The 2024 Holiday Drive – the results!
THANKS THANKS THANKS!
Besides the fabulous committee and all the incredible families that offered support for this event – we had some amazing groups that lent a hand for the event. Many many thanks to:
St. John’s Presbyterian Church – for loaning us so much space for the week of the drive!
CHS Girls Lacrosse – college bags
CHS Girls Soccer – food bags
CHS Boys Lacrosse – food and college bags
CHS Girls Basketball – gift cards
CHS Cross Country – cleaning and food bags
CHS Sailing Team – cleaning bags
CHS Student Council – cleaning bags
CHS Swimming and Diving Teams – cleaning bags
CHS Wrestling Team – helped move and sort heavy boxes of food
TESD Administrative Offices and Administrators – gift cards
Beaumont ES – food bags
Devon ES – games and blankets
Hillside ES – kitchen items
New Eagle ES – books
Valley Forge ES – food, hats/gloves
Valley Forge MS – food bags
Tredyffrin/Easttown MS – cleaning bags
Many local T/E Girl Scout troops – homemade cookies
CHS Project Wellness – dental supplies for all the kids
Ashley White and the VFES 3rd graders – decorating the gift card envelopes
Target (Devon) – family gifts
Wegmans (Malvern) – sponsored some families and gift cards
Four Counties Garden Club – 50 wreaths
Covered Bridge Garden Club – gift cards
TE Moms Group – college bags
HomeCooked – gift cards
Plaid Pajama Project – pjs for all the kids
Administrative Concepts, Inc – family gifts
Cross Fit Mainline – family gifts and gift cards
St. Norberts – gift cards
Keller Williams Real Estate – family gifts
Lockheed Martin – food bags
Penn Medicine (Valley Forge) – family gifts
Malvern Lawn Care – gift cards
Paoli Village Shoppes – gift cards and general donation
Stillwater Capital Advisors – general donation
Nothing Bundt Cake (Gateway) – 3 dozen bundtinis for the volunteers
Life’s Patina – general donation
MORE NAMES TO COME!
Special holiday notes from the families we support:
Christmas is all about love. Thanking you and the whole T&E Care family for spreading love and joy this holiday season and hoping you receive it in return.
I just wanted to e-mail to say thank you so much from my family to T&E Care holiday drive. I was not expecting this at all and are incredibly grateful for all of the food and cleaning supplies. I wasn’t expecting the extra gifts for the children and I know they will be so happy on Christmas morning. I was also able to order my older kids the things they have been asking for with the gift cards that I didn’t think I’d be able to afford this year, along with tons of educational toys for my younger child when before she barely had any. All of this seriously took the biggest weight off my shoulders and I can’t thank you enough and express my gratitude. My kids will be ecstatic on Christmas morning all thanks to the T&E Care drive. Thank you a million times over, I will forever be grateful.
We thank you from the bottom of our hearts!
Oh, wow! Thank you so much, We didn’t realize we were receiving anything. My former husband has had an incredibly horrible year physically/medically, and this will be such a blessing. You don’t know how much this is going to mean to him. He’s terminally ill. Reaching out to you earlier in the year when it was just our daughter here with him and I found out there were no working appliances, your agency took it to the board and approved a new stove and refrigerator within days. I cannot thank T&E Care enough for all the support you have provided! Please let everyone know how much this is appreciated, and who you are taking care of. There is an elderly man out here that can eat healthy meals, and will be celebrating Christmas because of your love. Thank you.
Holiday Drive 2024 Committee
Thanks to all those who are working on this year’s Holiday Drive. What an incredible and amazing group!
Doreen McGillis, Co-Chair
Jeanne Swope, Co-Chair
If you’d like to get involved with this great group for future drives, let us know at Holidays@tecare.org.
Holiday Drive Photos 2024
If you click on any one photo you will see the entire gallery (just use arrows).
Girls Lacrosse
Girls lacrosse
kitchenware
food and cleaning bags
gift card envelopes by elementary students
gifts in a trunk – ready for delivery
loading a car in the rain
plastic wrapping gifts in preparation for the big storm on delivery day
PJs for the kids
gifts
food/cleaning bags
wreaths
loading a car in the rain!
gifts
committee members
cookies from the scouts
helping with the cookies
Target (Devon)
committee members
Nothing Bundt Cake
Lockheed Martin
wrapping volunteers
loading a car in the rain
Wegmans (Malvern)
gifts
Boys Lacrosse
For future reference:
The 2024 Holiday Drive
The 2024 Holiday Drive is almost finished. We are at the church now with a lot of the gifts. Sorting will take place and we’ll be delivering by the end of the week. We’re excited to be able to lend a hand to our neighbors again this year. Thanks again to everyone who lent a hand. Below are the basics for how our drive works.
- In October, we ask families being supported to complete their wishlists for the Holiday Drive.
- Volunteers will take those requests and add them to a SignUp Genius.
- You may select your donations from the Sign-up Genius. Select one item, a whole family, or anything in-between! The Sign-up Genius will be available to the community from November 14h to December 6th
- We WILL be asking for food and cleaning bags this year. We have put together a specific list of items for each bag to make the shopping easy (see downloads section).
- As in the past, we will be looking for gifts and gift cards for each family.
- If shopping isn’t your thing, we are happy to accept general donations via check, Venmo, or credit card/PayPal. Our committee members will use those funds to purchase gift cards or requested gifts.
