Thank You for the Giving Tree

20 01 2012

 

Thank you!

The Homewood Suites by Hilton Chicago Downtown would like to thank all of our generous guests for their donations to this year’s The Giving Tree Project. Due to your generosity we were able to provide winter accessories for a 1st grade classroom at Arthur A. Libby Elementary School. There are 27 children that will now be able to walk to school, build a snowman, and enjoy winter because of their new hats, scarves, and mittens.

The Homewood Suites was lucky enough to be able to hand out your donations yesterday to the students. Each kid received a wrapped present with warm winter accessories. When we arrived at the school we were warmly welcomed by everyone. We were just in time for story time so we were able to   listen as Mr. Becker and his 1st grade class learned the lessons of giving and being kind to each other. After story time each child received a gift from a member of the Homewood Suites Staff. Chaos ensued and wrapping paper and ribbons went flying everywhere! They were so excited to be able to receive their warm and stylish gifts that they were put on immediately.

After we took a few pictures everyone was able to take a picture with Lewis the Duck. Lewis is the Homewood Suites mascot and was able to fly in to make this very special trip to visit and help handout the gift. Lewis was a big favorite hit and everyone got to give him a hug or a handshake. When we left the school everyone was practicing their writing still wearing their hats, gloves, and scarves!

Please visit our Facebook page to see some pictures from the event. Thank you once again for your generous donations.


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The Giving Tree

21 11 2011

The Homewood Suites by Hilton Chicago Downtown will be organizing the Giving Tree once again this year. We were overwhelmed by the generosity and support from our guests, staff, and friends last year. We hope that this year we can be just as successful as last year.

We organized The Giving Tree to help outfit children from the Arthur A. Libby Elementary School in Englewood, Illinois. Englewood is one of the most underprivileged areas in the city of Chicago and many of the children in this first grade class do not have the necessary item to be warm during this time. We are collecting scarves, hats/earmuffs, and gloves/mittens for these children.

Last year we were able to successfully offer a hat, scarf, and gloves for each child in this 1st grade classroom. We are hoping that with the generosity and holiday spirit that we are able to do this again. We have a special tree designated as our Giving Tree in our 6th Floor Lobby. All you have to do is select an ornament for either a boy or girl and purchase and item from the list. You can then drop off the gifts at the front desk. We will wrap these items and make sure that each child has a present to keep them warm this winter. We hope you will join us and take an ornament for a well deserving child.

We will be collecting item until December 31st and will be delivering the items on Wednesday, January 4th. We would welcome any of our guests that would like to join us in handing out the gifts. Please make sure to check our Facebook Pagein order to see what your generosity is able to accomplish.

Arthur A. Libby Elementary Students

1st Grade Class


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