October 27, 2026

This is What a Partnership With Heaven Sent Looks like please look

Partner With Heaven-Sent | Heart & Operating Team
Heaven-Sent Community Services & Veterans Assistance

Partner With Heaven-Sent

We can’t do this alone. Heaven-Sent invites churches, nonprofits, businesses, agencies, service clubs, skilled professionals, donors, and volunteers to stand with us in practical service to veterans, seniors, people with disabilities, individuals experiencing homelessness, and families in crisis.

Mop and Manie, Heaven-Sent comfort and compassion mascots
The Heart & Soul of Heaven-Sent

Partnership Is Personal Here.

Behind every truck, mattress, meal, referral, volunteer hour, donation, and open door is a person who needed somebody to care enough to show up. Heaven-Sent values professional partnerships because they help us do something deeply human: meet people where they are and help them move forward with dignity.

“Dignity • Safety • Comfort • Hope • People First”
Shared work

Why partnership matters

1

Collect and store critical items for families starting over, including furniture, mattresses, appliances, bedding, and supplies.

2

Move help where it is needed through vehicles, fuel, drivers, and logistics support that make response possible.

3

Open doors we could not open alone through military and community relationships that expand access to surplus items and outreach opportunities.

4

Train and equip people to serve through partner-connected education, caregiver preparation, workforce development, and skilled-trade opportunities.

5

Multiply the reach of Heaven-Sent so relief, Safe Harbor, disability support, and family stabilization extend well beyond one organization’s size.

Highlighted relationships

Some of the partners who walk with us

Behind every name is a story of shared work, trucks loaded, miles driven, volunteer hours, and lives touched.

Ready to stand with Heaven-Sent? This is our primary partnership action page. Organizations and community leaders can use the contact section below to start a conversation about in-kind support, program sponsorship, volunteers, skilled labor, logistics, disaster response, referrals, or other mission-aligned collaboration.

Chipola Baptist Association

Collecting and organizing mattresses, furniture, appliances, and other needed items, then storing them in Marianna, Florida for homeless initiatives, disaster relief, and community rebuilding efforts.

Working Warriors

Locking arms with Heaven-Sent to support missions including Stream of Life in Mississippi and training schools for medical missionaries, CNAs, and skilled trade workers.

Stream of Life

Building a training center designed to equip people to serve, respond, and bring healing when disasters strike.

Military & Federal Surplus Connections

NAS Pensacola, Corry Station, and Eglin Air Force Base have helped open doors for Heaven-Sent and other nonprofits to receive surplus items that become beds, refrigerators, microwaves, and comfort items for families in need.

Real numbers

What partnership looks like in one recent week

Heaven-Sent’s partner update shows these deliveries and road ministry efforts together in just one week.

20Hutches with desks
20Beds delivered
31Refrigerators
200Mattresses
30Microwaves
10Convection microwaves
68Volunteer hours
1,200Miles traveled
This same update records $700 invested in food and fuel for ministry on the road, showing how donated time, supplies, and logistics become practical help for families and communities.
Why we believe in partnership

God’s love in motion

Heaven-Sent describes service as more than giving; it is God’s love in motion through packed boxes, extended hands, traveled miles, and open hearts.

From collecting and storing donations in Florida to delivering equipment and comfort items in Mississippi, these partnerships show how hope, healing, and unity travel farther when people move in the same direction.

God is good, all the time. And all the time, God is good.

Faith is part of Heaven-Sent’s heart. Help is offered with dignity and respect; participation in prayer or pastoral support is always voluntary.

*How to partner

How to Partner With Heaven-Sent

If you are a church, nonprofit, business, agency, or service club that feels called to help, Heaven-Sent invites you to talk about partnership opportunities.

In-kind donations Program sponsorship Volunteers Skilled labor Prayer and advocacy
Joseph “Joe” Ryan – Founder & Executive Director
Tim Lehman – Vice President / Disaster Relief
Darrell Whited – Chief Program Officer / Director of Veterans Services
Teresa Whited – Director of Faith & Pastoral Care
Paul Kinebrew – Director of Homeless Services
Joe leads Heaven-Sent, but he does not carry the mission alone. Tim, Darrell, Teresa, and Paul each bring a different part of the operating mission to the table—and partners should know the people behind the work.
A Note From Joe

A larger story of service

Joseph “Joe” Ryan writes that when he read the Christmas message shared by MSG Darrel Whited, Army Retired, he did not just see a list of organizations; he saw hot meals after hurricanes, veterans finding shelter, students learning to serve, and churches opening their doors in crisis.

