Point Surf & Sport, and Elegant Affairs. ✨
Our homeless clients were forced to move out from where they were staying in the woods. We needed help setting up a new spot for them.
East End Awning @eastendawningandscreens
sent a crew to meet us in the woods. They brought ladders and tools to hang new tarps, and set up new tents. They made sure that our homeless clients would be protected from rain and wind. They helped us move their belongings to the new spot. Our homeless friends are safe and dry for now and are very grateful. This helps make their difficult lives a tiny bit better.
Thank you so much to East End Awning for caring about our struggling neighbors!
For many in our community, homelessness isn`t just a winter crisis - it`s year-round. While we`re grateful to provide emergency shelter during dangerous cold spells, we recognize that temporary solutions highlight the ongoing challenges of housing insecurity in the Hamptons.
Thank you to our donors who help us respond to these urgent needs, even as we work toward more permanent solutions. 🙏
This week, Elaia’s Restaurant provided hot meals for our unhoused neighbors. While one meal doesn’t solve the deeper challenges they face, it offers essential nourishment and dignity.
A big thank you to @sofiacrokosevents and Chef Tommy!
But we need more local restaurants to step up - DM us if you can donate meals. Your help matters, especially as temperatures continue to drop.
The need for food assistance in our community continues to grow. Right now, we’re delivering groceries and fresh produce to 400 families every week, but our waitlist keeps getting longer. A Sprinter van would help us reach more neighbors in crisis who can’t access traditional food pantries due to disability, age, or lack of transportation.
If you or someone you know could help us secure a van through donation or dealership connection, please DM us. Every delivery route means another family won’t go hungry.
As we close 2024, we’re grateful for every donor, volunteer, and partner who helped us reach neighbors in crisis. While many in our community continue to face significant challenges, your support enabled real moments of relief and hope. These numbers represent real lives, real struggles, and real impact.
Thank you for being part of this work. Join us in 2025 as we keep working to build a stronger community for all.
An elderly couple raising their grandchildren had been living without hot water - no warm showers, no way to properly clean dishes or clothes.
Thanks to Chris and Noah at @connect_electrical_contracting who stepped in immediately to repair the electrical components, this family can now meet their basic needs again.
This is just one of many families in our community facing unsafe living conditions. Support our Home Repair program through the link in bio.
When we met this elderly woman, she hadn`t been able to leave her house in months. No groceries. No doctor visits. No fresh air. Today, thanks to our incredible contractors, she has safe access to the outside world again.
We`re grateful to help this family, but dozens more in our community are living in unsafe conditions. You can support our Home Repair program to help more projects like this through the 🔗 in our bio.
Your generosity brought moments of joy to local families this holiday season. While many of our neighbors continue to face daily challenges with housing, food security, and essential needs, these gifts provided a bright moment during difficult times.
Thank you to everyone who adopted Santa letters, donated gifts, or contributed gift cards. Your support matters. ❤️
This weekend’s brutal temperatures put our unhoused neighbors at serious risk. Thanks to our generous donors, we provided emergency motel stays and essential support. Village Landorette stepped up with clean laundry, while volunteers are delivering daily meals, hygiene items, and warm clothing. We’re working toward sustainable employment and permanent housing solutions, but the journey is long and challenging. This emergency intervention offers a critical moment of relief - but there’s much more work ahead to address the root causes of housing insecurity in our community.
Education shouldn`t come with a side of hunger. Your support can change their stories from struggle to success. Visit the link in our bio to donate and help change these students` lives. ❤️📚
Thank you Lenore Davis @davis.lenore for organizing this amazing and super fun fundraiser. Also all the people that came to volunteer!!❤️
🌟 HCO LOVE FEST | February 8, 5:30-7:30 PM
Join us for an intimate evening celebrating community and compassion at 230 Elm in Southampton. Executive Director Marit Molin will share stories of impact from across our four program areas and unveil plans to deepen our work addressing poverty on the East End.
Enjoy special performances while connecting with fellow community members who share our vision of creating lasting change. Your ticket includes drinks and light bites, with all proceeds supporting HCO`s critical programs in home repair, food security, crisis care, and youth services.
📍 230 Elm Street, Southampton
🎟️ Tickets available through link in bio
Together, we`re building a stronger, more equitable East End.
Thanks to @dancehampton`s toy drive and wrapping party, children in our community who would otherwise go without will receive gifts this Christmas.
Many local families are struggling to afford basic necessities, let alone holiday presents. Community partners like Dance Hampton help us bring moments of joy to children facing serious hardships.
This family has lived with toxic mold, unsafe wiring, and deteriorating floors for 15 years - a reality for many in our community who can’t afford repairs or safer housing.
Tomorrow, we begin a new chapter by demolishing this unsafe structure and providing a new home. While one family’s housing crisis will be solved, many homes remain on our waiting list, each with similar urgent needs.
