Season of Hope

As the holiday season approaches, we are reminded of how grateful we are for the support we receive from our community, and those less fortunate who benefit from your generosity. Will you join us in helping Villa families in need this season?

You can spread holiday cheer by participating in our 2017 Season of Hope. Here’s how you can help:

Sponsor a client

Each Villa client submits a wish list specifying clothing needs, outerwear requirements, and two individualized “special” wishes. Consider being a sponsor and help St. Joseph’s Villa provide warm clothing and gifts for these clients who otherwise might not receive anything during the holiday season.

Volunteer your time

Host a classroom party, organize gift donations, and more.

Coordinate a collection drive

We are in need of new toys and games, arts and crafts, children’s books, coats and boots, non-perishable foods, household items or toiletries. Consider getting together with family, friends, or co-workers to coordinate a collection drive for any of the following:

• Children’s Needs
• Suggested Toy Donations
• Children’s Stockings
• Teenage Hygiene Stockings
• Family Needs

Make a financial contribution

A financial contribution to our the Season of Hope program is another way you can brighten the holidays for our children and families. Please make contributions payable to St. Joseph’s Villa and note in the memo, c/o Kathy Perun, Season of Hope.

Click here to donate online. To designate your gift to Season of Hope, please click “Gift in honor/memory/other notes” under your donation amount on the PayPal page, and type in Season of Hope.

Children’s Needs

Boys

• Shirts, pants, athletic apparel, PJ’s, winter coats, hoodies, boots – Youth S-XL, Adult S-3XL

Girls

• Shirts, pants, PJ’s, sweaters, winter coats, hoodies, boots – Youth S-XL, Adult S-3XL

Suggested Toy Donations

• Action figures (Superheroes, Halo, Minecraft, Fortnite, Star Wars, Transformers, Pokémon)
• Art kits (boys & girls)
• Board games
• Books (ages 5 to young adult)
• Boys wallets and watches
• Brushes and combs
• Card games
• Cologne/Body washes
• Coloring books/Crayons
• Craft kits (boys & girls)
• Craft supplies
• Disney/children’s movies
• Disney themed toys
• Disney Princesses
• Dolls (Barbie, Frozen, Disney Princess)
• Fashion jewelry
• Girls hand bags and wallets
• Graphic novels and chapter books
• Hair accessories
• Hair styling products
• Headphones/ear buds
• Hot Wheels/Matchbox cars
• Legos (for ages 6 and up)
• Minecraft themed toys
• Model kits (boys & girls)
• MP3 players
• Nail polish and nail kits
• Perfumes/Bath products
• Play-Doh
• Puzzles (all ages)
• Remote controlled toy vehicles
• Science kits
• Spongebob
• Sports equipment/balls
• Sports-related Wii, DS or PSP games
• Star Wars
• Sticker books
• Transformers
• Trucks and construction toys

Children’s Stockings

• Band-aids (with characters)
• Body wash
• Bubbles
• Coloring books/Crayons/colored pencils
• Combs/brushes
• Deck of playing cards
• Flash cards
• Hair accessories
• Hand/body lotion
• Hand sanitizer
• Hand wipes
• Holiday candy/gum
• Matchbox cars
• Play-Doh
• Shampoo/conditioner
• Silly Putty
• Small activity book
• Small Christmas book
• Soap
• Socks
• Stickers
• Temporary tattooes
• Toothbrush
• Toothpaste

Suggestions for African American hair: Motions Hair, Pantene African American

Please, no peanut products or perishables.

Teenage Hygiene Stockings

• Body lotion (suggestion: Shea Moisture)
• Body wash
• Chapstick/lip gloss
• Combs/brushes
• Deodorant
• Hair accessories
• Hand sanitizer
• Hand wipes
• Mouthwash
• Nail polish
• Perfume/cologne
• Shampoo and condition (suggestions for African American hair: Motions Hair and Pantene African American)
• Shaving cream (no razors please)
• Shower caps
• Soap
• Socks
• Toothbrush/toothpaste

Feminine hygiene products are always needed and can be donated separately.

Family Needs

• Baking pans & Pyrex dishes
• Bed in bag sets (Twin or Full)
• Cleaning supplies
• Cookware sets & cooking utensils
• Dinnerware (4-6 person) and drinking glass sets
• Flatware (4-6 person)
• Kitchen utensils
• Linens (kitchen & bath)
• Pillows
• Shower curtains & rings
• Toiletries: shampoo/conditioner, toothbrush/toothpaste, body wash/body lotion, deodorant, combs/brushes, hand sanitizer, hair accessories, shower caps, socks, perfume/cologne, lip balm

Other suggestions

• Grocery store gift cards (Kroger, Food Lion, Wal-Mart)