By Victoria Pike
Everyone knows the holidays are all about giving, check out this list on where and what to give this holiday season.
Abilities Unlimited provides choices for job training, assists in helping create and achieve goals, and mentors those with disabilities. This holiday season, they are looking for scarves, socks, hats, gloves and any sort of warm clothing for their clients. Abilities will also accept any sort of donation (furniture, clothing, decor, knick-knacks, etc.) to sell in their resale shop. www.abilitiesunlimitedhotsprings.com
The Jackson House is an emergency and crisis intervention center that provides short-term shelter, food, clothing, and hygiene products to their clients. This year, they are asking for donations as Christmas gifts to their preteens, things like Axe Body Spray or perfume, small makeup kits, footballs, games, journals, hoodies and bath sets. The Jackson House also feeds the homeless, so canned meat, spaghetti sauces, peanut butter, ham, chicken, and turkey, would all be appreciated. You can drop your donations off at select Dollar General stores, or at the Jackson House itself. The staff is also willing to come pickup your large donations, should a church or other organization gather items to donate to them. www.jacksonhouse.org
Ouachita Children’s Center offers a wide variety of youth services through both Garland and Clark counties. They have support anywhere from a 24-hour emergency shelter, to therapy and educational support groups for youth and their families. This holiday season they are in need of socks, underwear, and twin sized bed sheets. Through their rewards system with the kids, OCC has a points store that you may also donate to. They will accept anything from small gadgets for kids to play with to cologne and perfume. occnet.org.
Project HOPE Food Bank operates as a pooling area for 45 nonprofits in 7 different counties in Arkansas. Project HOPE dispenses to homeless shelters, charity kitchens, food pantries, children’s homes, and many more people in need. This holiday season, they are looking for your donation of shelf-stable products such as canned fruit, meat or vegetables, cereal, and peanut butter. www.projecthopefoodbank.org.
Below is a partial list of LOCAL nonprofits that seek help with funding. All of these nonprofits and many more will also graciously accept your monetary donation this holiday season or any time of year.
On Giving Tuesday, December 4th, be sure to remember YOUR favorite nonprofit and make your donation then.
Abilities Unlimited
Arkansas Learning Through the Arts
Boys & Girls Club of Hot Springs
Cooperative Christian Ministries and Clinic
Cutwell 4 Kids
Emergent Arts
Friends of Hot Springs National Park
Hot Springs Area Cultural Alliance
Hot Springs Children’s Dance Theatre Co.
Hot Springs Documentary Film Institute
Hot Springs Jazz Society
Springs Music Festival
Hot Springs Sister City Fdn
HS/HSV Symphony Guild
Jackson House
Low Key Arts
Lupus Foundation of AR
Mid-America Science Museum
Muses Creative Artistry Project
Ouachita Children’s Center
Pocket Community Theatre
Project HOPE Food Bank
