HELP! You can. Create Your Own Donation Drive. Hope And Life Outreach. Donation Drives to Benefit READY STARTED? Hope And Life Outreach INVITE HOW...

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1 Create Your Own Donation Drive Have fun and be creative as you explore ways you and your group can help the homeless. Challenge your business or organization to see who can donate or create the most items. Challenge offices and classes to compete against each other, with the losers throwing an ice cream party for the winners. Or offer a jean day at work in exchange for a $ amount to be donated to HALO. Below are some examples you can use, or come up with your own ideas. Let us know what you come up with so we can share your idea with others! INVITE US TO SPEAK Invite us to speak at your next event about poverty and homelessness in our community. Find out how we are helping those who are hurting, homeless and hungry. Call to schedule a speaker. READY TO GET STARTED? HERE S HOW HOW... For more information, or to register your business, church, school, organization to sponsor a donation drive, contact: Teresa or tschevel@haloministry.org. Visit our Web site at to learn more about our ministry and other opportunities for service. All items you collect must be new and in their original packaging. However, we gladly accept your gently used donations of winter wear, blankets, gloves, and scarves. Thank you for making a difference in the lives of the homeless and near homeless we serve. You can HELP! Donation Drives to Benefit Hope And Life Outreach Hope And Life Outreach depends on volunteers of all ages to enable us to provide hope for those in need! You, your school, church, business, organization or youth group can help the hungry, homeless and those in need in our community. To meet the great demand for food, clothing and other basic necessities, we rely on the help of compassionate friends to assist with special drives and seasonal collections. In this brochure, you will find ways you can help. You can join us in caring for those in need by sponsoring one or more of the drives included in this brochure. Thanks for caring for the needs of others!!! Hope And Life Outreach 701 Snow Hill Road Salisbury, MD

2 HALO cares for hundreds of homeless and hurting each year. When you participate in one or more of the activities listed here, you can help change a life. Soap and suds drive Laundry Detergent Dish Soap Sponges Dish Cloths Dish towels Shampoo Soap Body Wash The Great Paper Chase We use a lot of paper each day at HALO. Help keep us supplied by collecting: Toilet Paper Tissues Napkins Paper Towels Plastic warp/foil Summer Cool Down In the hot summer months, the homeless face a host of dangers from dehydration to heat stroke. Help quench their thirst and cool their bodies by Hosting a Bottled Water Drive. Great Scrub-up It takes a lot of scrubbing to keep our Big House Clean. Help us keep HALO Clean!!! It s a Diaper Derby Many babies are in need of a change! Help us help them by collecting baby wipes and diapers in all shapes and sizes! Any Cleaning Supplies Bleach Dish Soap Latex Gloves Windex All Purpose Cleaner Cleaning Cloths Other cleaning items Mop & Bucket S.O.S. Pads

3 Share a little Warmth The Race is on!!! RACE YOUR WAY TO HELPING THOSE IN NEED BY COLLECTING NEW UNDERWEAR IN ALL SIZES AND GENDERS. In the winter months, many men, women and children do not have a warm coat to keep them warm. Warm Up those in need in our community by collecting new and/or gently used COATS - HATS - SCARVES & GLOVES All sizes and genders SOCKOCK IT TO HOMELESSNESSOMELESSNESS Each morning we put on a clean pair of socks without a thought. But for our homeless friends, socks are essential, especially in the winter months. Homeless people are on their feet all day and the only pair of socks they own are usually wet! Help us keep our friends feet warm and dry!! Donate socks of all shapes, sizes, colors, genders & ages!!! S UPER B WL Cheer on your favorite team while helping the hungry!!! A SUPER Simple donation drive for canned soup that will help keep our pantry stocked! BLANKET DRIVE TO HELP KEEP THE HOMELESS WARM THIS WINTER. WE ARE ALWAYS IN NEED OF THESE PRODUCTS TO HELP OUR GUESTS Soap Shampoo Lotion Lip Balm Razors Deodrant Toothpaste Toothbrush Bath Towels Wash Cloths Brush/Comb Feminine Hygiene Products

4 Help feed the hungry in our community by hosting a food drive! Food from these drives will be used to feed the homeless and hungry. We serve over 200 meals to hungry men, women and children every day in the HALO Café. HELP US MAKE SURE THAT NO ONE GOES HUNGRY! Back to School Mania For many children, the only meal they will get for the day is at school. We need kid friendly food to give to children who are hungry. Back to School Mania provides kid friendly food, snack food and microwavable food Turkey or Ham Canned Vegetables Canned Sweet Potatoes Stuffing Mix Instant Mashed Potatoes FILL OUR CUP Can you imagine going without that 1st cup of coffee to start your day? Help us make sure everyone gets their Wake-Up coffee. Coffee Sugar Creamer Thanks for Giving Holiday Food Boxes Butter/Margarine Brown Sugar & White Sugar Pie or Cake Mix & Icing Rolls Cranberry Sauce Canned Chicken Broth HAM IT UP!! A fun food drive for Hams to be used for Easter and Christmas Meals!!! TONS OF TURKEY A turkey drive to collect frozen, fresh or cooked turkeys to be used for Thanksgiving Dinner. Thank you for partnering with HALO to help change lives!!! LUNCHES TO GO!! We need bagged lunches for the café!! Please make 20 bagged lunches. Each bag should include: Sandwich or tuna or chicken packet Small bag of chips or pretzels Fruit cup Cupcake or cookies Bottle of water Napkin/Fork-Spoon Please be sure any canned items (Vienna sausage, etc. has a pop-up lid) Most needed Food Items # 10 Cans of Vegetables (Peas/Corn/String beans) Chicken and Beef Broth Spaghetti Noodles Spaghetti Sauce Breakfast Food Items Meats (chicken-hamburger-turkey-pork) Salt & Pepper Sugar & Flour Tea Bags Condiments/Spices Cereal Oatmeal Pancake Mix & Syrup Instant Potatoes Butter/Margarine

