Holiday Wish List Drive

Thank you for making the holidays hope-filled for our youth and families! Check back on November 1, 2025, to give gifts to our youth.

Choose one of the ways below to spread some holiday cheer, and please make sure your unwrapped gift(s) and/or monetary donation reaches us no later than Wednesday, December 4th.

Request a Wish List

Fulfill the holiday wishes of a Lawrence Hall youth! Each of our 600+ youth created a wish list of items equaling $50–75, and they are excited! Gift drop off is between the hours of 9:30 AM–4:30 PM, Monday-Friday, at Lawrence Hall's Francisco Campus building at 4833 N. Francisco Avenue in Chicago. Please leave all gifts unwrapped.

Help make a child's dream come true this holiday season, and request a wish list(s) by emailing Maddy.

Host a Gift Drive

Get your office, friend group, recreational club, or religious organization involved by hosting a gift drive. Our youth need:

• Warm clothing, especially larger young adult sizes
• Teenage-friendly gifts, hygiene products, perfumes, and cologne
• Toys and baby clothes
• Arts and crafts items
• Books
• Gift cards

To set up your own gift drive, email Laryssa.

Shop Our Amazon Wish List

Browse our Amazon Wish List, and send the gifts directly to Lawrence Hall. Please include your name and/or email address in the gift messaging slip so we attribute your donation to you.

**If shopping for an individual wish list, please include your wish list ID number in the gift messaging slip during checkout so we can match the gift to the correct child's wish list.**

Gift Card Drive

Our older youth love gift cards, as they get in the holiday spirit by shopping for themselves. Please purchase only physical gift cards —NO e-gift cards, please—and while you can donate as many gift cards as you wish, limit each card amount to $50 or less. All gift cards should be either physically mailed to our Francisco Campus location (ATTN: Laryssa Sykes) or dropped off at Francisco Campus. For any questions, please email Laryssa.

Donate your time and come to a Gift Wrapping Party!

Celebrate the season and come to one of the Gift Wrapping Parties at our Francisco Campus, which you may mistake for the North Pole! At these parties, you'll take the gifts our generous donors provided for each youth and wrap them festively to help our youth feel the holiday magic.

Bring a friend and stop by one of our parties from 5:30–7:30 PM on the following dates:

• Monday, December 9
• Tuesday, December 10
• Wednesday, December 11

Please let us know which party you plan to attend and how many people will be joining you when you RSVP to Francesca at [email protected].

Holiday Wish List Drive Flyer

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