Gifts of Hope Alternative Market 2023 - First Congregational Church of Western Springs

GIFTS OF HOPE:

Sunday, December 10, 2023
9:30AM – 12:30PM
Plymouth Hall

Gifts of Hope is an Alternative Gift Market where we join in fellowship and have the opportunity to make a contribution to our Mission Partners. The gifts we buy help the organizations secure supplies and support the services they provide.

You may purchase gifts in the name of your friends, family, colleagues, clients, etc. A special card will be available to download and print for each of your recipients.

To download a copy of the 2023 Shopping Wish List purchase form, click below:

GIFTS OF HOPE SHOPPING LIST

PLEASE NOTE:
You can purchase Gifts of Hope online starting Monday, Dec. 11, 2023.

Gifts of Hope 2023

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Prefer to make a blanket donation?

If you would prefer to make a blanket donation with equal amounts going to each of the 23 organizations, please specify the amount below. We’ll then multiply that number by 23. For example, if you’d like to make a total blanket donation of around $50, you would enter 2.17 in the box below.

Enter your blanket donation amount in the box below:

This amount will be multiplied by 23.

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Please enter a number from 23 to 23.

Subtotal: Your blanket donation

$0.00

Aging Care Connections

Congregate Meals Program

Price: $13.00

Special diet home-delivered meals

Price: $17.00

Emergency Groceries for an Older Adult

Price: $50.00

Emergency Lodging for an Older Adult

Price: $100.00

Subtotal: Aging Care Connections

$0.00

Beds Plus Care

Street Outreach Team meal gifts cards to engage the homeless

Price: $10.00

Assist with co-pay for prescription of our Aging Homeless

Price: $25.00

Assist with Employment Program transportation to job interviews

Price: $50.00

Chicago Furniture Bank fees for Housing Program furniture move-in

Price: $100.00

Subtotal: Beds Plus Care

$0.00

Back Bay Mission

Unsheltered Meal Bag

Price: $10.00

Laundry Supplies for 50 loads

Price: $25.00

Gallon of exterior house paint for housing rehabilitation

Price: $65.00

Subtotal: Back Bay Mission

$0.00

Center for Independence Through Conductive Education

Cover art supplies for one child in our summer therapy program

Price: $10.00

Cover snacks for one child in our year-round program

Price: $25.00

Provide one hour of physical/occupational therapy for one child with a physical disability

Price: $50.00

Purchase one year’s worth of therapy supplies for one child in our program

Price: $100.00

Subtotal: Center for Independence Through Conductive Education

$0.00

Common Hope (Improving Lives in Guatemala)

Provide access to counseling services that can assist families in navigating mental health obstacles

Price: $50.00

Provide families with chronic disease medication

Price: $100.00

Provide comprehensive orientation and development support for 10 new families in the program

Price: $150.00

Provide one cook stove with proper ventilation

Price: $500.00

Subtotal: Common Hope (Improving Lives in Guatemala)

$0.00

Community Support Services (CSS)

Transportation and weekly outings for intellectually and developmentally disabled participants

Price: $100.00

Help cover repairs and updates for eight group homes

Price: $250.00

Subtotal: Community Support Services (CSS)

$0.00

Companions Journeying Together (Aunt Mary's Storybook)

Postage and packaging for One Aunt Mary's Storybook

Price: $10.00

Aunt Mary's Storybook, packaging and delivery

Price: $25.00

Travel cost to downstate prisons to offer Aunt Mary's Storybook

Price: $250.00

Subtotal: Companions Journeying Together (Aunt Mary's Storybook)

$0.00

Firehouse Community Arts

Paint brush for murals

Price: $10.00

Lunch for 1:1 mentoring session

Price: $25.00

Gift card for a program participant who reaches a milestone

Price: $50.00

Help a participant earn their high school diploma

Price: $100.00

Subtotal: Firehouse Community Arts

$0.00

GIRLS, INC.

Provide transformative career exposure opportunities, e.g., exposure to a Firefighter for a day

Price: $50.00

Cultivate the entrepreneurial ambitions of our #GirlsBoss Ambassadors

Price: $75.00

Support a book scholarship for a college student in our Bold Woman initiative

Price: $100.00

Provide a girl with feminine hygiene supplies to live in dignity for three months

Price: $150.00

Subtotal: Girls, Inc.

