Help Us Bring Holiday Hope to 75 Local Families: The 2026 Blessing Box Project
The holidays should be a time of joy, but for families struggling to make ends meet, the cost of everyday necessities can add another layer of stress. Hope Full Life Center’s annual Blessing Box Project returns this holiday season for its ninth year, bringing practical help and a little extra holiday cheer to families in the Ravena–Coeymans–Selkirk community.
Through this special project, we hope to provide 75 households with boxes filled with essential household supplies, paper products, cleaning products, groceries, and holiday treats. Most boxes go directly to families served by our Helping Harvest grocery program. Any leftover boxes are kept for families in crisis throughout the new year.
Meeting Everyday Needs with a Little Holiday Kindness
For many households, expenses such as housing, utilities, and groceries leave little room in the budget for necessities like toilet paper, laundry detergent, dish soap, and all-purpose cleaner. These everyday items are essential, but they can be difficult to afford—and many cannot be purchased with SNAP benefits.
The Blessing Box Project helps fill that gap. By providing these practical necessities alongside food and seasonal treats, we hope to ease some of the financial pressure families experience during the holidays and remind them that their community cares.
Every box represents more than supplies. It represents neighbors helping neighbors, kindness shared, and the hope that no family feels forgotten during the Christmas season.
Help Us Reach 75 Families This Christmas
It takes approximately $3,500 to purchase the supplies needed for this year's Blessing Box Project. With the help of generous donors, including TCI of NY and SABIC, we can assemble and distribute 75 boxes to local households that need a little extra support.
Your donation can make a real difference. Each box costs us $35 to assemble and your donation of that amount or another that works for your budget would be very appreciated. Every gift helps us bring practical support and holiday encouragement to our neighbors.
How to Donate
Your generosity helps make this annual tradition possible!
Give online: Make a secure donation at Hope Full Life Center's donation page.
Mail a check: Hope Full Life Center, Inc., PO Box 9, Ravena, NY 12143.
Drop off a donation: Visit Helping Harvest at Faith Plaza in Ravena during business hours. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday: 10-2, Wednesday and Friday: 2-6, Saturday: 11-1.
We are grateful to everyone who supports the Blessing Box Project through financial contributions, donated supplies, and acts of kindness. Together, we can help 75 local households experience a little less stress and a little more joy this Christmas.
Thank you for helping us share kindness, dignity, and hope—one Blessing Box at a time.
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