THE RUNDOWN: Each charity/non-profit is providing a prize item. The person who gives the most towards a particular charity wins the prize item.

Click on a charity to find more information.

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1. The Catholic Worker

The Catholic Worker is a community of people committed to serving the poor through hospitality and peace building. We have a men’s and a women’s house and welcome in people who have no where else to go, offering them food, shelter and a place to belong. We also run a drop-in center that serves the basic needs of the homeless: breakfast, laundry and shower facilities, and a peaceful place to fellowship.

Items to Donate for the Prize Item:

• Financial donation to help build the wall to our Drop-in Center, Our Lady of the Road.
  Description: need to be sealed and repaired to keep rain, snow and the cold out. This will also lower our heat bill and prevent mold from growing. Please donate money to help us have a warm dry place to welcome the poor into.
• Operating supplies: Coffee, creamer, sugar, peanut butter, jelly, paper napkins men’s socks and underwear, razors, toothbrushes, cleaning supplies

Prize Item You Could Win:

• A bountiful summer fresh basket of garden vegetables, free range chicken eggs, homemade granola and baked goods, all locally grown and made especially for you!

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2. Teen Challenge

Teen Challenge.

Items to Donate for the Prize Item:

Prize Item You Could Win:

• 4x4...Four men, four hours! We will provide the labor for your project either at home or at your business.
• General labor, small construction jobs
• Landscaping, yard cleanup, mowing, etc.
• Painting
• House cleaning

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3. Starfish Project

The Starfish Project restores hope to exploited women in Asia. We are a business and charity that provide jobs for sexually exploited and trafficked women in Asia. We also provide a wide range of social and emotional support and services.

Items to Donate for the Prize Item:

• Time Donation - 3 hours of volunteer work
• Host an Event, help raise awareness by hosting a Starfish jewelry party
• Financial Gift - to open a drop-in center in a major red-light district

Prize Item You Could Win:

• White Mother-of-Pearl disc necklace and earrings, retail value is $49.98.

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4. Graceful Living (Transitional Ministries)

Graceful Living is a women's transitional home. Mission: To measurable reducee recidivism and positively effect the lives of each individual whom we serve to become self-sustaining, productive, values driven and integrated members of the community.

Items to Donate for the Prize Item:

• Comforters, outside toys, Radio, CD player, Batteries, Pillows, Pillow Cases, Floor Rugs, Energy Safe Light Bulbs, Coffee, Cleaning Supplies, Creamer, Hand Soap, Dish Soap, Kids Bibles, Laundry detergent, Movies, Sanitary products, Sheets - Full and Twin, Hangers, Kids Clothes, Hygeine Products, Shampoo and Conditioner, Washing Machine, Soap, Clothes Dryer

Prize Item You Could Win:

• Delicious homemade cookies to anyone who gives to our cause.

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5. Girls on the Run

Girls on the Run Michiana is a life-changing, character development program for 3rd-5th grade girls in the greater Michiana area. The program weaves training for a non-competitive 5K event with healthy living education. Trained coaches combine running and walking games with uplifting lessons in important life skills such as healthy eating, leadership, goal-setting, cooperation, learning to challenge idealized images of beauty and dealing with peer pressure.

Items to Donate for the Prize Item:

• Sponsor a Girl with a $150 donation
• Provide program T-shirts for 75 girls with a $500 donation
• Program supplies: 200 sticky name tags, 600 index cards, 60 colored markers, 60 ink pens, 120 manila envelopes, 10 packages balloons (any size, color), 10 boxes zip lock bags, 8 packages of colored paper clips

Prize Item You Could Win:

• Free pair of New Balance shoes. Your choice of style, size, and width
• Girls on the Run travel mug
• Girls on the Run T-shirt

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6. ADEC

Since 1952, ADEC has been providing services and supports to children, adults and families living with the challenges of disabilities. Based in Bristol, ADEC operates 14 group homes and 7 community-based adult day service sites in Elkhart and St. Joseph counties. ADEC also provides Employment, Guardianship, Visual Impairment, Supported Living and Family services.

