We Anticipate that a Total of More Than ~1096  Individual Gifts will be given in 2010 to: 
*  000 for Alpha House Family Shelter (IHN)
*  022 for Camp Take Notice  tentcitymichigan.org
*  150 for Catholic Social Services(Programs include: Adoption Services, Families First, Father Patrick Jackson House, Grandparents As Parents, Healthy Families, Housing Support Services, Lifeline, Pregnancy Counseling, and TeenLink).
*  000 for Child Care Network;
*  125 for Community Action Network (both Hikone 000 + Green Baxter Court 000);
*   ----- for Community Action Network/Hikone;
*   ----- for Community Action Network/Green Baxter Court;
*   110 for CSTS - Developmental Disabilities, (Ellsworth & Varsity are housed together now);
*   000 for Habitat for Humanity;
*   095 for HIV/AIDs Resource Center (H.A.R.C.);
*   112 for Hope Clinic, Inc.;
*   043 for Home of New Vision -Recovery;
*   000 for Huron Valley Child Guidance Clinic;
*   000 for Michigan Ability Partners-Wish Project;
*   051 for POWER. 
*   000 for Michigan Prisoner Reentry Initiative (MPRI);
*   096 for Perry Nursery School;
*   060 for PORT - Project OutReach Team Homeless;  for Project OutReach Team (PORT) of Washtenaw County;
*   090 for Pregnancy Help Center - ArborVitae Women's Center;
*   018 for Project Transition;
*   046 for SAFE House/ Domestic Violence Project Inc.;
*   048 for St. Louis Center;
*   030 for SOS Homeless Children's Services;
*   000 for St. Francis Parish;
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*More Than ~1096  TOTAL GIFTS in 2010.
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We Anticipate that a Total of More Than ~992  Individual Gifts will be given in 2009 to: 
*  000 for Alpha House Family Shelter (IHN)
*  150 for Catholic Social Services(Programs include: Adoption Services, Families First, Father Patrick Jackson House, Grandparents As Parents, Healthy Families, Housing Support Services, Lifeline, Pregnancy Counseling, and TeenLink).
*  000 for Child Care Network;
*  150 for Community Action Network (both Hikone 000 + Green Baxter Court 000);
*   ----- for Community Action Network/Hikone;
*   ----- for Community Action Network/Green Baxter Court;
*   075 for CSTS, (Ellsworth & Varsity are housed together now);
*   000 for Habitat for Humanity;
*   052 for HIV/AIDs Resource Center (H.A.R.C.);
*   105 for Hope Clinic, Inc.;
*   035 for Home of New Vision -Recovery;
*   000 for Huron Valley Child Guidance Clinic;
*   000 for Michigan Ability Partners-Wish Project;
*   015 for POWER. 
*   000 for Michigan Prisoner Reentry Initiative (MPRI);
*   096 for Perry Nursery School;
*   040 for PORT - Project OutReach Team Homeless;  for Project OutReach Team (PORT) of Washtenaw County;
*   100 for Pregnancy Help Center - ArborVitae Women's Center;
*   020? for Project Transition;
*   050 for SAFE House/ Domestic Violence Project Inc.;
*   051 for St. Louis Center;
*   030 for SOS Homeless Children's Services;
*   023 for St. Francis Parish;
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*More Than ~992  TOTAL GIFTS in 2009.
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We Anticipate That A Total of ~1053 Individual Gifts to be given in 2008 to: 
*  000 for Alpha House Family Shelter (IHN)
*  150 for Catholic Social Services(Programs include: Adoption Services, Families First, Father Patrick Jackson House, Grandparents As Parents, Healthy Families, Housing Support Services, Lifeline, Pregnancy Counseling, and TeenLink).
*  000 for Child Care Network;
*  189 for Community Action Network (both Hikone 000 + Green Baxter Court 000);
*   ----- for Community Action Network/Hikone;
*   ----- for Community Action Network/Green Baxter Court;
*   075 for CSTS, (Ellsworth & Varsity are housed together now);
*   015 for Habitat for Humanity;
*   025 for HIV/AIDs Resource Center (H.A.R.C.);
*   125 for Hope Clinic, Inc.;
*   023 for Home of New Vision Recovery
*   00? not sure yet for Huron Valley Child Guidance Clinic
*   085 for Michigan Ability Partners-Wish Project;
*   015 for Michigan Prisoner Reentry Initiative (MPRI)
*   096 for Perry Nursery School;
*   015 for PORT - Project OutReach Team Homeless
*   000 for Project OutReach Team (PORT) of Washtenaw County;
*   090 for Pregnancy Help Center (PPC);
*   020 for Project Transition;
*   065 for SAFE House/ Domestic Violence Project Inc.;
*   050 for St. Louis Center;
*   015 for SOS Homeless Children's Services
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*_~1053?__  TOTAL GIFTS in 2008.
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Who gets the gifts in 2010?

