Open Door Mission Seeking Donations to Meet Urgent Holiday Needs
Open Door Mission (opendoormission.org) needs the Omaha community’s help to provide for the neediest neighbors this holiday season, as they gear up to gather the required support through three holiday initiatives: Turkey ‘N’ Fixin’s, Project Santa, and Christmas Bells. This year has been hard on many people financially and more families need help, so the Mission is asking residents to consider hosting a drive or shopping their Amazon WishList to help them meet the most urgent needs.
This holiday season, Open Door Mission expects to provide more than 284,820 fresh, nutritious meals to the Heartland’s hungry and homeless. To do this, their Turkey ‘N’ Fixin’s project collects canned vegetables and fruit, cereal, cookies, peanut butter, boxed meals and potatoes, stuffing, canned meat, pasta and pasta sauce, soup, mac ‘n’ cheese, and frozen turkeys and hams.
Project Santa provides toys to needy boys and girls so that everyone gets gifts on Christmas morning. Needed toys include toddler toys, small and medium Lego sets, all sports balls, board games and puzzles, dolls, gift cards for Walmart and Target, Play-Doh sets, cars, and more.
Finally, Open Door Mission’s Christmas Bells program will provide gifts to homeless men and women. Needed items include men’s underwear, decks of cards, earbuds, tube socks, men’s wallets, men’s and women’s watches, bath sets, makeup, hair dryers, adult coloring books with colored pencils, shaving kits, and gift cards.
If you want to make a difference this holiday season, consider hosting a drive to help Open Door Mission. Contact Kristen Dineen at (402) 829-1538 / kdineen@opendoormission.org to help. Learn more at opendoormission.org.