Season’s Greetings to our Volunteers

Today HSP’s Christmas Offering continues into its final week, as we are serving more and more low-income families from our waiting list. With over 2,000 children receiving gifts through this program, HSP has relied on the support of our wonderful volunteers in order to serve so many. Today, we received support from the “South Outreach” club from Wheaton-Warrenville South High School, our friends from the “Panther chapter” of the Young Men’s Service League, and even a group of former HSP interns who dropped by to lend a hand.

With so many in our communities in need of help, HSP has hosted hundreds of amazing volunteers over the past few months to make our Christmas Offering a success. We wish to extend our sincerest thanks to all of these volunteers for helping HSP serve these deserving children and families.

More Families Served!

HSP’s Christmas Offering is moving along! Today we will be distributing gifts and holiday groceries to over 100 low-income families who signed up for our Christmas waiting list. It is thanks to the generosity of everyone who donated toys that HSP was able to serve these deserving families. Along with these 100+ families, HSP will continue to distribute to other waiting list families until next Wednesday.

Thank you to everyone who made this Christmas Offering a success, as it would not be possible without our wonderful donors and the hard work of our volunteers! 

Senior Christmas Gift Distribution

Today is another exciting day at HSP as our volunteers will be delivering Christmas gifts to the 133 seniors enrolled in our Senior Citizen Project. Throughout the day volunteers will becoming in and picking up gifts and delivering them straight to the senior’s homes. These gifts were generously provided by our “Giving Tree” donors. The deserving seniors enrolled in our Senior Citizen Project look forward to receiving these wonderful gifts from their wish lists. We want to thank both the volunteers for delivering these gifts, and all the donors who made this distribution possible. 

Thank You to Three Wonderful Interns

Amanda

This week HSP is bidding farewell to three wonderful members of our intern team who have completed their internships. These three; Amanda Harding, Lakeena Kupoluyi, and Taylor Barnes have been part of the HSP team since the beginning of fall. Each of them has used their talents and skills to help HSP serve the deserving seniors, children, and families enrolled in our programs. We wish to thank them for all they have contributed to HSP and wish them well as they move on to new chapters in their lives and careers!

Taylor

Lakeena

Another Successful Christmas Distribution

Today HSP’s Christmas Offering continued as we distribute gifts and holiday groceries to

another 140+ low-income families. Christmas is a time of love and giving, and we at HSP are extremely grateful to have gracious volunteers and donors help us make a difference in the lives of deserving families. We had a number of volunteers lend a hand in order to help distribute today, including groups from KinderCare, Vistex, The DuPage Unitarian Society, Young Men’s Service League, National Charity League, and a number of other individual volunteers and longtime friends of HSP. HSP would like to thank everyone who helped make our distribution a success.

Christmas Offering Distribution

Volunteers from Downers Grove South Key Club
with some of the gifts distributed on Saturday. 

Saturday was a big day for HSP, as we distributed gifts and groceries to 150 of the low-income families served by our Christmas Offering. Each family received over 200 lbs. of groceries which included; fresh produce, frozen meat, bread, non-perishables, and a turkey for a holiday meal. Every child in these families also received a minimum of three Christmas gifts. There were over 60 volunteers who helped us serve these deserving families. We want to thank them all for making the day a success.

HSP’s Christmas Offering marches on this week. Today, we are distributing to low-income students at Army Trail Elementary school in Addison, and tomorrow we will be distributing to another 140 or so families directly from our Center. We wish to extend a huge thank you to all the volunteers and donors who have made this possible!

Let's Get Started!

The Christmas Offering has officially begun! Today, HSP will be distributing Christmas gifts to all the 500+ children at Currier Elementary. Additionally, tomorrow we will have 150 families picking up over 200 lbs. of groceries each, along with gifts for their children.

            HSP wishes to thank all the wonderful volunteers who helped us prepare for this event today, including groups from the Kiwanis Club of Oak Brook, KinderCare, and UPS Supply Chain Solutions, as well as many individual volunteers and longtime friends. The Christmas Offering would not be possible without their generous support!