Thank you for giving Hope 4 Holidays

Thank you for helping Home Suite Hope give Hope 4 Holidays again this season!

Our annual Hope 4 Holidays campaign connects HSH’s single parents and their children with the community through the spirit of giving. There are several ways our community of supporters get involved.

Some sponsor a family stepping up to purchase and donate items to fulfill a family’s wish list. HSH sends its thanks to this year’s family sponsors, including: Tari Gibson; Ann Millard/Idea Factor Inc.; Lisa Tracey; Ray & Karen Spence; Rebecca Pointon & Family; SPIN/CO Oakville; Hilary Borndahl & Miix Analytics; Scotia Wealth Management; Chelsea Antwi; Stacey Bean & Family & Friends; Patsy McLean; Kaizen Foodservice Planning and Design; Julianna Varpalotai-Xavier & Family; Catherine Sipsis; Tracy and Matt Holmwood &DKI – Miller Restoration; Dan Cooper Real Estate; Clarity Recruitment; Sarah McAlpine; Traci Howard; United Way Halton & Hamilton; Tamara Hines & Complete Fit Pilates and Fitness Studio; Danielle Rock & Family; Traci Howard & Family and the Oakville Rangers and Jen Hutchinson & Family and the Oakville Rangers.

The Halton Shoebox Project also provided a wrapped shoebox filled with treats for each of our

single parents. Christ Embassy Church also made donations to our campaign, as did the Youth Group at the Oakville Seventh-Day Adventist (SDA) Church, the Nigerian Community of Halton (NCH) and BooksandDesserts (BnD), thank you.

Thank you for H4H support from Tamara Hines and Complete Fit Pilates and Fitness Studio and Adrian McInernery and his Holiday Party benefitting H4H.

Thanks also to Peter Kolisnyk and Engel & Völkers Oakville’s annual holiday gift card drive. Josephine and Paul Angelini also came through with donations for our Hope 4 Holidays campaign.

We couldn’t have done it without the gift wrapping efforts of Dan Cooper Real Estate, RBC Halton South, Mondelez Canada Inc., the Zonta Club of Oakville and Kaizen Foodservice Planning and Design.

Our annual Holiday Dinner for all our single parent participants and their children was hosted at Mo’s Family Restaurant and sponsored by Fiera Capital Foundation.

Santa visited the celebration after the dinner, delivering a toy to each child - thanks to the Oakville

Professional Firefighters’ Annual Toy Drive. Thank you to Ken Coulter of Rotary who connected us with Santa.

Still others - including many of the gift wrapping groups - dropped off donations of urgently-needed

household and cleaning products and/or personal hygiene items. These items were popped into a Santa Sack and delivered to our participant families as an add-on to their holiday package of gifts. Each family also received gift cards.

And now that the holiday effort is a wrap, we ask that you please consider donating gift cards as we move into a new year.

HSH provides gift cards for groceries and transportation as wrap-around support for our families year-round. Metro, Esso and Walmart cards are all most welcome by our participants all year. So are donations of household and hygiene products, which are among the most expensive items on a family's recurring grocery bill.

Gift cards can be dropped off at our office at 484 Kerr Street, Oakville or donated through CanadaHelps.

With hearts full of gratitude for helping deliver Hope 4 Holidays, Home Suite Hope wishes everyone a very happy holiday season!