17th Annual GTGH Gift Fair
GTGH is on Secondhand Sunday!
In its 17th year of celebrating and encouraging charitable giving, Gifts That Give Hope Lancaster’s annual gift fair will be taking place on
Sunday, December 1st, at the Farm and Home Center from 11am-4pm
While at the gift fair, shoppers will be able to engage with each of this year’s nonprofit organizations and choose who they’d like to support with gifts for loved ones on their holiday gift list; enjoy food and beverages from local eateries; and peruse fair trade goods, social enterprises, business for good, environmentally friendly & ethically sourced gifts in the marketplace.
2024 Participants
- Aaron's Acres
- Ahadi Zetu Foundation
- Anchor Lancaster
- Barnabas Aid
- Blessings of Hope
- CASA of Lancaster & Lebanon Counties
- Clare House
- COBYS Family Services
- Conestoga Valley SEEDS
- Connection Ubuntu
- Domestic Violence Services, a program of CAP
- Hempfield Foundation
- Highland Child and Community Services
- Hope Inspire Love
- HOPE International
- Kairos Ministries Guatemala- USA
- KPETS - Keystone Pet Enhanced Therapy Services
- Lancaster Cleft Palate Clinic
- Lancaster County Feed My Starving Children MobilePack
- Lancaster Lebanon Habitat for Humanity
- Least of These Ministries
- Live Like Libby
- Lone Oak Animal-Assisted Therapeutic & Educational Services
- Making Miracles Happen dbs The Period Project Harrisburg
- Music For Everyone
- PA Vent Camp
- Poiema Visual Arts
- Sawa Africa
- Sierra Club Pennsylvania, Lancaster Group
- SWAN: Scaling Walls a Note at a Time
- Edible Classroom
- Water Street Mission
- Wildheart
- Wittel Farm, Lutheran Camping Corporation
- World Bicycle Relief
- Writeface
Food & Fun
In addition to the shopping opportunities, there was a Human Rights Day Scavenger hunt throughout the day for interested participants of all ages to take part in to learn about the respective nonprofits in the area that are working to address various articles of the Declaration.
First recognized on December 10, 1948, the gift fair carries out this tradition to engage and inform our audience to understand how we all have a role to play in making the world a more just, equitable, fair and peaceful place for everyone. Upon completion of the scavenger hunt, participants earned a FREE book!
Food is always available for purchase throughout the day from some of Lancaster’s favorite food establishments (both food trucks and stands)... we had Stroopies, Walk-O-Taco, pHresKoo Haitian Lemonade, Isabelle Cuisine: West African & Fusion Fare, Gourmet Julie’s Way, DutchCounty Concessions, Cafe 301, Traveling J’s, and Character Coffee Cart.
Check out this year's list of food vendors! There's something for every taste bud.
Spread The Word About GTGH 2024
Everyday Ways To Spread The Word
- If you as a GTGH participant could make sure you follow GTGH on IG/FB and COMMENT, like/share posts that come up.
- Tag friends that may be interested in certain posts or topics (Like a nonprofit that provides books to promote early literacy-tag your librarian/teacher friends and say “Hey I hope you’ll come check out GTGH this year!!) etc.
Share On Your Website
- Create a link on your website to direct your supporters as a way to support your mission YEAR round https://gifts-that-give-hope-lancaster.square.site/#
Use These Hashtags
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Shop for the Best Gifts at Gifts That Give Hope Lancaster
GTGH 2023 Participants
Last year’s nonprofit participants included Aarons Acres, Advoz: Mediation and Restorative Practices, Ahadi Zetu Foundation, Anchor Lancaster, Arch Street Center, Bench Mark Program, Big Picture Soccer, Brittany’s Hope, Caitlin’s Smiles, Church World Services Lancaster, Conestoga Valley SEEDS, Connection Ubuntu, Healthy Steps Diaper Bank, Heifer International, Horizon Empowers, Kairos Ministries Guatemala, KPETS - Keystone Pet Enhanced Therapy Services, Lancaster County Feed My Starving Children, Lancaster County Food Hub, Lifecycles, Lone Oak Animal Assisted Therapeutic & Educational Services, Making Miracles Happen Inc dba The Period Project Harrisburg, Medan Initiative, Mennonite Central Committee, Milagro House, North Star Initiative, Nurse-Family Partnership, Outreach Paraguay, Power Packs Project, Project Six Eight, Rafiki Africa, Reach out and Read Lancaster County, Second Grace, SWAN: Scaling Walls a Note at a Time, The Mix, The Potter’s House, Touchstone Foundation, Warwick Homes of Hope, World Bicycle Relief
Marketplace vendors included Revolution Jewelry, CHYATEE: Conscious Living Begins Here, My Peruvian Treasures, Hope Inspire Love, Binding Love Scarves, Friendship heART Gallery & Studio, Chestnut Ridge Honey & Beeswax Products, Elume, Food is Love Lancaster, Trade Faire, Women's Global Village, Infinite Leather & Crafts, Redemptive Sweets, Mitzvah Kids, Jessica Timblin Styling, Hope Noted, We Rise International, Work of Worth.
