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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