The HopeBox is a creative way for volunteers to contribute their time at their own convenience. Simply order a HopeBox, enjoy the activity selected, and send the finished products back to us.
All items will be donated back to the individuals and families Catholic Charities serves. Each activity provides supplies and instructions for creating great gifts.
This is an opportunity for all volunteers including:
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Families – it's great for bonding and teaching children about volunteering.
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Friends – for when you want to give back from home while creating happy memories with friends.
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Co-workers – it's also an excellent opportunity for team building.
HopeBox Activities:
HopeArtSensory Books
Sensory Pouches & Caterpillars
Canvas Bags
Easter Fun
Children's Halloween Costumes
HopeArt - 3 Hour Activity
For the HopeArt activity, your volunteer team will make beautiful pieces of artwork using adult coloring books.
The HopeArt your volunteer team creates will be used to decorate the homes of our clients who have limited artwork of their own. These pieces of art will add warmth and an improved sense of home to all who have them.
Supplies included: color pencils, markers, adult coloring books, frames, instruction cards, material list, and instructions.
We ask that all HopeBox activities are prepared tastefully. We want some time, thought and love put into them.
Sensory Books - 2 Hour Activity
For the Sensory Book activity, your volunteer team will create sensory books as interactive tools for children with developmental disabilities.
Sensory toys such as this book provide interactive tools to help children throughout important developmental stages. The toys created will be distributed to our local agency that provides Special Education Services to children in New York City.
Supplies included: cardboard pages & metal rings, velcro, an assortment of decorations, instruction cards, material list, and instructions.
We ask that all HopeBox activities are prepared tastefully. We want some time, thought, and love put into them.
Sensory Pouches & Caterpillars - 2 Hour Activity
For the Sensory Pouches & Caterpillars activity, your volunteer team will create sensory pouches and caterpillars as interactive tools for children with developmental disabilities.
These Sensory Pouches have little items hidden in rice for the children to find. The Sensory Caterpillars are toys with interesting shapes and colors.
Sensory toys such as these provide interactive tools to help children throughout important developmental stages. The toys created will be distributed to our local agency that provides Special Education Services to children in New York City.
Supplies included: (Sensory Pouches) plastic bags, tape, rice, and an assortment of items to hide in the rice. (Sensory Caterpillars) fabric, rice, ribbons, googly eyes, material list, and instructions.
We ask that all HopeBox activities are prepared tastefully. We want some time, thought, and love put into them.
Canvas Bags - 2 Hour Activity
For the Canvas Bags activity, your volunteer team will decorate back-to-school bags for kids. This activity gives members of your team the opportunity to get in touch with their creative side.
Supplies included: canvas bags, stencils, markers, an assortment of materials to create fun decorations on the bags, instruction cards, material list, and instructions.
We ask that all HopeBox kits are prepared tastefully. We want some time, thought, and love put into them.
Easter Fun - 2 Hour Activity
For the HopeBox Easter Fun kits, your volunteer team will decorate egg cartons, create egg minions, and lollipop bunnies, and fill the carton with Easter-themed treats.
These HopeBox Easter Fun kits will be given to children in need at local agencies to provide a fun activity during the Easter season.
Supplies included: Egg carton, glue gun, paint and paint brushes, glue dots, glitter, ribbon, puzzle, rubber duckies, stickers, stamps, items for lollipop bunnies, items for Easter egg minions, green grass, instruction cards, material list, and instructions.
We ask that all HopeBox kits are prepared tastefully. We want some time, thought, and love put into them.
Children's Halloween Costumes - 2 Hour Activity
For the Children's Halloween Costumes activity, your volunteer team will create a variety of superhero costumes items for kids to wear on Halloween such as the superhero masks and bracelets shown.
Items your team will create include masks, capes, and bracelets.
Supplies included: felt material, glue, stencil cut-outs, instruction cards, material list, and instructions.
We ask that all HopeBox kits are prepared tastefully. We want some time, thought, and love put into them.
