UPDATE:
Thank you to everyone that helped! Our friends in healthcare are feeling appreciated. Our collection time has ended – if you have gifts, please share them with hospital staff directly.
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Covid is not done with us yet!
It’s stronger now than when we asked you to Share the Love in our overwhelmingly successful Cards and Letters drive in February. Our health care workers are drawing on reserves they didn’t even know they had!!!
Are we helping? We CAN!
First, get vaccinated and wear your mask! Staying out of the hospital is the BEST way you show we care.
Second, write a card of thanks, appreciation, support, and love to a health care worker. Ask kids to help (we LOVE handmade cards and notes from kids and adults).
If you want to support a favorite, local restaurant, as we did before, we’ll gladly accept either $10 gift cards OR a donation to the church marked “Share the Love.”
We will accept donations through Sunday, May 16 and will deliver them to the hospital for you
Still have questions? Check out the FAQ section below.
Still more questions? Call or email Tamara Gilbert.
- Why are we doing this? GPMC wants to share some love and appreciation for Health Care workers in Grosse Pointe who have been SO dedicated and caring over the long haul that is Covid (and so overwhelmed by yet another surge).
- What should I do first? Get a vaccine so you can stay out of the hospital.
- And Second? Write a card or letter of support to a health care worker. Let them know we care with a personal message.
- Any other goals? We also would like to support local restaurants, who have worked so hard to remain open, employing friends and neighbors and feeding us.
- How should I do that? Buy a $10 restaurant or coffee shop gift card to include with our messages of love.
- Where do I drop them off?
Bring them to Sunday Worship – we’ll have a collection box
OR use the mail slot in the church door with the “Show the Love – Share the Love” sign
OR mail them to the church.
- When do I drop them off? By May 16 – sooner is appreciated too. The Share the Love committee will combine the notes and cards with gift cards and bring them to the hospital.
- Where are they going? Healthcare workers will be receiving our messages of love and support. Hospital staff will make the distribution.
- Is it OK to make a donation so Outreach can buy $10 gift cards? Sure! Write a check to GPMC OR make an on-line donations at this link: GPMC – Give Now. Be sure to designate “Other” as the recipient and “Share the Love” in the comments section.
- Should my the gift cards be for Exactly $10? Yes, we’d like them to be the same for everyone.
- Should the gift cards ONLY come from GP locations? Not required, but remember, they will be given to people who work in GP so it might be nice to give them a local place to support.
- What if I want to make more than one card or support more than one restaurant? YES! There are no limits on the love we share.
Whatever YOU do to contribute will make it better!
Let’s make May a chance to Show the Love and Share the Love.