Items to Donate for the Prize Item:

• Financial gift toward the expansion of our services in St. Joseph County. In the last six months, ADEC has opened four group homes and an adult day service site in order to provide services to 28 adults who were abandoned by their former residential services provider when that agency was decertified by state officials and abruptly closed.
• 1 Hour of volunteer time helping with an ADEC event
• Two children's wagon
• Gift cards to restaurants like Bob Evans, Chili's, Hacienda or Applebees
• Gift cards for bowling, movies, or sporting events like Silver Hawks or Notre Dame events

Prize Item You Could Win:

• Framed artwork created by an ADEC consumer.

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7. The 'SPA' Women's Ministry Home

The SPA is a rehabilitation home and a 6 month program for those in recovery from alcohol, drugs, or abuse.

Items to Donate for the Prize Item:

• Time/volunteer donation
• Flowers or plants for the garden
• Financial gift toward new classroom

Prize Item You Could Win:

• A $50 cleaning voucher for housekeeping

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8. LeSEA Global Feed the Hungry

LeSEA Global Feed the Hungry is a non-profit 501(c3) mission organization dedicated to feeding the hungry around the world and providing emergency relief to those in need as a result of famine, drought, flood, war, or other disaster. Since 1988, Feed The Hungry has delivered over $200 million dollars of relief supplies to over 94 nations worldwide. Feed The Hungry directly overseees the entire relief process, making sure your contributions get into the hands of those in need without undue government intervention. Before a food distribution takes place, we first secure guarantees from appropritate government agencies, giving us the rights to distribute the food directly through local churches. Fee The Hungry is a Pastor-to-Pastor, Church-to-Church program responding to the bliblical mandate to feed the hungry.

Items to Donate for the Prize Item:

• Your gift of $6 can send 100 meals to starving children or feed 1 child for an entire month. $72 will feed a child for a whole year!
• Assist us with your time to make family packs to be distributed to those in need
• Non-perishable Food items

Prize Item You Could Win:

• TBA

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9. Hope Ministries

Hope Ministries began as Hope Rescue Mission in 1954 with a commitment to love and serve those who are in need. Today, nearly 100 men, women and children live at Hope's Family Life Center while learning about and experiencing Christ-centered, grace-based transformation. Hope Ministries offers free meals, housing, adult education, addictions recovery, early childhood development and parenting programs, guidance for life skills and access to mental and physical healthcare.

Items to Donate for the Prize Item:

• $70 dontaion to provide the funding needed for an adult to earn their GED in Hope's Adult Education program
• $36 donation to provide all of Hope's programs and services to one man, woman or child for one day
• $15 donation to provide two weeks of substance abuse recovery programs for a Hope resident
• Volunteers to assist with special events and fundraising
• Tangible items: toilet paper, Transpo bus passes, Walmart gift cards (for prescription co-pays), household cleaning supplies, new socks and underwear for men and women, diapers (size 3 and larger), feminine hygiene products, and bath towels

Prize Item You Could Win:

• Sweets and Spa Package: One hour massage gift certificate from Michiana Medical Massage Therapy Clinic
• $25 off certificate for Frosting Smiles custom ckaes and desserts
• $10 off certificate for Tammy's Hair Salon

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10. Help With Love, Inc.

Help With Love assists people in need by connecting them with local organizations which provide services to under-resourced individuals and by aiding churches and assistance organizations in developing new initiatives for the long term development of people in need.

Items to Donate for the Prize Item:

• $25 fuel card to a local gas station
• $25 grocery card to Meijer or Martins
• Oil change gift certificates to "Perry Automotive" on 13701 McKinley in Mishawaka
• Financial donation to support Help With Love community ministries
• Volunteer for a Help With Love service day

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11. Bridge of Hope

Bridge of Hope's mission is to end and prevent homelessness for women and their children through intensive case management and linkage to a local faith-based mentoring group.

Items to Donate for the Prize Item:

• Diapers
• Gas cards
• Grocery cards
• Clothing card for kids
• $1500-$2000 for continued education
• $1000 for heating and warmth for a year
• $800 for a month's rent and deposit
• $500 for furnishing an empty apartment
• $250 for gasoline for a month
• $100 for one week of childcare

Prize Item You Could Win:

• Believe, Hope, Trust, "Live" on copper and sterling silver with 16" sterling silver chain
• L.O.V.E. on 16" sterling silver bead chain
• Make Life Count on hammered copper disc with 16" black leather

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12. Indiana Heart Gallery

The Indiana Heart Gallery is dedicated to raising awareness about Indiana children in foster care that are available for adoption. The gallery utilizes the talents of volunteer photographers to capture photos that represent the spirit of each unique child.

