The HOPE Committee

You can help make this the most wonderful time of the year for GF Nation families by donating *new* toys and gifts for the HOPE Committee’s Holiday Shopping Boutique! Each December at the Holiday Boutique, family members can select gifts for each other thanks to the generosity of our extended community. Be part of that joy with your donation today! Items can be brought to Big Cross Street School, by Tuesday, Nov. 28th, attention Kristy Brennan, HOPE Chairperson. We especially need:

• New, unwrapped toys and games
• Stocking stuffer items
• New shampoo, soaps, and toiletry items

The mission of the Glens Falls City Schools HOPE Committee is to build and support trusting relationships with district families . . . compassionately fulfill immediate needs of students for food and clothing . . .  and to foster connections with community resources. 

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  Thank you to all our volunteers who helped with this year's Holiday Boutique!
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  Thank you, Lia Group for your "Stuff the Truck" donation drive in 2022!
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  We appreciate our local Stewart's Shops and community members' support

We fulfill this mission by welcoming Glens Falls school community members into our HOPE Boutique once a month, where they can “shop” for free clothing items, personal care products, shoes, and even special occasion items during the holidays. These items are donated by — and accessible to — all members of the school community as we work together to break down barriers holding us back from our fullest educational experience.

• The HOPE Committee is comprised of teachers,  teaching assistants, related service providers, and building administrators.  We meet once per month as a committee to plan and many committee members work the boutiques on Saturday mornings once per month.  
• Mrs. Brown and the supported employment students put in many hours during the school week preparing the boutique by sorting and hanging clothes.  
• Special efforts include a Back to School Boutique, Holiday Shopping Boutique, and a Graduation Boutique for any graduating Senior needing dress attire as required by the graduation dress code.
• The Boutique is accessible to teachers and counselors during the school week for any student in the Elementary School,  Middle School or High School if they are in need of clean clothes, gym clothes, award ceremony attire, field trip clothing, sports attire, warmer outerwear as winter approaches, or dry clothing after walking to school in the rain, or even as a reward for a great week in school!
• Committee members volunteer for other organizations such as the Community Exchange Foundation which puts on the local Kids Consignment Sale twice per year. 
• The committee collaborates with other organizations to assist local girls in need of prom dresses.  
• Lia Automotive Group, Stewart’s Holiday Match, and First Presbyterian Church have all generously donated items and toiletries to the Boutique.

December 13, 2022: Special thanks go out to Lia Auto Group for their huge donation of new winter clothing and toiletries collected through their “Stuff the Truck” donation drive, plus an additional $700 donation of merchandise from Lia!

From its humble beginnings about a decade ago, the committee has expanded to serve more than 100 families per month.  The Hope Committee has held fundraisers, toiletry drives, clothing drives, a sock drive, and a hat and glove drive to supply the Boutique.