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DENVER CATHOLIC | NOVEMBER 11-24, 2017 B7 SCHEDULE YOUR DONATION TODAY! $100 Helps: • Pay for three nights at our shelters • Feed 62 people in our shelters • Buy 400 diapers for newborns • Provide one month of heating for a family • Buy a bus pass for one month #100BucksHelps Thank you for your support! coloradogives.org/ccdenver Tuesday, December 5 Coloradogives.org/Machebeuf Coloradogives.org/SeedsofHope Coloradogives.org/HolyFamilyHighSchool senior services, mentor/teaching, spe- cial opportunities and group opportu- nities. Samaritan House, a homeless shelter, and Marisol Health, a women's health clinic, are great places to serve. Visit the volunteer hub at serveccden- ver.volunteerhub.com/events/indexv1. THROUGH YOUR PARISH Pay attention to the giving opportu- nities going on at your parish, as most parishes participate in some kind of giving during the holiday season, from food pantry drives to having parishio- ners help visit the homebound. GIVE MONEY Colorado Gives Day is Dec. 5 this year, so it's a great time to consider donating to any special causes or char- ities near to your heart. Other creative ways to give monetarily might be to pay for someone to go home for the holidays or to tip generously when you go out to eat. SEND GIFTS There are plenty of organizations where you can donate gifts to children or families in need. Donate to Compas- sion International to provide a gift for a child in need here: compassion.com/ christmas-gift-for-needy-children. htm, or donate a shoe box of items to a child in a third world country through Samaritan Purse here: samar- itanspurse.org/what-we-do/opera- tion-christmas-child/. You can also donate your family's unused clothes still in good condition to a clothing drive, especially socks and mittens for colder winter weather. Denver Rescue Mission's Adopt a Family program is another great way to give gifts to a family in need. For more info, check out their page here: denverrescuemission. org/adoptafamily. GIVE TIME Spending time with others is another great way to give. Visit the elderly at Mullen Home in Denver, or visit the homebound and help them cook, clean or decorate. Helping with children at daycare, babysitting for a family to give the parents a date night, or bringing meals to a new and exhausted family are other great ways to give your time. Christ in the City also serves meals to the homeless ever second Saturday of the month and invite anyone to come volunteer and spend time with the homeless. For more information, visit christinthecity.co/volunteer/. GIVE FOOD One of the more traditional ways to give during the holiday season is par- ticipating in soup kitchens like Denver Catholic Worker Soup Kitchen or at a parish. Donating food to a local drive or preparing holiday meals to give to people in need is another way. You can also bake cookies and give them to neighbors or friends going through a tough time. ADOPT A FAMILY Know someone in need in your com- munity? Have friends and family pitch in to help provide for them this season, such as buying Christmas dinner for a single mom or low-income family and bringing them a few gifts. OTHER IDEAS FOR GIVING Many people are lonely during the holidays. Give by inviting someone to your Christmas dinner, especially if he or she doesn't have a family to spend it with. Another way give is spiritually: Invite someone to go to Mass with you or to join you in prayer.

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