Giving Tuesday is a new, growing, nationwide movement to follow on the events of “Black Friday” and “Cyber Monday” with a giving event on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving.
Catholic Charities of West Tennessee is leading the Memphis based non-profit community in participating in Giving Tuesday and is focusing its efforts on its annual Gifts For God’s Children outreach to 1,300 of at-risk children and elderly of our community.
Catholic Charities of West Tennessee has operated its Gifts For Gods Children program for 30 years and since 2012 has quadrupled the number of children and elderly served.
Please visit any of the three Memphis area Homewood Suites Hotels between 6:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m on November 27th and drop off your gifts.
What's needed:
- warm clothes (all sizes)
- unwrapped toys
- bikes
- Bicycle helmets
- non-perishable food
- gift cards (up to $25 in value)
- cash / checks
The Homewood Suites locations are:
- 5811 Poplar just east of I-240
- 3583 Hacks Cross near Southwind
- 7855 Wolf River Blvd near Germantown Road
For more information or to make a monetary donation to the gift drive, visit ccwtn.org.
