Thursday, December 5, 2013

Giving Trees and Toy Drives for Impoverished Children

Today the Downers Grove North High School Direct Action club came in to volunteer with HSP. The club is organized and supervised by Karen Brown and Lisa Mangelsdorf. Not only did the club give their time to volunteer, they also brought a very generous donation. The club provided giving trees for an astounding 150 needy children and 25 impoverished seniors! All their contributions today are in addition to the fantastic food drive they brought in last month. The club volunteered in our warehouse sorting the giving trees they brought in and other donations.
One of the donations the group sorted was an incredibly successful toy drive Accurate Personnel delivered today. Accurate Personnel, located in Carol Stream, has been supporting HSP’s Christmas Offering through giving trees and toy drives for the last five years. This year was their biggest toy drive to date – they delivered two full vans of toys!
Both the giving trees and the toys brought in from the toy drive will be used for our Christmas Offering. All the children in the Christmas Offering receive Christmas gifts, and 150 of the neediest families receive 3-4 weeks’ worth of groceries, including fresh fruits and vegetables, bread, meat and non-perishable items, to help them get through the Christmas season. Last year, 1,636 children received gifts and 150 impoverished families received food.


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