Volunteer and In-Kind Gift Needs | December 2015
Give warmly — help bring holiday joy and cheer to many of our formerly homeless and low-income men, women, and children through a gift card drive. We need donations of $30 gift cards to CVS, Rite Aid, Target, Walmart or Old Navy to give to residents and afterschool students. Please e-mail [email protected] if you are interested.
As we prepare for another winter season at the Hub of Hope, we hope you will once again be able to donate some of your time or a few items to ensure the walk-in center can provide health services and housing placement to persons experiencing long-term homelessness. (Download the Hub wish list.)
We will need volunteers (weekly preferred) beginning January 4 for two to three hour shifts, Monday through Friday, from 7 am to 10 am and 6 pm to 8 pm. Volunteers would be asked to manage the sign-in sheet, oversee the hospitality station, or greet folks at the door. Please contact Karen Orrick at 215-232-7272, x3043 to learn more or to claim a volunteer spot. The Hub will remain open through April.
We are also asking for the following in-kind donations:
Hub of Hope
- Sugar, creamer, and coffee
- Paper (no Styrofoam please) 10-ounce coffee cups
- Individually-wrapped snacks, including fruit like clementine oranges and bananas
- Cleaning supplies like rags, mop heads, rubber gloves, and trash bags
- Tissues, paper towels, and toilet paper
- Hand sanitizer
- Air freshener
- Caffeine-free tea
- Hot chocolate mix and bottled water
- Cough drops
- Warm clothes (esp. gloves, underwear, socks, hats, coats, shoes, and boots)
- Travel-size toiletries (soap, toothbrush, toothpaste, chapstick, shampoo, and conditioner)
- Tokens for participants to travel to appointments
- Blankets and pillows
- Cereal
- Soaps
- Dish and laundry detergent
General In-Kind Requests
- New hats and warm socks
- New gloves and scarves
- New blankets, pillows, sheets, and towels
- Toys or books for children ages 5 through 12
Please contact Elle Gordon at 215-232-7272, x4483 or [email protected] for more information or to schedule a drop off.
And, as always, if you see someone experiencing homelessness who needs help, please call the 24-Hour Homeless Outreach Hotline at 215-232-1984.
