About HELP

H.E.L.P is Syracuse University’s first club dedicated to helping the unhoused and impoverished populations in Syracuse and CNY. The club focuses on direct aid such as clothing fundraisers and food donations but also prioritizes larger and systemic issues that contribute to homelessness.

“Homelessness is not just poverty, not just mental health, not just veteran relationships,” said H.E.L.P Founder Lucio Maffei. “It’s race, it’s ethnicity, it’s income. You need a very specific approach, a very specific mission.”

The club operates as a collective of ambitious and philanthropic students working towards making a better community for us all. To date, we have raised hundreds of dollars and over a thousand garments of clothing for people in need.