HOPE Ornaments 2021

HOPE Ornaments gathers, packages, and delivers holiday ornaments to patients spending their holiday season in the hospital and assisted living centers since 2007. Thousands of children and adults spend their holidays in the hospital battling life threatening illnesses such as Cancer, Lupus, Epilepsy, Alzheimer's and Heart Disease.

Despite a worldwide pandemic, HOPE Ornaments 2020 was a success. Thanks to team at HOPE Ornaments, the staff at the hospitals, Haworth, our volunteers, those who donated to our cause to purchase ornaments, those who donated ornaments, and the essential worker to help make is happen. We delivered over 5,000 ornaments to hospitals and assisted living centers throughout Illinois. To protect the patients as well as our volunteers, we teamed up with the nurses at each hospital and they were able to deliver them to the patients, letting them pick an ornament to keep. Covid-19 left patients in the hospital alone, as there was still the strict no visitors policies. The feedback we got about how the patients were lifted up by being able to choose an ornament that reminded them of home and loved ones. With the pandemic still in our everyday lives along with other illnesses, HOPE Ornaments is looking to bring holiday joy to those spending this holiday season in the hospital

HOPE Ornaments visits hospitals throughout Illinois, bringing the patients a little joy to their day by giving them their own HOPE ornament to choose and keep. Please help us reach 8,000 or more ornaments to donate to patients this 2021 holiday season. A complete list of hospitals we deliver to is available upon request. HOPE Ornaments begins delivering to hospitals mid-December and continues through Christmas Day.

Hospital and assisted living centers have begun to reach out wanting to continue the tradition of HOPE Ornaments. This was the best feeling in the entire world to know that the staff recognizes how much these ornaments bring HOPE and love to those in need. To assure the safety of not only the HOPE Ornament volunteers & their families – but for the patients and their loved ones as well, we will be making some changes in how the ornaments are distributed.

Ways to donate are:

ORNAMENTS: Store bought ornaments that we will deliver to patients spending their holiday season in the hospital. Each patient will get to choose and keep and ornament. Whether it is one ornament or several, every ornament will bring joy to a patient in need. Due to infection control of the patients, we can only donate newly purchased ornaments. Ornaments can be sent to:

HOPE Ornaments

562 2nd Street

Grayslake, IL 60030

MONETARY DONATIONS: Will be used to purchase ornaments and the supplies needed for the gift wrapping of the ornaments. You can donate directly on GoFundMe – HOPE Ornaments. We will post pictures of the ornaments bought with these donations on our Facebook page.

FAMILY & FRIENDS: Please reach out to family, friends, co-workers and neighbors. Projects for schools and churches are welcomed, please contact us for details or with any questions.

Thank you to everyone who continually supports our efforts and those potential new donors. Please visit us on Facebook - HOPE Ornaments to see pictures of the ornaments donated, ornaments purchased through donations and of ornaments being delivered to the hospitals.

For additional information please contact Elizabeth with HOPE Ornaments at (847) [phone redacted] or [email redacted]

From our HOPE family to yours, we wish you a Happy and Healthy Holiday!

Elizabeth Elliott

Founder of HOPE Ornaments