Items to Donate for the Prize Item:

• The Heart Gallery is interested in recruiting volunteer photographers
• We are also looking for businesses, faith-based organizations, and events willing to host Heart Gallery exhibits.

Prize Item You Could Win:

• $50 Visa gift card

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13. Hannah's House

Hannah's House is a Christian maternity home.

Items to Donate:

• Cash contributions
• Gift cards for groceries or household needs
• Baby clothes (birth - 18 months)
• Baby items
• Women's toiletries
• Paper products (garbage bags, paper plates, toilet paper, paper towels)

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14. Humane Society of St. Joseph County

The Humane Society serves to instill reverence for all life and to enhance the human/animal bond through the compassionate care of animals and community education.

Items to Donate for the Prize Item:

• Forever postage stamps
• Kitten food
• Cat food
• Humane society membership
• Gift cards to general merchandise stores such as Walmart, Target, Lowes, and Petco

Prize Item You Could Win:

• Pet basket with a $15 gift card to Petco, bowls, collar and leash, treats and other great items!

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15. Food Bank of Northern Indiana

Founded in 1993, the Food Bank of Northern Indiana (FBNI) distributes food through 185 agencies in six counties in northern Indiana - Elkhart, LaPorte, Kosciusko, Marshall, Starke and St. Joseph Counties. The FBNI works in partnership with the community to feed the hungry, increase awareness of the effects of hunger and lead programs designed to alleviate hunger.

Items to Donate for the Prize Item:

• Financial Contributions - For every $1 donated to the Food Bank of Northern Indiana, because of our incredible buying power, we can turn that $1 into up to seven meals for those with hunger insecurity issues of northern Indiana

Prize Item You Could Win:

• Food Bank of Northern Indiana t-shirt and $50 Restaurant.com gift certificate

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16. SJC Bridges Out of Poverty

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Items to Donate for the Prize Item:

• Computer technical support volunteer
• $1200 sponsors whole class financial management
• $25 food for 1 week of classes
• Martins gift cards in $10 increments
• $25 for books for one class per person
• Sponsorships for MNM Meetings $700 per meeting
• Video advertising

Prize Item You Could Win:

• 2 Hour Bridges overview and 2 Bridges books, value of $200

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17. Second Blessings Ministry

Second Blessings Ministry is a household item pantry for under resourced people.

Items to Donate for the Prize Item:

• Household items like ice cube trays, kichen utensils, kitchen towels, dish clothes, pot holders, beverage glasses, silverware, dishware, cookware, small kitchen appliances, bath towels, small lamps, irons

Prize Item You Could Win:

• Child's backpack with school supplies and a complete 7 volume set of "Chronicles of Narnia" full color collector's edition

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18. Ebenezer Christian School

The Ebenezer Christian School was founded to provide high quality Christian education, emphasizing strong Christian values for poor families in Arequipa, Peru.

Items to Donate for the Prize Item:

• 1 person to sponsor a child one month of education, $55

Prize Item You Could Win:

• A beautiful 6'x7' imported South American rug

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19. Center for the Homeless

For more than two decades, the Center for the Homeless has been a cornerstone non-profit in St. Joseph County. Our 215-bed facility is at capacity every night of the year. Collectively, the Center has served nearly 45,000 individuals, not only by providing them with a meal and a warm bed for the night but also by linking them up with the programs, agencies and people in our community who can help them break the cycle of homelessness. This nationally recognized model includes a full-range of services, including adult basic education, job training, medical and mental health treatment, addiction counseling and early childhood intervention services.

Items to Donate for the Prize Item:

• Diapers/Wipes
• Toiletries (deodorant, toothbrushes/toothpaste, shampoo, conditioner, Band-aids, etc.)
• buprofen/acetaminophen
• New towels/washcloths
• Kleenex
• Children's swimsuits/beach towels (for summer camps)
• Giftcards to local grocery stores for fruits and vegetables

Prize Item You Could Win:

• Magnavox 17" LCD TV (value: $150)