Bringing Hope to our Hostels

For the fourth year running, we saw our Hope Tree project bringing a little hope and happiness to families spending Christmas in a hostel. The project was started as part of the 2008 Hope UK wide initiative and has been successfully coninuing with the help of our members.

Each family member living in the hostel takes a tag from the Christmas tree and completes it with their choice of present up to the value of £15. Kingsgate members then take a tag and buy the chosen present, wrap it, and return it to Kingsgate Church. We then arrange delivery of all the presents just before Christmas to the four hostels we support.  All the families are delighted and appreciate knowing that there are people who care about them.

Here are some of the thank you letters we have received.

"Thank you for the lovey present, all the love I hope you have a good time"

Liam, Cross Keys Homes

"Thank you for the fantastic present you have given to Cross Keys"

Vincent

"To Kingsgate Church

Thank you for our lovely presents you gave hope house we are very happy, and thank you so much and have a great christmas and a happy new year."

Liam Mitchell

"Thank you for our presents that was kind of you to think of us like that. You really made my day and I loved that bath shower stuff and could not get out of that bath for a 1 hour."

Cailin Mitchell

"Thank you for our lovely presents you gave me really love them"

Weronika