$0.00

Good Shepherd Soup Kitchen

Ingredients to prepare soup for 10 people

Price: $10.00

Subtotal: Good Shepherd Soup Kitchen

$0.00

Growing Hope Globally (A Christian Response to World Hunger)

Training for one person, which leads to self-sustainability

Price: $55.00

Subtotal: Growing Hope Globally (A Christian Response to World Hunger)

$0.00

Interfaith Community Partners

Prescription pickup for one older adult client

Price: $15.00

Grocery shopping trip for one older adult client

Price: $25.00

Annual physicals for two older adult clients

Price: $50.00

Subtotal: Interfaith Community Partners

$0.00

The LeaderShop

One child's annual Program Membership

Price: $20.00

One child's Winter Camp Program fee

Price: $50.00

Resources for one Youth Mental Health First Aid Trainee

Price: $100.00

Resources for one child to attend our Middle School Leadership Conference

Price: $250.00

Subtotal: The LeaderShop

$0.00

NAMI Metro Suburban

Mental Health & Suicide prevention resources for students

Price: $10.00

Textbook for Mental Health First Aid for a teacher

Price: $20.00

60-minute Peer Counseling Session at the Living Room

Price: $50.00

Mental Health Education Presentation for an entire high school class

Price: $250.00

Subtotal: NAMI Metro Suburban

$0.00

New Moms

One can of formula to a young mother

Price: $25.00

Provide one night of housing and supportive services for one family

Price: $55.00

Purchase supplies for one family to move into a New Moms apartment

Price: $150.00

Pay one participant's weekly salary for her transitional job at New Moms

Price: $350.00

Subtotal: New Moms

$0.00

The Night Ministry

One grocery store gift card for a newly housed young person in the Night Ministry Flexible Housing Pool

Price: $25.00

One holiday gift for a young person in the Pathways Transitional Living Program

Price: $50.00

One outdoor survival kit for an unhoused client in our Street Medicine Program

Price: $100.00

Move-in assistance costs for residents transitioning into independent living, including furniture, supplies, etc.

Price: $250.00

Subtotal: The Night Ministry

$0.00

Off the Street Club

One meal at McDonald’s

Price: $10.00

Two meals at Subway

Price: $20.00

Day Out Package including movie, food and transportation

Price: $40.00

Subtotal: Off the Street Club

$0.00

Openlands

Seeds to help restore our region's native prairie ecosystem

Price: $10.00

Binoculars for an elementary student participating in Openlands Birds in my Neighborhood

Price: $50.00

One TreeKeeper Course fee for an aspiring tree ambassador to learn best practices for tree planting and care

Price: $128.00

One climate-resilient tree and its care for the critical first three years after planting

Price: $500.00

Subtotal: Openlands

$0.00

Pillars Community Health

Buddy's Place — One bereavement workbook or teen grief journal

Price: $10.00

Gift and activity cards for CST clients to engage in community and life skill activities

Price: $25.00

Purchase of 3 Glucometers and a supply of testing strips

Price: $100.00

Prepaid cell phone ($50 a month) for 5 Domestic Violence Survivors

Price: $250.00

Subtotal: Pillars Community Health

$0.00

Rebuilding Together Metro Chicago

Home safety kit

Price: $15.00

Smoke detector and carbon monoxide alarm

Price: $25.00

Winter Weatherization Kit

Price: $35.00

Subtotal: Rebuilding Together Metro Chicago

$0.00

RefugeeOne

Backpack of supplies for a refugee youth enrolling in school

Price: $25.00

Set of kitchenware for newly arriving refugee family's apartment

Price: $50.00

Therapy session for a refugee processing the trauma of war, displacement or family separation

Price: $150.00

Subtotal: RefugeeOne

$0.00

SparkShop

One STEM kit

Price: $15.00

One year of kits for a student

Price: $60.00

One teacher's classroom supplies

Price: $165.00

Subtotal: SparkShop

$0.00

UCC Outdoor Ministries Tower Hill Camp & Retreat Center

Archery, crafts & snacks for one camper

Price: $75.00

Lodging for one camper

Price: $100.00

Summer Youth Camp Scholarship

Price: $200.00

Subtotal: UCC Outdoor Ministries Tower Hill Camp & Retreat Center

$0.00

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GIFTS OF HOPE:

Sunday, December 10, 20239:30AM – 12:30PMPlymouth Hall

To download a copy of the 2023 Shopping Wish List purchase form, click below:

PLEASE NOTE: You can purchase Gifts of Hope online starting Monday, Dec. 11, 2023.

Gifts of Hope 2023

Your contact information

Prefer to make a blanket donation?

Aging Care Connections

Beds Plus Care

Back Bay Mission

Center for Independence Through Conductive Education

Common Hope (Improving Lives in Guatemala)

Community Support Services (CSS)

Companions Journeying Together (Aunt Mary's Storybook)

Firehouse Community Arts

GIRLS, INC.

Good Shepherd Soup Kitchen

Growing Hope Globally (A Christian Response to World Hunger)

Interfaith Community Partners

The LeaderShop

NAMI Metro Suburban

New Moms

The Night Ministry

Off the Street Club

Openlands

Pillars Community Health

Rebuilding Together Metro Chicago

RefugeeOne

SparkShop

UCC Outdoor Ministries Tower Hill Camp & Retreat Center

Payment Details

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Sunday, December 10, 2023
9:30AM – 12:30PM
Plymouth Hall

PLEASE NOTE:
You can purchase Gifts of Hope online starting Monday, Dec. 11, 2023.