Ways to Help Women in Treatment

• Put a box of disposable masks by the front door for guests to use if they are not healthy.
• Bring a letter opener and offer to help sort mail.
• Bring stamps, a pen, and a box of thank you notes, and offer to help write them.
• Offer to make phone calls for appointments and other commitments.
• Ask if she needs help making sense of her insurance and medical bills. (Find someone to help her if she does.)
• Take out the trash. (Take notice if she needs trash bags.)
• Offer to pull weeds from the garden.
• Ask if you can start a load of laundry or fold a load from the dryer.
• Bring a meal for her family in a disposable container, label it, and put it in the freezer
• *Let her give you money if she offers to pay for anything.* 

• Offer to take the kids out at meal time (and bring back something for Mama).
• Take the kids outside and play catch or hoops or blow bubbles.
• Offer to pick up needed school supplies with the kids.
• Have the kids for a sleepover one night.
• *Let her give you money if she offers to pay for anything.* 

• Walk the dog.
• Offer to pick up pet food and supplies.
• Make an appointment and take the dog to the groomer.
• *Let her give you money if she offers to pay for anything.* 

• Help her make a grocery list and order her groceries through a service like Target or Walmart (and then go pick them up).
• If she has fresh fruits or vegetables in the house, make sure they are washed and *peeled* to protect her from parasites.
• Drop off/Pick up prescriptions. (Know her address and date of birth.)
• Take her car and fill her gas tank.
• Offer to run other errands for her (bank, dry cleaning, etc.).
• Offer to take her to church.
• *Let her give you money if she offers to pay for anything.* 

• Help her make lists: menus, gifts, guests, Christmas card addresses, etc.
• Offer to do her shopping.
• Help her decorate
• Bring gift wrap, gift tags, ribbon or bows, a pen, tape, and scissors, and offer to wrap gifts.
• Bring a box of thank you notes and stamps, and help her address them. Then offer to mail them.
• Bring disposable face masks that cover her mouth and nose to protect her in public.
• *Let her give you money if she offers to pay for anything.* 

If you just want to drop off some things, standard items that are helpful include:

• Plastic cutlery (because of metal mouth)
• Tissues
• Toilet paper
• Bottled water
• Mouthwash
• Hand sanitizer that contains a moisturizer
• *NO FRESH FLOWERS*

Food items that are generally helpful include:

• Gatorade or Pedialyte
• Muffins
• Tortilla chips
• Popcorn
• Rotisserie chicken
• Chicken pot pie
• Sandwich ingredients
• Popsicles
• Milk
• Yogurt
• Cottage cheese
• Pudding
• Soups in non-metal packaging

 *Let her give you money if she offers to pay for anything.*