08/20/2026
Read below for why one of your HANDS families joined HANDS.✨
“I enrolled in the program, not because I’ve never worked with children before or because I felt incapable to raise a child. There are some things that, I’ll admit, I don’t know.
However, I enrolled in the program because I’ve never raised MY child before. I enrolled in the program because you can never learn TOO much about your child. As adults, we are still learning, still changing.
To me this program is more than just that. The HANDS program challenges me to think about other aspects of my life, not just our baby to come. Work/life balance and am I taking care of me. The idea of this craft, symbolizing “Saving for a Rainy Day,” challenges me to think differently about that balance. Considering my daughter to come, but also not neglecting the self care I need and also my husband. “You can’t pour from an empty cup”
That is what this weekly activity taught me. Thinking from a different perspective that I wouldn’t have realized had I NOT enrolled in the HANDS program. Thank you to my ongoing HANDS home visitor and the program! -Abby”
