Saturday, March 21, 2020

Our Trip is Postponed - But the Need Goes On!

With border closures and current health and safety conditions, are not able to visit Hogar de Amor this April. As a team, we are gutted. We love the kids and staff of Hogar de Amor deeply, and we are so sad to cancel this year's trip.

The need at Hogar de Amor continues whether we are there or not, and the kids are dealing with all of the same stresses, health concerns, and stir-craziness of at-home school that so many of the rest of us feel. We are so disappointed not be able to love and encourage them in-person, and we remain committed to helping to sustain the needs of the orphanage even though we aren't able to visit right now. We want to knock their socks off with a huge donation to help out in this time of difficulty!

Please think and pray about making a donation today to Hogar de Amor.

You can donate online at https://centerpointutah.org/giving (select Mexico Mission Trip as the fund) or make checks out to CenterPoint Church with a memo of "Mexico trip" and mail them to the CenterPoint offices. All gifts are tax-deductible.

Wondering how your gift can be used? Here are some examples of the orphanage’s needs:
  • $8 for 12 pairs of boys athletic socks
  • $15 for 8 pairs of kids’ underwear
  • $250 purchases sealant for one orphanage house roof to keep it water-tight
  • $50 buys 5 gallons of paint
  • $30 buys fabric for curtains for one room of the new adolescent boys’ home
  • $15 for 15 new kitchen towels
  • $15 purchases 2 packages of multi-symptom cold and flu medication
  • $10 buys a giant box of assorted Band-Aids
  • $200 pays for clothing, food, activities, housing, and school expenses for one child
And above all, please pray for Hogar de Amor. Pray for the kids' health and safety and continued emotional growth even in a tough time. Pray for the caregivers and volunteers at Hogar de Amor as they now need to provide schooling on-site in addition to all of their other responsibilities. Pray that each person at Hogar de Amor would feel God's love, every day. 

Friday, March 13, 2020

Hogar de Amor Virtual Fundraiser!

We’ve decided to take our annual Hogar de Amor fundraiser online! Even though we can’t collect donations in-person at work or at church, that doesn’t change the needs that the kids of Hogar de Amor have, nor does it change our desire to knock their socks off with our love and generosity towards them!

We usually bring down multiple suitcases of donations every year - will you join us in blessing the kids and caregivers of Hogar de Amor with your generosity?

You can donate online at https://centerpointutah.org/giving (select Mexico Mission Trip as the fund) or make checks out to CenterPoint Church with a memo of "Mexico trip" and mail them to the CenterPoint offices. All gifts are tax-deductible.

Wondering how your gift can be used? Here are some examples of the orphanage’s needs:

  • $8 for 12 pairs of boys athletic socks
  • $15 for 8 pairs of kids’ underwear
  • $250 purchases sealant for one orphanage house roof to keep it water-tight
  • $50 buys 5 gallons of paint
  • $30 buys fabric for curtains for one room of the new adolescent boys’ home
  • $15 for 15 new kitchen towels
  • $15 purchases 2 packages of multi-symptom cold and flu medication
  • $10 buys a giant box of assorted Band-Aids
  • $200 pays for clothing, food, activities, housing, and school expenses for one child
Please join us in blessing and sustaining the work of Hogar de Amor. 

Sunday, March 8, 2020

Supporting Hogar de Amor

We are so excited about this year's trip to Hogar de Amor and wanted to invite you to support the kids and caregivers along with us. Each year we are able to bless the orphanage staff and kids with tons of donations - come join us!

How can you help?
  1. Pray pray pray!  Pray for the kids, the caregivers, the community, and the trip.
  2. Provide supply donations for the trip.  We are collecting coloring and activity books, colored pencils,  kitchen towels, hair brushes and barrettes, first aid supplies and medicines, and all sizes of children's and young adult underwear and socks.  You can give these items to Jamie or anybody going on the trip. If you are a regular attender of CenterPoint Church we will also have specific donation requests in the lobby before and after church in March.
  3. Financially support the trip's projects and the orphans of Hogar de Amor.  We will use these donations to purchase supplies for the trip and will donate the rest directly to the orphanage, so everything you give will help and encourage the kids of Hogar de Amor!  You can donate online (select Mexico Mission Trip as the fund) or make checks out to CenterPoint Church with a memo of "Mexico trip" and bring checks to church or mail them to the CenterPoint offices. All financial gifts are tax-deductible.