Friday, December 11, 2009

Holiday Party for Breakthrough - GIFTS NEEDED!

Holiday Party at the Bratschie's!!!

Bring your gift for the Breakthrough Christmas Party! This is how it works:

1. You buy a gift and drop it off at our party (or shop online or buy it and take it directly to Breakthrough).
2. All the gifts end up at Breakthrough next Saturday and are sold to people in the men and women programs, to families of the children's program and to other community members connected to Breakthrough for a fraction of the retail! (Your $50 gift is sold to them for $5 or $10!)
3. These people feel EXTREMELY dignified at that point and they can celebrate Christmas the way I always have!
4. But wait, there's more! That money they pay goes toward college scholarships for kids from the neighborhood! Can it get any better than this????

Please consider helping if you can - this may be the only nice gift some of these folks have under the tree this year. Please bring unwrapped presents for people of all ages to help out some under-resourced families.

- $10 parking across the street (southeast corner of Wabash and 9th)
or
- Roosevelt Red Orange and Green line is 3 blocks away!




http://breakthrough.org/general/60/annual-christmas-store

You can also shop online! Just follow the link above and you will see a Target link on that page!

Many Blessings,
Don (&Amanda(&baby))

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

How to get connected NOW!

Hello all you wonderful Breakthrough Volunteers! Here are just a few ways you can get connected this month with Breakthrough!

December 10th: Annual Christmas Serving meal at Breakthrough Men's facility. Of course we serve every month, but we do a special sit down serving style meal on our December date and the guys love it! And of course we love them! So it all works out great. We need people so contact Amanda to sign up!

December 12: Christmas Open House at the Bratschie's - bring a gift to help under resourced families in Chicago. Read all about the Breakthrough Urban Ministries Christmas Store HERE.



You can also check out GIFT IDEAS and SHOP ONLINE.

If you can not make the party but want to donate let us know - we can arrange something that fits your schedule.

December 19: Come help us sell the gifts, put smiles on faces, and enjoy the celebration of Christ at the Christmas Store! We need all kinds of volunteers so email Don if you want to help out!

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