Give Hope This Holiday Season
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Dear Friends,
At Inspiritus, our Hope Tree program gives the gift of hope to children in foster care, refugee and immigrant families seeking a new life, and low-income families in our service areas who may not otherwise receive a gift. We partner with local congregations and community organizations to give the gift of hope to those in need.
With your generosity, our hope is to ensure every individual we accompany receives something special this holiday season, whether that be a warm winter coat or a gift card. But, we can’t do it alone.
We invite you to join us in our mission to empower to every person we accompany on their journey from surviving to thriving this giving season. Outlined below are ways you can give:
Inspiritus Middle Tennessee Empowerment Services: Nashville, TN
Inspiritus Middle Tennessee is collecting coats & Visa, Walmart, or Amazon gift cards! Our goal is to collect 50-100 coats & 20 gift cards for children, families, and individuals enrolled in our programming.
All coats will be distributed throughout the winter to individuals seeking food assistance from the Inspiritus Pantry.
Physical donations can be dropped off at: 1628 Rosa Parks Blvd. Nashville, TN 37208 M-F
8am-noon. You can also mail your donations to the same address by December 12th.
If you prefer to make a monetary donation to the Hope Tree Christmas fund, we will use the funds to purchase needed winter coats. You can send donations to: www.weinspirit.org/donate and select "Hope Tree". Please include “Middle Tennessee Empowerment Donation” in the comment section.
Inspiritus Refugee & Immigrant Services: Nashville, TN
Inspiritus’ Refugee & Immigrant Services is growing! In 2022, we expanded our RIS programming to Nashville, making this our first year resettling refugees in Tennessee!
Our goal is to collect 65 coats & 40 Visa, Walmart, or Amazon gift cards for families and individuals enrolled in this programming!
All coats will be distributed throughout the winter to newly arrived refugees. Gift cards will be distributed to teens in the Kiswahili community led by a local pastor.
Gift Cards: Not all of our families are necessarily in need of a coat, but they’re definitely in need of support to make Christmas special given the financial hardships they face every day. The kids we serve in our Unaccompanied Minors program really benefit from getting a gift card that helps them choose something special for themselves especially since family dynamics might be different because of limited family reunification options.
You can sign up to donate a coat or gift card here.
Please mail gift cards and coats to: Hope Tree INSPIRITUS 297 Haywood Lane Nashville, TN 37211 by December 12th.
If you prefer to make a monetary donation to the Hope Tree Christmas fund, we will use the funds to purchase needed winter coats. You can send donations to: www.weinspirit.org/donate and select "Hope Tree". Please include “RIS Middle Tennessee Donation” in the comment section.
Inspiritus Refugee & Immigrant Services: Atlanta, GA
Inspiritus Atlanta is collecting coats & Visa, Walmart, or Amazon gift cards! Our goal is to collect 55 gift cards & 395 coats for families and individuals enrolled in our programming!
All coats and gift cards collected will be distributed to newly arrived refugees and immigrants in Atlanta, GA.
Gift Cards: Not all of our families are necessarily in need of a coat, but they’re definitely in need of support to make Christmas special given the financial hardships they face every day. The kids we serve in our Unaccompanied Minors program really benefit from getting a gift card that helps them choose something special for themselves especially since family dynamics might be different because of limited family reunification options.
You can sign up to donate a coat or gift card here.
Please mail donations to Hope Tree INSPIRITUS 731 Peachtree Street NE, Suite B, Atlanta, GA 30308 by December 12th.
If you prefer to make a monetary donation to the Hope Tree Christmas fund, we will use the funds to purchase needed winter coats. You can send donations to: www.weinspirit.org/donate and select "Hope Tree". Please include “RIS Atlanta Donation” in the comment section.
Inspiritus Refugee & Immigrant Services: Birmingham, AL
Inspiritus’ Refugee & Immigrant Services has also expanded to Birmingham, making this this our first year celebrating Hope Tree in Alabama! Our goal is to collect 40 Visa, Walmart, or Amazon gift cards & 100 coats for families and individuals enrolled in this programming!
All coats and gift cards collected will be distributed to newly arrived refugees and immigrants in Birmingham, AL.
Gift Cards: Not all of our families are necessarily in need of a coat, but they’re definitely in need of support to make Christmas special given the financial hardships they face every day. The kids we serve in our Unaccompanied Minors program really benefit from getting a gift card that helps them choose something special for themselves especially since family dynamics might be different because of limited family reunification options.
You can sign up to donate a coat or gift card here.
Please mail donations to Hope Tree INSPIRITUS 117 Southcrest Drive Ste. 104 Birmingham, AL 35209 by December 12th.
If you prefer to make a monetary donation to the Hope Tree Christmas fund, we will use the funds to purchase needed winter coats. You can send donations to: www.weinspirit.org/donate and select "Hope Tree". Please include “RIS Birmingham Donation” in the comment section.
Inspiritus Refugee & Immigrant Services: Savannah, GA
Inspiritus Savannah is collecting coats! Our goal is to collect 84 coats for our newest neighbors. All coats collected will be distributed to newly arrived refugees and immigrants in Savannah, GA.
You can sign up to donate a coat or gift card here.
Please mail donations to Hope Tree INSPIRITUS 106 Oglethorpe Professional Court, STE C Savannah, GA 31406 by December 12th.
If you prefer to make a monetary donation to the Hope Tree Christmas fund, we will use the funds to purchase needed winter coats. You can send donations to: www.weinspirit.org/donate and select "Hope Tree". Please include “RIS Savannah Donation” in the comment section.
Inspiritus Children & Family Services: Metro Atlanta & Northwest GA
Inspiritus’ Children & Family Services is collecting Walmart gift cards! Our goal is to collect 50 gift cards for children and families enrolled in our programming.
All gift cards will be used to purchase Wishlist gift items for youth and be distributed to foster parents as a holiday token of appreciation!
Gift card donations can be sent to: Inspiritus P.O. Box 1091 Hampton, GA 30228 by December 12th.
If you prefer to make a monetary donation to the Hope Tree Christmas fund, we will use the funds to purchase needed gift cards. You can send donations to: www.weinspirit.org/donate and select "Hope Tree". Please include “Foster Care Donation” in the comment section.
If you have questions, please reach out to Sherise Boston, Operations Manager, at Sherise.Boston@weinspirit.org or 404-875-0201 (ext. 1010).
Thank you for the meaningful ways you and your congregations live out your lives as people of faith. Inspiritus is blessed to partner with you as we accompany the most vulnerable among us on their journeys from surviving to thriving.
Also, be sure to join us for #GivingTuesday - the Global Day of Giving on Tuesday, Nov 29, 2022.
We're proud to be a part of this global celebration of giving through GAGives. In this time of uncertainty, there's a fundamental truth that gives us hope - that together we can do extraordinary things.
Save the date and be sure to bookmark this link:
https://www.gagives.org/organization/Inspiritus
With Gratitude,
Virginia Spencer
Chief Development Officer
Inspiritus