He describes Heaven-Sent as one part of a much bigger story and says the letter is a reminder that when people say yes to serving, God multiplies that yes far beyond what they can see in front of them.

He also shares gratitude for Darrel Whited’s service and friendship, and for every person who has given, volunteered, or prayed alongside the mission.

With respect and deep gratitude,
Joseph “Joe” Ryan
Founder & Executive Director
Heaven-Sent Community Services & Veterans Assistance, Inc.

Shared with permission

Organizations impacted through this work

MSG Darrel Whited’s Christmas message thanks supporters for helping make a difference in many lives through a wide network of organizations connected to this work.

Navy Safe Harbor
Airman’s Attic
Herr Foundation
City of Refuge
Mission of Hope
Olive Branch
Camp Alamisco
Camp Binachi
Camp Walk Away
Camp Maridale
FEMA
Mississippi EM
Mississippi United to End Homelessness
Love’s Kitchen
Feed By Faith
Rose Hill FD
Chunky FD
Milton FD
Adventist Disaster Response
Indiana Academy
Laurelbrook Academy
Harbor Hills Academy
Jefferson Academy
Bass Academy
Cross Threads
Wesley House
Multi-County Homeless Shelter
Ft. Walton Beach Homeless Association
Meridian Housing Authority SSVF / HUD-VASH
Wildwood Institute
NAPS
Marquette Veterans Village
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Disabled American Veterans
American Legion
Veterans Home
Working Warriors Today
Vets Working

Shared with permission from MSG Darrel Whited, Army (Ret.), Vets Working / Working Warriors Today.

Disaster and community partners

Statewide & National Service Connections

These organizations and networks are reflected in Heaven-Sent’s broader disaster and community-service history. Inclusion here does not by itself mean a current formal partnership, endorsement, sponsorship, contract, or MOU.

AGAPE – Love from Above to Our Community
www.agapelovefromabove.org
American Red Cross – Northeast Division
www.redcross.org
Brother’s Brother Foundation
www.brothersbrother.org
Catholic Charities
www.crs.org
Christian Associates of Southwest PA
www.casp.org
Church of the Brethren – Brethren Disaster Ministries
www.brethren.org
Disaster Services Corporation – Society of St. Vincent de Paul USA
www.svdpdisaster.org
Endeavors
www.endeavors.org
Episcopal Diocese of Central PA
www.diocesecpa.org
Feeding Pennsylvania
www.feedingpa.org
HEART 9/11
www.heart911.org
Helping Harvest Fresh Food Bank
helpingharvest.org
Information Technology Disaster Resource Center
www.itdrc.org
Keystone Disaster Spiritual Care Network
www.kdscn.org
Lions Clubs International – PA Multiple District 14
Lutheran Disaster Response (PA)
ELCA Lutheran Disaster Response
Mennonite Disaster Service
mds.org
MDR Disaster Relief and Veterans Outreach
aka Heaven-Sent Community Services and Veterans Assistance
heaven-sent-veterans-outreach.org
Operation BBQ Relief
operationbbqrelief.org
Presbyterian Disaster Assistance
pcusa.org
Salvation Army Disaster Services
www.use.salvationarmy.org
Southern Baptist Disaster Relief – PA & South Jersey
www.brnonline.org
Team Rubicon
www.teamrubiconusa.org
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
The Elevated Studio
theelevatedstudio.org
United Church of Christ Disaster Ministries
www.ucc.org/disaster
United Methodist Church
EPA UMC disaster ministries
United Mission for Relief and Development
umrelief.org
United Way of PA / PA 211
www.uwp.org
US Veteran Reserve Corp
www.us-vrc.org
Western PA Regional CERT
www.westernpacert.org
World Renew
www.worldrenew.net
Relationship accuracy: Heaven-Sent distinguishes formal partners, working relationships, referral/resource connections, response networks, and organizations connected to earlier shared service. Names and images on this page should be understood according to their actual relationship status.
Visual history

Service-Network & Community Images

These images are retained as part of the page’s visual history of churches, nonprofits, agencies, networks, and community-service connections. Image placement does not by itself imply a current endorsement, sponsorship, contract, MOU, or formal partnership.

ACS logo
SP white logo
IRUSA logo
Partner photo 1
Partner photo 2
Partner logo graphic
Team Rubicon logo
Good360 logo
CCU logo
ADRA logo
Partner photo 3
Partner graphic 4
Partner photo 4
Partner photo 5
Partner photo 6
Partner photo 7
Partner photo 8
Volunteer / service stock image
Together, we can reach farther than any of us could alone.