The Renaissance Foundation’s 2023 Spirit Gift Wrapping event was, once again, very successful in Kane County, Illinois and in Aiken County, South Carolina. Due to all of our volunteer support and the generous donations made to The Renaissance Foundation over the past twelve months, we were given the opportunity to add to the happiness of many children on Christmas morning again this year. Special thanks to our individual donors – we hope they know that, without their support, we would be unable to continue our mission to serve the less fortunate children in our communities.

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The Renaissance Foundation is proud to sponsor the Family Service Foundation of Greater Elgin!

Our 2022 Spirit Gift Wrapping event was a great success due to the efforts of our volunteers who graciously gave of their time again this year. Hundreds of children in our local communities and our Aiken, South Carolina, community benefitted from the generosity of our individual and corporate donors, particularly the St. Charles Meijer store. Each child’s gifts were individually chosen from that child’s “wish list” and then beautifully wrapped. Our immense thanks go out to all of our volunteers, as we could not make a difference without their support.

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Our Annual Spirit Gift Wrapping event was a great success due to the numerous volunteers who graciously gave from their hearts again in 2021. Our efforts to shop, tag and organize our gifts during October and November were made far easier by many new volunteers, as well as our returning volunteers, all of whom graciously shopped, wrapped and delivered the wonderful gifts for underprivileged children in our communities.

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We would like to extend our deepest gratitude to our volunteers and donors for their steadfast support throughout our most recent holiday event. Due to the Covid-19 restrictions, we were unable to hold our Annual Spirit Gift Wrapping Event which is typically scheduled during the first week of December. However, the needs of local children did not disappear with the event, and we were incredibly fortunate to have so many who were involved with our past events, together with many of our social worker contacts, step up to ensure that we were still able to make Christmas a special occasion for the homeless and needy children in Kane County. Due to the amount of assistance we were given, our Christmas gifts for these children were delivered on time. As in past years, all presents were individually chosen, respecting the wishes and/or needs of each child, and then beautifully wrapped by our volunteers. There are no words adequate to express our gratitude to our generous volunteers, without whom our 2020 Annual Spirit Gift Wrapping event could not have been accomplished.

We are so grateful that our volunteers, their families and friends have remained well during these challenging times, and we are hopeful that the coming new year will find us all with the ability to get together once again.

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2016 – Another successful year, made all the more so by all of our wonderful volunteers.

We were able to serve over 250 homeless children this year, due to all of our volunteer support and the generous donations made to The Renaissance Foundation over the past twelve months.

We are very grateful for the opportunity to add to the happiness of these children on Christmas morning again this year.

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Our numerous volunteers made our 2015 Spirit Gift Wrapping event the most successful ever!

Because of their assistance, we were able to wrap over 500 packages for 198 homeless children in our local communities. All gifts were individually chosen, according to the requests of each of the children, and then beautifully wrapped by one of our volunteers.

It is impossible to adequately thank each of our volunteers, but we hope they all know how important they are to helping us with our mission – to serve the less fortunate children in our communities.

All of us at The Renaissance Foundation wish each and every one of you a very healthy and happy Christmas season, and every happiness in the new year!

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