DONATE AND GIVE HOPE FOR THE HOLIDAYS

“Ritter Center helps my family have a wonderful Thanksgiving by being able to eat well. The holidays used to be sad and stressful for me. Ritter Center provides my kids with gift cards, which is amazing because the kids can choose what their gift will be, either a toy, or clothes they really want.”

― Sandi, a mom of three young children

Hope for the Holidays – Help Us Raise $450,000 by Dec 31!

Thanks to every donor who has donated so far! #GivingTuesday was a great success, providing a super boost this giving season, but we still have a ways to go to meet our $450,000 year end goal. Can you help clients like Sandi and make a gift by midnight Dec 31, 2021?

Sandi, a dedicated mom of three, relies on Ritter Center’s food pantry throughout the year to ensure her family doesn’t go hungry. Over the holiday season, she receives a Thanksgiving meal kit and gift cards to help her celebrate the holidays with her loved ones and provide gifts for her children.

Unfortunately, as the pandemic continues and poverty expands, more local families are finding themselves in dire situations like Sandi’s, often having to make the difficult choice between paying rent or buying food. No one should go hungry and everyone should have a home.

A ray of hope for Sandi and thousands of others, Ritter Center provides housing, rental assistance, nutritious food and living essentials, healthcare, holiday programs, and more, to support them through tough times… thanks to the kindness of our steadfast donors.

Many families wonder if they will eat a holiday dinner or have gifts for their children. That’s where you come in.

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Your tax-deductible gift will be matched up to $10,000 by our Board of Directors when you donate by midnight on December 31, 2021!

To keep you, our staff, and clients safe, and prevent the spread of COVID, we are unable to collect toys, gifts, or food from individuals for our holiday programs, this year, and will again purchase and distribute food, personal care items, and gift cards to families and individuals in need. The best way to help is to give online or send a donation via check. (Exceptions made for donations prearranged from groups/corporations/suppliers – see below)*.

This way, we can meet community needs equitably and safely.

Thanks to our supporters, in 2020 we:

• Served 2,570 individuals
• Provided 18,883 medical and behavioral healthcare visits
• At least 350 families rely on Ritter Center’s food pantry each week
• We distributed 22,000 bags of food valued at $440,000 in 2020
• Permanent housing was secured for 250 individuals
• Over $567,000 in rental assistance was distributed to maintain housing
• More than $33,000 in gift cards were distributed to families so they could buy food, toys, and other gifts during the holiday season
• 60% of our clients are housed and need support services to remain so

DONATE AND GIVE HOPE FOR THE HOLIDAYS

Your generous gift will lift the spirits of hundreds of families like Sandi’s and give them Hope for the Holidays. Thank you!

Thank you to the following partners for their Hope for the Holidays support:

*We are accepting and arranging bulk donations from groups on a case by case basis and are seeking corporate support to help fund our programs. Please contact Christen Brunner at [email protected] for more details.