{"id":22174,"date":"2024-11-08T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-08T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodnewsmags.com\/lebanon\/?p=22174"},"modified":"2024-11-18T19:52:35","modified_gmt":"2024-11-18T19:52:35","slug":"help-is-a-click-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goodnewsmags.com\/lebanon\/help-is-a-click-away\/","title":{"rendered":"Help Is a Click Away"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>WILSONHELPS.ORG IS a large-scale, comprehensive, and user-friendly guide to Wilson County\u2019s broad array of available aid. This is the most general way to describe what is an enormous, cross-referenced resource that takes its inspiration from Craigslist.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WilsonHelps.org is the brainchild of Will Rivers, who saw that many residents of Wilson County \u2014 new and old \u2014 were unaware of the many aid options in Wilson County. Information on help and resources was certainly available, but the details were scattered, hard to find, and sometimes incomplete. There was an urgent need for an online, comprehensive resource guide. With his background in websites, Rivers resolved to create just that.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve found,\u201d he said wryly, \u201cthat almost 99% of the effort to undertake a project falls on that person who says, \u2018Hey, I\u2019ve got an idea!\u2019\u201d Rivers certainly had the idea, and he was just the one to implement it. WilsonHelps.org is the end result.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been an eye-opener,\u201d Rivers reflected, \u201cto see how much help is available.\u201d That abundance of assistance is more than evident when one gleans the material in WilsonHelps.org. The site offers over 150 categories of help. There is a cross-reference of ministries, volunteer organizations, food banks, churches, government services, state agencies, and veteran services. The comparison to Craigslist is an appropriate one: Visitors to WilsonHelps.org can absorb a massive amount of information in an organized, non-chaotic fashion. A user can conveniently locate a myriad of categories under the \u201cbasic needs\u201d heading \u2014 employment, free food and meals, health services, and many others. There is a calendar of events, camping and hiking info, and governmental resources and information. The scope of WilsonHelps.org is such that it\u2019s impossible to summarize adequately.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All this information must be kept current and up-to-date, which is a time-consuming endeavor. \u201cIt\u2019s amazing,\u201d Rivers noted, \u201chow many places change their location or their hours of operation. Some of them have even gone out of business. Some don\u2019t have enough staff to stay open. Some of them have seasons.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/goodnewsmags.com\/lebanon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/11\/1-1-1024x683.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goodnewsmags.com\/lebanon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/11\/1-1-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/goodnewsmags.com\/lebanon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/11\/1-1-980x653.png 980w, https:\/\/goodnewsmags.com\/lebanon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/11\/1-1-480x320.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>WilsonHelps.org also encompasses a recreational and leisure component, with guides to hiking, camping, music, and many other activities, all of which point to the area\u2019s multi-faceted appeal.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What makes this all the more impressive is that the website is, in its own words,\u00a0\u201can independent, autonomous, nonprofit, nongovernmental resource\u201d that is entirely volunteer-run.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Will Rivers has been doing this for the last two years. Websites with WilsonHelps.org\u2019s scope and cross-referencing are not unprecedented, but they are certainly rare. Will Rivers credits the community for its support, specifically citing two other resources: Compassionate Hands and Everybody\u2019s Wilson. Enthusiastic local government agencies also gave his efforts a \u201cshotgun start\u201d by putting WilsonHelps.org on the county and city of Lebanon\u2019s websites.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If there was ever a need for WilsonHelps.org, it is now. Rural poverty is a spiraling, ever-serious issue. \u201cMost of the volunteer organizations, agencies, and ministries are just keeping up.\u201d Will Rivers and his wife, Joy, moved to Lebanon in 2007 and immediately began an involvement with some of the local volunteer efforts, primarily the Joseph\u2019s Storehouse Food Ministry. When he first lived in Lebanon, Joseph\u2019s Storehouse distributed free food, beverages, personal hygiene items, and paper goods to just a few hundred families a month. That number is now over 1,000 a month \u2014 an incredible increase. And when one considers that this alarming trend is transpiring on a national scale, the total picture becomes very dire.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The best way one can get a sense of WilsonHelps.org\u2019s scope is, of course, to take a look. In a way, the actual need for this sort of internet resource that focuses on help and assistance is tragic \u2014 it indicates a widescale need. On the other hand, if so many people face various crises and need so many different types of help, WilsonHelps.org is a vital component in improving people\u2019s lives. 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