A Celebration for Mother's Day
Our First Mother’s Day
It started with a small donation in 2020, a collection drive and a goal to provide personal care and beauty products to women who would otherwise not be able to afford them. We wanted to make sure to do so with dignity and caring. In our first year, we collected enough products to fill 45 gift baskets and purses. As we soon found out – for many of the moms, this was their only Mother’s Day gift and the items were unaffordable luxuries. As one mom told us “I treasured my perfume and lip stick and used just a little bit each day to make it last”. |
Each #Mother's Day Gift Basket and/or Bag for a #MOM contains a personal note of inspiration for each woman. These notes are very important. We want each woman to know that she matters, she is loved, she is respected and that this too shall pass. We can all remember our first personal items and our first pocket book and what it represented. Something important that we needed every time we walked out the door. Losing it meant losing a part of you. Having to leave it behind, devastating!
Mother’s Day Gift Baskets
We are seeking donations of completed baskets from local groups, organizations, and families. We are asking each group to pledge to make as few as 1 or as many as 50, but any amount is appreciated! Or you may donate goods so that our volunteers may complete baskets for you. We ask that you use only new items; however, gently used paperback books are welcomed. It is also important that each is enclosed with a wrap to keep contents together during transportation. Lastly, it would be helpful to include a tag that identifies contents, especially if you are including sized items. |
Fill a Bag for a #MOM
We are seeking donations of a completed bag (any type of purse, canvas, backpack, pool/beach) from local groups, organizations, and families. We are asking each group to pledge to make as few as 1 or as many as 50, but any amount is appreciated! Or you may donate goods so that our volunteers may complete baskets for you. We ask that you use only new items; however, gently used paperback books are welcomed. A #Mother's Love Tote Bag brings comfort, hope and dignity to women and girls with the gift of bags filled with personal necessities. |
All baskets and/or bags should include soap, shampoo, conditioner, and a loofah or washcloth. In addition to those items, you may include any (or all) of the following, and feel free to add any appropriate item not listed.
THANK YOU! You may not know the mom that you are helping, but she is VERY grateful!
- Feminine hygiene products, wrapped or enclosed
- Deodorant, face cloth, feminine wipes
- Soap, Body lotion
- Hand sanitizer
- Make up, perfume, or samples
- Tooth brush, tooth paste, floss, mouth wash, lip balm
- Nail file, nail clipper, clear nail polish, nail polish remover
- Shower slippers, socks, face mask
- Shampoo, & conditioner, hair ties, comb, brush, accessories
- Shaving razors, hair removal products
- Compact mirror, tweezers
- Candy, chocolates, mints, gum
- Journal, calendar, pens, stationary, small gift
- Flip flops, slippers
- Night Shirt, pajamas, socks, under garments
- A few coins for good fortune
- Anything inspirational and/or appropriate
- A personal note of encouragement. As you fill the purse, remember how much each item will make the woman who receives it feel (special and loved), the excitement she will feel opening the purse and knowing that someone cared about her. One act of #KINDNESS can change the world.
- A tag on the outside listing what is inside.
THANK YOU! You may not know the mom that you are helping, but she is VERY grateful!
Don't have time, but would like to help a #Mom? Donate here, our volunteers will shop for you.
2024 Welcome to Helping Hands application
Thank you for your continued support of our work and mission. We invite you to visit us and learn more about our commitment to the community.
Our doors are open to anyone in need.
Your volunteer team at Helping Hands
Helping Hands, NJ - Chatham, NJ 07928
[email protected] | 201-988-9070
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Helping Hands distributes essential items through our large and growing network of individuals and partner organizations throughout New Jersey.
Our doors are open to anyone in need.
Your volunteer team at Helping Hands
Helping Hands, NJ - Chatham, NJ 07928
[email protected] | 201-988-9070
Link Tree - https://linktr.ee/helpinghandsofchatham
Helping Hands distributes essential items through our large and growing network of individuals and partner organizations throughout New Jersey.