Each
year HOPE (Helping Overcome Poverty’s Effects) hosts
a Holiday Shop that helps families who could not otherwise purchase new gifts
provide something special for their children  for Christmas. At the shop,
families pick out an outfit, two toys, art supplies, and two books for each
child. In 2018, the Holiday Shop helped nearly 600 children have a happier
holiday.

Sign up here, either individually or with
others, to bring in a gift ($25 suggested value, suggestions provided in the
sign-up form). Then, bring your unwrapped gifts to the Center for Community
Engagement (20 Old Chapel Road – the DKE House next to Axinn) Monday-Friday
between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. by Tuesday, December 10th. Be sure to sign in
when  delivering your gifts so we know who has delivered gifts and their
estimated value. Contact Ellie Dickerson at edickerson@middlebury.edu with questions.