Our efforts to meet the needs of the Tampa/Hillsborough County community continue on Saturday, May 9, at the North Campus with our next Giving from the Heart drive-through donation event. Volunteers from our Women’s and Men’s Prayer Groups will be gathered from 9 to 11 a.m. to receive items assisting the Foundations of Life Pregnancy Centers, and Created Women, a local non-profit working to rehabilitate women who have suffered being trafficked.
Can’t make it to the North Campus on the day of the drive?
Click the image to access our Amazon Wishlist, and have your donation shipped directly to the parish office!
With Mother’s Day being celebrated that same weekend, the emphasis of our drive will be on aiding women, especially those facing recovery from trafficking, or those with unexpected pregnancies.
Created Women serves and empowers women affected by sex trafficking and exploitation, reclaiming their lives and restoring their value, dignity, and purpose through the redeeming love of Christ. The group turns short-term relationships into long-term rehabilitation opportunities, operating a number of decentralized recovery homes where, in a structured, trauma-informed setting, women can experience healing, restoration, and independence.
Click to View Created’s Needs List:
- Travel Size Body Wash, Lotion, Toothpaste
- Toothbrushes
- Body Wipes
- Disposable Razors
- Sports Bras (all sizes)
- Women’s Underwear (all sizes)
- Women’s Pants (all sizes)
- Socks
- Sandals or Flip-Flops
- Drawstring Backpacks
- Women’s hair products
Foundations of Life is a special service offered by Catholic Charities of the Diocese of St. Petersburg, where its centers provide support to women who are facing an unplanned pregnancy. Each center offers free, confidential, and nonjudgmental assistance to women of all ages, stressing to their clients that they don’t have to face their unplanned pregnancy alone. The centers also assist with the essentials needed for early childcare through toddler ages. While the list below contains items that are always in need, the Amazon listing for this drive heavily features infant and toddler clothing (0-3 months up to 2T), which has been requested by the beneficiary as its greatest need currently.
Click to View the Foundations of Life Needs List
- diapers (sizes 4-6 preferred)
- formula
- wipes
- baby lotion
- baby wash & shampoo
- diaper rash creams sprays, or ointments
- baby blankets
- bottles
- pacifiers
- clothes (onesies or sizes 0-3 months, up through 2T & 3T)
- baby caps & booties
- used strollers carriers, & car seats
- baby & 2nd stage foods
Additional information and needs list updates will be available on this page as they are received. As always, the church appreciates your attentiveness and generosity for these drives. As a special showing of that appreciation, the first 50 donors that arrive at the drive on May 9 will receive an Our Lady of Guadalupe multicolor auto Rosary from the Outreach Committee.