The Invitation Letter to Organizations/Agencies: (mailed early in October Friday 2010/10/01  Invites Out) , 2010.
(See this letter in PDF file format or in WORD format)

Dear Director or Assistance Coordinator,

In anticipation of the Christmas season, the parishioners of St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church would like to invite your organization to participate in our Giving Tree gift program this year. 

In these tumultuous economic times, we understand the needs of your clients are probably greater than ever.  The people of St. Francis want to share what we have with our neighbors who are less fortunate by collecting gifts that will help meet their basic needs/”reasonable” wants at Christmastime.

Your organization may be involved by following these steps: 

1. CONTACT Susanna Brown (222-0057  or 904-3301) by Friday, October 15, 2010, to determine the number of gift requests that you will submit and to confirm the date to pick-up your agency’s gifts. Please designate one contact person from your organization who will work directly with us.

2. GIFT LABELS Prepared & SUBMITTED by Friday, November 12, 2010,  by inserting your clients’ gift wishes in the computer format in our WORD file provided at this link: address-size-sticker labels that can be sent via mail, email, fax,or hand delivery to: 
                St. Francis Parish, Attention: Giving Tree, 2150 Frieze Ave., Ann Arbor, MI 48104. 
                 E-mail: 

Please follow the SAMPLE GIFT LABEL format via computer.  You may submit them on standard 8 ½ x 11 white paper so that St. Francis can photocopy them onto label paper or by email and we will print them out to photocopy.  Please use our WORD file or contact Susanna Brown if you have any questions. 

3. PICK-UP the GIFTS on Tuesday, December 14, & Monday Dec 20, 2010, from St. Francis Parish Office. We are located in Ann Arbor on Stadium Blvd., between Washtenaw & Packard across the street from Tappan Middle School. Drive around the block to the back of the church to find our office at 2150 Frieze Avenue. 

We look forward to working with you on behalf of your clients who are in need of assistance.   Listed below are items to remember as you prepare your gift requests: 

1) Only one gift idea per label!  Please try to be creative and personal with your clients' needs. 
2) If your gift idea is a gift certificate, DO NOT suggest a dollar amount. 
3) We ask that gift ideas be focused more on your clients’ “needs” and/or “reasonable wants” or the requests may be returned unfulfilled. 
4) If your labels do not fit the above description, we may need to send them back to you to do over.   We thank you, in advance, for your help.
5) Our volunteers enjoy gift-wrapping the presents.  Please contact us if you have any concerns regarding gift-wrapping your presents. 

If you’d like to learn more about our Giving Tree Program, go to our website at: www.stfrancisa2.com/socialministry/givingtree.htm or contact us with any questions you may have.
 

Sincerely, 
Susanna Brown (222-0057,   904-3301)  .
Scott Wright, Parish Social Ministry Director  .

P.S. - This invitation letter is sent  to many organizations/agencies like some of these: Catholic Social Services of Washtenaw County; Child Care Network; Community Action Network (includs both, Hikone Community & Green Baxter Court); Community Support & Treatment Services; Father Pat Jackson House; HIV AIDs Resource Center (H.A.R.C.);  Hope Clinic, Inc.; Interfaith Hospitality Network; Michigan Ability Partners-Wish Project; Perry Nursery School; Problem Pregnancy Help; Project Transition; Safe House; St. Louis Center.