Open Door Asks Businesses, Families, Groups to Collect Toys for Project Santa
Open Door Mission (opendoormission.org) is asking businesses, families, and groups in the Omaha region to consider hosting toy drives to help provide gifts for their 2020 Project Santa toy drive, or shop their Amazon Wish List. The Mission also needs volunteers to hand out toys at the associated drive-thru events on December 5, 12, and 19. Open Door Mission’s Project Santa provides toys to needy boys and girls so that everyone gets gifts for Christmas.
Suggested items for Project Santa include toddler toys, small and medium Lego sets, art sets, dolls, Barbies, Matchbox and Hotwheels five-car packs, Play-Doh sets, board games, and puzzles. Due to COVID, the toys will be distributed via a drive-thru event on the Open Door Mission campus on the three Saturdays in December that are prior to Christmas. Volunteers for the distribution events must fill out applications and COVID waivers prior to serving.
Open Door Mission is a Gospel Rescue Mission that meets the needs of individuals and families while inspiring HOPE for lasting change. Each day, the Open Door Mission campus offers 917 safe shelter beds to homeless men, women, and children, serves about 4,750 nutritious meals, and provides preventive measures to more than 1,000 people living in poverty. For more information or to inquire about volunteering for Project Santa, visit opendoormission.org or contact Kristen Dineen at (402) 829-1538 / kdineen@opendoormission.org.