In addition to shopping online, Gifts of Hope offers two more ways to purchase gift items.

Purchase Gifts of Hope at an ELCA Congregation ONLY DURING THE ADVENT SEASON

A simple way to purchase Gifts of Hope during the Advent season is at a Gifts of Hope sales event in an ELCA congregation in the Washington DC metropolitan area.

1. Review the Current Gifts of Hope Catalog.
2. Pick up a Gifts of Hope Order Form in your congregation.
3. Write a check to your congregation (or pay in cash).
4. For each purchase, receive three items: a gift card (front/back of card, inside of card), an envelope and an insert describing your chosen gift.
5. Mail or give the cards with inserts to family, friends, office mates, or teachers.

To find an ELCA congregation, visit www.elca.org/ELCA/Search/Find-A-Congregation.aspx.

Purchase by Mail:

1. Review the Current Gifts of Hope Catalog and select a gift. If you prefer to make a gift to the beneficiary organization for use where the needs are greatest at the moment, simply follow the remainder of the steps, but do not select a specific gift. Write DONATION to [NAME of Organization] on the top of the order form and fill in the amount of the donation on the bottom line of the page.
2. Print and fill in the Gifts of Hope Web Order Form (pdf) .  Note: PDF requires Adobe Acrobat Reader. If you do not have Acrobat Reader, click here to download.
3. Add $2 to the total on the Gifts of Hope Order Form to cover the cost of mailing cards, inserts, and envelopes to you.
4. Make your check payable to: Metropolitan Washington DC Synod.
5. Write Gifts of Hope on the memo line of your check.
6. Mail the Order Form and your check to:
   Carolyn Sowinski
   Gifts of Hope, Director
   20415 Peridot Lane
   Germantown MD 20876
   
   
7. After you receive the cards, the inserts describing the gift or organization, and envelopes by return mail, you send or give the cards with inserts to family, friends, office mates.

Please Note: We will endeavor to fill orders promptly but cannot make guarantees about delivery times. We will send the cards, envelopes, and inserts you purchase to you via U.S. mail, so please plan ahead if you plan to mail them on to others.

Revised: January 10, 2012