Christmas Gift Bag Drive
Event Date: December 2, 2024
Caring for Our Neighbours This Christmas
The De Mazenod Door Outreach Centre downtown Hamilton, works diligently to provide support to local residents in need throughout the year. As we move into the colder months, it is important to consider ways in which we can offer assistance and support to these crucial programs.
The Diocese of Hamilton Office of Justice and Peace would like to extend an invitation to parishes, schools, and families, to participate in a Christmas Gift Bag Drive, in support of De Mazenod Door and its guests.
What is it:
On Christmas Day, each guest that comes to the De Mazenod Door will receive a warm meal and Christmas gift bag, filled with socks, gloves, hat, scarf, snack and bottle of body wash.
On New Years Day, each guest will receive a meal, and a $10 Tim Horton’s gift card.
These are important items that not only bring safety and comfort as the temperatures drop, but also care and hospitality to residents facing hardship.
When:
November 1, 2024: Volunteer Registration Opens
December 2-13: Donation Drop-off at the Chancery Office, 700 King St. W. Hamilton ON. L8P 1C7
December 23: Delivery to the De Mazenod Door
December 25: Christmas Gift Bag Distribution
New Years’ Day: Tim Horton’s Gift Card Distribution
Please indicate how you would like to participate, and complete your registration below.
Important Details, Please Note:
Each gift bag will include the same combination of items – 2 pairs of socks, 1 pair of gloves, 1 scarf, 1 hat, and soap. We will specify sizes for your group.
Donations should be clean and unworn. The bags must all be the same and will be provided to you.
All Tim Horton’s gift cards should be $10.00 in value, not more or less, to ensure everyone receives the same gift. These will be kept separate from the Christmas gift bags and given out on New Years Day.
You can sign up to collect items for the Christmas gift bags, OR collect $10 Tim Hortons gift cards, OR both.
Volunteers can collect all their items and assemble bags themselves, OR collect their items and drop them off for assembly at the Chancery Office. Please communicate your intention to the Diocesan Office of Justice and Peace.
Please ensure there is a volunteer designated to transport collected items to the Chancery Office by Dec. 13th.Please do not take donations directly to the De Mazenod Door, as they cannot store them.
For groups interested in volunteering to assemble and fill the Christmas gift bags at the Chancery Office, please indicate this in your registration.
Groups who have collected donations earlier than Dec. 2nd can arrange an early drop-off by coordinating with the Diocesan Office of Justice and Peace.
Contact:
Sarah Guinta, Diocesan Office of Justice and Peace
905-528-7988 ext. 2259
sguinta@hamiltondiocese.com
hamiltondiocese.com