It Is That Time of Year Again—-Holiday Cheer for Seniors!
For many years, Unity of Washington, DC congregants have come together on Christmas Eve to deliver meals, holiday cards, and supermarket gift cards to low-income seniors who may not have friends or family around with whom to celebrate the holiday.
Over the past few years, to minimize the spread of COVID-19, we have not prepared and delivered meals, but have continued to provide seniors with supermarket gift cards. Unity mails holiday cards with the gift cards so seniors receive the cards a few days prior to Christmas.
The seniors come to us through AARP’s Legal Consul for the Elderly and Everybody Home DC (formerly—Capitol Hill Group Ministries). This year we will provide gift cards to 250 seniors.
To contribute to Holiday Cheer for Seniors:
1. Purchase $ 35.00 Giant gift cards or make a monetary donation by check. Make checks payable to Unity of Washington, DC (note in memo line: Holiday Cheer for Seniors).
You may mail them to:
Unity of Washington, DC
ATTN: Holiday Cheer for Seniors
1225 R Street NW
Washington, DC 20009
You can also drop off the gift cards or checks at the church office
2. Or make a monetary donation online at https://unityofwashingtondc.org/give-online/ – scroll down to Holiday Giving Programs (note: On PayPal or Givelify, Holiday Cheer for Seniors will be in the dropdown box).
Unity will purchase the supermarket gift cards with the monetary donations.
Giant gift cards and the donations should be received in the church office by no later than Monday, December 4th.
Please contact Russ Norfleet (russnorfleet@verizon.net) if you have questions.
Thank you for your contributions to Holiday Cheer for Seniors.
