Lotsa Helping Hands' new feature connects community members to healthcare nonprofit organizations

Lotsa Helping Hands, the leading provider of a web-based caregiving coordination service, today announces a new feature that connects its community members to trusted resources from many of the nation's leading healthcare nonprofit organizations.  Since the launch of Lotsa Helping Hands, the service has included a coordination calendar to organize volunteer tasks for the recipient family, a vital information section to store health and legal data, as well as community sections for members to post photos and well wishes and participate in message boards. Today, the company adds to its already robust set of features by providing access to resources from a growing list of the nation's leading healthcare nonprofit organizations.

"There have been more than 80 million visits to Lotsa Helping Hands communities, and our members are very active, visiting their private web site daily to sign up to help the recipient family, get medical status updates, and post messages.  We recognize that community members who are eager to help the family also want to learn more about the particular challenges for their situation, whether coping with muscular dystrophy, a cancer diagnosis, or caregiving responsibilities.  We are so pleased to not only be in partnership with these trusted organizations, but to have the opportunity to provide this additional benefit to our community members and quickly connect them to the information they need," says Hal Chapel, Co-Founder and CEO.

Groups such as the American Lung Association, Muscular Dystrophy Association, National Health Council, National Family Caregivers Association, Wounded Warrior Project, American Parkinson Disease Association and The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society will now be providing links to resources for members of the communities.  Patients, family caregivers, and those wishing to support them can create a free community web site from one of the partner sites, or by going to www.lotsahelpinghands.com.  Plans are underway to grow this list of nonprofit partners that can provide resources to members.

"We are delighted to be among the list of organizations that is helping to launch this important feature with Lotsa Helping Hands. People with chronic diseases and disabilities and their families have many questions and concerns, as do their circle of friends. Now, there is another way for them to connect to this important resource, through their online community," says Myrl Weinberg, President, National Health Council.