5 HOW CAN MY ORGANIZATION HOST A DONATION DRIVE? Many types of organizations, including businesses, churches, schools, clubs and others, can help support HALO by hosting a Donation Drive. Please read the following information to help you plan your own Donation Drive. GETTING STARTED: LEADERSHIP PLANNING: Designate a Donation Drive Coordinator to oversee the Donation Drive. Form a Donation Drive committee who will be responsible for organizing and promoting your Drive. REGISTER YOUR DONATION DRIVE WITH HALO: Fill out the Donation Drive registration form included in the Donation Drive Packet. Be sure to fill it out completely so that we can better assist you with your Donation Drive. or fax the completed form to Teresa tschevel@haloministry.org or (fax) SET SPECIFIC DATES AND GOALS: Set the official start date for your donation drive. Determine the length of time for your donation drive (typically Donation Drives run 1-3 weeks) Determine the location for your collections that would be most effective in maximizing participation. Create a Theme for your Donation Drive. Use one of the ones provided in your Donation Drive Packet or create your own. Setting a goal before you get started will give your group something to work towards and will and make your donation drive more effective. Ex: 100 items per class/department Fill 30 boxes of food or other item 100% participation INFORM THE SCHOOL/ORGANIZATION ABOUT THE NEED FOR HELPING OTHERS: Make sure your school/organization knows about the needs in your community. It s not just the homeless or non-working people. Request a speaker. A HALO representative will be available upon your request to share information about HALO programs. Request for the speaker can be made on the registration form. PROMOTE: Publicity is important when promoting a donation drive. Be sure to inform the entire group, Organization/business about the event. Use materials such as posters & flyers to encourage members to get involved. There are a lot of ways to promote a donation drives within your organization. ~ Publicize in company/school newsletters ~ Place posters in every classroom/department ~ Send flyers home with every student/employee ~ /websites HALO will be happy to provide posters if needed. You can request these items on your registration form.

6 HOW CAN MY ORGANIZATION HOST A DONATION DRIVE? GENERATE ENTHUSIASM & PARTICIPATION: Make it fun and simple for everyone to participate. Challenge classes/departments to see who can raise the most items. Create fun competitions such as: ~ Schools: make this a class project. ~ Create a Donation Drive poster contest. ~ Largest individual donation. ~ Largest group/department donation. ~ Best built food structure. ~ Classroom/department competition. ~ Generate pyramid power! Have teams compete as they build pyramids of food/donations. GIVE INCENTIVES SUCH AS: ~ Donation drive casual day. ~ Special luncheon/pizza party for all participants. ~ Special luncheon for the winning classroom/department. ~ Front row parking for a month. ARRANGE COLLECTION & DROP OFF ~ Recruit fellow employees/students and coworkers to box up your donations. ~ Set up a date for the donations to be delivered to HALO. ~ If needed, donations can be picked up. Contact the HALO Office to schedule the pick-up. RESULTS: CELEBRATE YOUR SUCCESS! ~ Take group photos with the donations that have been collected ~ Take photos of the winning classes/departments. ~ Be sure to thank all of the people who participated in making the donation drive a success. ~ Tell us your story. ~ Set your goal for the next donation drive.

7 Hope And Life Outreach DONATION DRIVE REGISTRATION FORM PLEASE CHECK ALL THAT APPLY YES! We would like to participate in a Donation Drive. We would like a presentation from a HALO Representative. We would like to organize a group to volunteer at HALO. INSTEAD of collecting items, we would like to donate $. Company/Organization/School: Contact Person and Title: Mailing Address: City: State: Zip: Phone: FAX: Type of Donation Drive: Donation Drive Start Date: Donation Drive End Date: Flyers/Posters needed: 8 x 11 posters 11 x 17 posters Donations will be: Picked up by Hope And Life Outreach Delivered by organization to HALO. Please detach this page and FAX or this form to: Hope And Life Outreach Attn: Teresa Schevel FAX: tschevel@haloministry.org

8 HOPE AND LIFE OUTREACH ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE HALO CENTER OF HOPE THRIFT MINISTRY 701 Snow Hill Road 119B South Boulevard Salisbury, MD Salisbury, MD (Day Facility) (Thrift) (Café) MISSION - CAFE - DAY FACILITY