"Gifts of Love" Donation Ideas and Drop Sites!

“My children have Christmas because of ‘Gifts of Love’.
I make enough to keep us in a home with heat and utilities. Without ‘Gifts of Love’ my children would have no or little Christmas.” -- Mom Shopper

“Gifts of Love” Community Christmas Store - Through this unique initiative, City Impact gives families a chance to have Christmas with dignity. You can help people have the dignity they deserve by providing donations for this innovative program. Instead of giving handouts to families in need at Christmas time, City Impact gives local moms, dads, grandparents and children the opportunity to purchase gifts for their family through the “Gifts of Love” Christmas Store. New toys, clothing, household items, electronics, and much more are significantly marked down 70% off the retail price and sold to those in the community who cannot afford to buy presents at full price. Families with children in City Impact’s programs are offered the opportunity to earn vouchers toward purchases made at the Christmas Store by completing community service work, such as helping in the City Impact office with newsletters and other mailings. The children, who purchase gifts with voucher money, earn vouchers through attending Bible Club, City Impact’s weekly program, reaching out to 120+ urban children each week.

“Gifts of Love” has seen a significant growth in its 11 years. In 1997, $1,000 of donated gifts were purchased by parents to help provide Christmas for 48 kids. In 2007, over 1,450 children and families were served with dignity through “Gifts of Love”. Over $80,000 of donated presents were purchased and over 150 Bibles and 125 Christian videos were prayerfully distributed. “Gifts of Love” 2007 saw over 700 volunteers invest in the most important asset in the community—people.