Thank you to our donors who make transformations like this possible.
✨ A healthy smile can change everything! Our hearts are filled with gratitude to Dr. Sarah and the incredible team at Smile Orthodontics for donating orthodontic treatments to our clients.
Your generosity gives more than straight teeth - it gives confidence, dignity, and the courage to smile boldly. Thank you for transforming lives, one smile at a time! 🦷💫
🙏 In a world where too many go without, your generosity lights the darkness. Every item purchased from our wish list represents a family in crisis who won’t have to choose between necessities. To our donors: you’ve done more than send supplies - you’ve given hope to those facing impossible choices. Thank you for seeing the need and answering the call. 💝
Jennifer, a single mom who recently lost her husband also lost her housing and had to relocate to Hampton Bays. She and her 2 little girls had nothing for their new rental.
Thanks to our amazing community, we provided new mattresses, kitchen supplies, new clothing, and toys that brought these precious smiles. No one should have to sleep on the floor.
Do you want to help more struggling families like Jennifer`s? Link in bio to donate ✨
Thank you to Colin Ambrose at Estia`s Little Kitchen and Amanda at The Rico Memorial Foundation in Center Moriches for ensuring local families could share a holiday meal together. Your generosity helped provide Thanksgiving turkeys to families who would have gone without. Thank you for caring about our neighbors in need.
A broken wood stove. No other heat source. One family among many in the ‘hidden Hamptons’ where basic necessities like warmth aren’t guaranteed.
The cost of living here is 3x the national average, pushing working families into impossible choices between food, medicine, or keeping warm.
Your donation today helps us repair this heating system immediately. But more importantly, it shows this family they aren’t forgotten by their community.
Link in bio to donate.
Tomorrow is Giving Tuesday. In the Hamptons, there are many local families who live with no heat, not enough food to eat, and struggle to afford coats for their children. You can help change that! Please click the link in bio to donate.
We’re filled with gratitude as we help a local disabled neighbor who has faced unsafe living conditions for over a decade. Through the generosity of our community partners, she’ll soon have a new home. With heartfelt thanks to the following businesses who have donated materials and/or labor:
Forden & Co. - Project lead
Hampton Yards - Site preparation
Triangle Building Products - Framing materials
Cisco Framing - Construction
Pro Interior Carpentry - Windows & trim
Deer Park Stairs - Basement stairs
Riverhead Building Supply - Roofing materials
Plum Tech - Plumbing
Hunter Insulation - Insulation
Flame Propane - Gas tank and interior gas piping
We are thankful for our East End community which enables us to transform lives.
When an 11-year-old dreams of playing tennis but can`t afford the gear...that`s where community steps in. 🎾 Thank you @GubbinsRunning for making these dreams possible with your generous discounts. ✨
We want to thank the Roberts family so much for hosting a cocktail party for us! We had a great time and we were able to raise more funds to help people in need. ❤️
🎄 62 LETTERS ARE LEFT! Every child deserves the magic of opening a gift on Christmas morning. Our local kids have written their heartfelt letters to Santa, sharing their holiday dreams. Will you help make those wishes come true? ✨ Adopt a Santa letter today and bring joy to an underserved child in our community 🎁 Link in bio to choose your letter
🚗 Moments like these make it all worth it! We are looking for used cars to help more families in need. Tax receipt provided for donations. Please DM us!
SAVE THE DATE 📆 INVITATION COMING SOON!
Our annual Love Fest event will be on Saturday, Feb 8! We hope to see you there!
🦷 Heroes wear white coats! Huge thanks to Dr. Nesi for providing essential dental care to our client and helping ease his pain. Your generosity makes our community stronger! Partners like you make healing possible. 💙
Behind the mansions lies a hidden reality. We’re working to bridge the gap for our neighbors who fall between the cracks - too “wealthy” for government assistance, but struggling to make ends meet in one of America’s most expensive regions. Join us in making a difference. 💙
🎄 142 HOLIDAY WISHES WAITING TO BE GRANTED!
Every child deserves the magic of opening a gift on Christmas morning. Our local kids have written their heartfelt letters to Santa, sharing their holiday dreams. Will you help make those wishes come true?
✨ Adopt a Santa letter today and bring joy to an underserved child in our community
🎁 Link in bio to choose your letter
We`re fundraising to provide Thanksgiving meals for families in need! Can you help with a donation? 🦃 Link in bio to contribute.
We`re also looking for local bakeries and delis who can donate pies, cookies, and other baked goods. Please DM us if you can help! Together we can make this holiday special for our community. 🥧♥️
Thank you Michelle for volunteering with HCO on Tuesdays! Every Tuesday morning she sorts, packs and delivers food to people in need. Your dedication to helping people in need is so appreciated!
