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COOL Ministries is preparing to provide food assistance for the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays to thousands of people in Lake County. A $20 donation will provide a turkey meal and fixings for a family of six. Donations toward a holiday meal box may be made by check, made out to Holy Cross Lutheran Church with “Holiday Meal Boxes” in the memo line or online at the link below. Please donate by Sunday, December 11.

When people are brought in to the hospital by ambulance in emergencies, it is often necessary

to cut off their clothes to enable faster treatment. The “Compassion Closet” at Advocate Condell

Medical Center in Libertyville provides sweatshirts and sweatpants to patients who do not have clothes to wear when they leave Condell to go home or on to their next level of treatment. During this holiday season, Holy Cross will be collecting new, sweatshirts and sweatpants in any color, sizes Medium to 3XL.

Please drop off unwrapped sweatshirts and sweatpants in the gathering space by Sunday, December 11. If you would prefer to donate online to support this effort, please use the button below.