- We ask you to drop off the gifts at St. John’s Presbyterian Church – 217 Berkley Rd, Devon. Drop off times are Saturday, December 7 (9am-noon) or Sunday, December 8 (noon-2pm). If you cannot make these dates work, contact us for another option.
- As in the past, we are asking donors to wrap their gifts in advance and label them with the appropriate family number and what is inside. Please do not wrap or box gift cards. If you need assistance with wrapping, we are happy to help. (See example below for wrapping details.)
- Given potential shipping delays, please allow for extra delivery time for any online purchases.
- Please print and complete the Donor Form (see downloads section) and drop off with your gifts or gift cards.
- One other option – if you want to do even more to help local families this holiday season, consider a small additional donation to go towards general “day to day living” support (housing, utilities, transportation, etc), you can make a general donation as well. Any amount will go a long way.
- Questions, PLEASE contact us at holidays@tecare.org
If you are only donating gift cards, there are 3 options for dropping them off:
- You can mail them to T&E Care-Holiday Drive, PO Box 2111, Southeastern, PA 19399 (be sure they are mailed prior to Nov 30th, to avoid any mail delays).
- If you want to do an early gift card drop off in person, you may do so the week of Dec 2nd. Please email the gift card committee at giftcards@tecare.org for early drop off instructions.
- You can drop them off at the church on Dec 7 or 8, see address above.
FORMS FOR 2024 HOLIDAY DRIVE
Forms to download for this year’s Holiday Drive:
Holiday Drive Donor Form – if you are making a donation of gifts and/or gift cards to the Holiday Drive, please include a copy of this form when you drop off your items.
CLICK HERE to download the 2024 Holiday Drive Donor Form.
Cleaning Bag list – If you want to donate a cleaning bag for a family – please use this list. We are trying to make all bags somewhat consistent. Thanks!
Click HERE for the cleaning supply list.
Food Bag list – If you want to donate a food bag for a family – please use this list to help make bags more consistent. Thanks!
Click HERE for the food bag list.
College Bag list – If you want to donate a college bag to a college student – please use this list to help make the bags more consistent.
Click HERE for a sample college bag list.
Donation Receipt – if you made a donation to the Holiday Drive you should receive an email or letter of thanks. But if you want to just print out a receipt, you can download one here.
Monetary Donations for the T&E Care Holiday Drive
Thank you very much for your donation; we will use your monetary donation to cover the families’ unclaimed gifts and/or gift cards. If you are selecting the option to contribute a small additional donation for general “day-to-day living” support, please indicate “Additional Holiday Drive General Support” in the note area.
DONATING WITH VENMO:
- You can use Venmo to make a donation
- Our logo is:
and our ID is @tecare - The last 4 digits of our phone number are 1068.
- IMPORTANT NOTE – if you are new to T&E Care, we need your email to send a note of thanks. Venmo does not automatically provide this information. Please send us an email at venmo@tecare.org to alert us of your donation. If you want a mailed receipt, please also send your mailing address.
DONATING WITH A CREDIT CARD OR PAYPAL:
The button below is for CREDIT CARD/PAYPAL donations and prize tickets purchases
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- PayPal charges approximately 2.5% processing fee for each dollar donated. If you would like 100% of your donation to go to T&E Care, please add this fee to your donation.
- You do NOT need a PayPal account to make a donation; any major credit card will work.
- T&E Care will NOT be given any of your personal credit card information.
DONATING WITH A CHECK:
- Checks should be mailed to T&E Care, PO Box 2111, Southeastern, PA 19399, attn: Holiday Drive.
Completing the SignUp Genius Form
Once the SignUp Genius link is ready – here are the general directions for completing that form:
- You will see multiple tabs for different sizes of families from which to choose, plus a tab just for generic gift cards. If one tab is fully claimed – be sure to check out options on other tabs.
- Choose a family(s) and/or item(s) from a tab. Check the box beside each item you select to donate. To select the entire family you must check each box in the family’s section.
- If you want, you may continue to select more items or families from that tab, or from any other tab, but you must click on “Submit and Sign Up” at the end of each tab to confirm your selections before you move to another tab.
- You will receive an email from SignUp Genius confirming your choice(s). If you have selected families or items from multiple tabs you will receive multiple emails.
- Completing your selections is as easy as providing your name, email and phone number.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
We will be looking for assistance this December at St. Johns Church (217 Berkley Rd., Devon) to help with this drive. Click below for the SignUp Genius link so you can choose your times. You can sign up for various shifts as time allows. Please be sure you include your cell phone numbers, especially for the last available dates. We may be exceptionally well organized and get done sooner so we’ll want to contact you and free up your time! Please, due to the confidential nature of this event, these volunteer opportunities are only for adults*. Thanks for understanding!
Click here for the Volunteer SignUp Genius Link
Available dates and times include:
Friday, Dec 6: 2:45-5:00
Saturday, Dec 7: 8:45-noon
Sunday, Dec 8: 11:45-2:00
Monday, Dec 9: 9:00-5:00
Tuesday, Dec 10: 9:00-5:00
Wednesday, Dec 11: 7:45-5:00
*If you have high school-aged kids who could help unload cars on the weekend days, please send a note to holidays@tecare.org and we can discuss.
Holiday Drive Summaries
For summaries of past holiday drives, including pictures and the list of sponsors and donors, go to the Archived Holiday Drive page.
The mission of T&E Care is to maintain a network of people providing short-term financial and other material assistance to persons in need who live in and around the Tredyffrin and Easttown township areas.
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