FILLED BOXES DUE FRI DEC 20 / HAM + GIFT CARD DONATION ONLINE

At Easter, Thanksgiving and Christmas the HUMC congregation has traditionally collected 24 boxes of food and 24 five-pound hams to be distributed by Olivet UMC to the people of their neighborhood in West Garfield Park on Chicago’s West Side. We have also given a box of food and a ham to the Bridge Communities family that is sponsored by HUMC.

Christmas Food Boxes 
Please fill a box with the groceries suggested on the label; these include staples like white rice, dried beans, flour, sugar, cooking oil, breakfast cereals, canned soups, canned vegetables, some fresh fruit and veggies, and some Christmas treats. Please return the filled box to the Narthex no later than Friday, December 20.

Olivet Christmas Fund for Gift Cards & Hams 
We are also accepting donations to an Olivet Christmas Fund. Donations to this fund will be used to purchase canned hams which will be delivered to Olivet with the food boxes. We will use these funds to provide Christmas gifts of warm clothing to children in the Olivet neighborhood. HUMC will provide Olivet with 40 $50 Target Gift Cards. The gift cards will be distributed among the Olivet congregation, surrounding neighborhood and Angel Tree, a prison fellowship which equips churches to strengthen relationships between incarcerated parents and their children. Cash donations to the Olivet Christmas Fund will be used to purchase the Target Gift Cards and hams.  

Delivered on December 21 
The food boxes, hams, and Target gift cards will be delivered to our sister church, Olivet United Methodist Church, on Chicago’s west side December 21. If you would like to help with the delivery or have any questions about this mission, please contact Dan Irwin.