If you are shopping for a Christmas gift for someone who is difficult to buy for, seems to have everything or if you just want to give something more meaningful this year, the diocesan Today for Tomorrow Campaign may have just the thing in a new gift guide.
The guide offers opportunities to help others by supporting seven diocesan Community Ministries — Centre 105, Centre 454, Cornerstone Housing for Women, Ottawa Pastoral Counselling Centre (OPC), Refugee Ministry, St Luke’s Table, and The Well—as they serve people living precariously, struggling with poverty or challenged by mental health issues.
Here are a few examples:
▶A gift of $75 can provide a hearty breakfast for one person, three days per week, for one month at Centre 105 in Cornwall, Ont.
▶A gift of $50 to Centre 454 in Ottawa will provide an individual with hygiene supplies for a month. A $500 gift will help an individual access clinical support for psychiatric disabilities and addictions.
▶A gift of $125 will provide nutritious meals for a month to a person who comes to St. Luke’s Table in Ottawa because they have to choose between paying rent and buying food.
▶A $600 gift can provide shelter for a woman in need in Ottawa for one month through Cornerstone Housing for Women.
Donors can choose which ministry to give to, or they can choose to support them all with a donation to the Today for Tomorrow campaign. With each gift, the giver will receive a personalized gift card that he or she can send out for Christmas, letting the receiver know a gift has been given in their honour.
To make a gift online please visit www.todayfortomorrow.ca, and send a greeting card directly to the individuals you are honouring.
Watch the December issue of Crosstalk for the gift guide!
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