There are 50 serving options available for the week of Sunday, April 27 to Saturday, May 3. Choose from Sunday afternoon, weekday options, or options on Saturday morning and afternoon. There are both in-person and From Home options.
Every person who calls Hope home is invited to sign up for at least one serving option, and if you choose, more than one! Consider encouraging those you know where you work, live, and play to join you in serving.
Sign-ups open March 2 and close March 16.
- All opportunities are first-come, first-serve by registering HERE. Look for the Love Mason Plus day you are interested in serving.
- Every option has a specific amount of participants based on what the organization and serving option can handle.
- Family-friendly choices are marked.
- If your initial choice is full, please choose another serving option. There are many great options we want to complete, and serving options are available each day of the week at specific times.
- After March 16, sign-ups will continue for From Home Serving Options as openings remain.
Check out the FAQ page for more Love Mason Plus information.
Organization: Central Parke Memory Care and Assisted Living
Time: All Day | Location: Complete from home
Min. Age: Any | Max. Blessing Bags: 50
Assemble care bag for senior living residents based on provided list. We will provide the bag, and we’d love your help to fill it!
Items to include in bag:
- Trial size hand lotion
- Chapstick
- Travel size pack of tissues
- A 5×7 size journal
- Crayola colored pencils and pencil sharpener OR thin colored markers
- A small stuffed animal (Beanie baby size)
- A small snack (salty or sweet)
- A handwritten card of encouragement
Based on the suggested products, we estimate the cost per bag to be approximately $20 depending on the store you shop. (The Dollar Tree has many of these items.)
** Hope will add 5×7 adult coloring sheets before delivery. **
When you register, you will share how many bags you plan to complete.
Bags will be available for pickup on Sunday, April 13 or Sunday, April 27 at church between 9:00am-12:30pm – look for the Love Mason Plus table by the Ministry Partner corner. If you are not available on either of those Sundays, email Laura at ldavies@hopemason.org and your bags can be placed at the Receptionist desk for you to pick up during the week at normal business hours.
A reminder of the above shopping list will be shared at the beginning of April. Our goal is to be able to deliver a total of 50 blessing bags to Central Parke in Mason.
Return completed bags to Hope by Sunday, May 4 and we’ll deliver them to the facility.
Family Friendly? Yes | Special Skills Needed? No | Complete from Home? Yes
Organization: Hope’s Closet
Time: All Day | Location: Complete from Home
Min. Age: Any | Max. Participants: 15
Designed to provide encouragement for foster parents, remind them they are not alone, and fill them up so they can pour love into the new child/children they welcome into their home.
Items to include in bag:
- A card or note of encouragement
- A trial size package of tissues
- A trial size hand lotion
- A 5×7 journal and pen
- A bottle of water or gatorade
- A candy bar or small salty snack
- Optional blessing – $10-15 gift card for pizza/restaurant.
Based on the suggested products, we estimate the cost per bag to be approximately $20-30. (Many items can be found at The Dollar Tree.)
When you register, you will share how many bags you plan to complete.
We’ll provide the bags – you fill them! Bags will be available for pickup by Sunday, April 13 or Sunday, April 27 at church between 9AM-12PM – look for the Love Mason Plus table near the Ministry Partner corner. If you are not available on either of those Sundays, email Laura at ldavies@hopemason.org and your bags can be placed at the Receptionist desk for you to pick up during the week at normal business hours.
Our goal is to be able to deliver a total of 15 Foster Parent Blessing Bags to Hope’s Closet.
Return completed bags to Hope by Sunday, May 4, and we’ll deliver them to Hope’s Closet.
Family Friendly? Yes | Special Skills Needed? No | Complete from Home? Yes
Organization: Warm Welcomes Outreach
Time: 9:00am-12:00pm pickup| Location: Pick up Kit, Complete from Home
Min. Age: Any | Max. Participants: 25
Pick up a kit to complete a no-sew knotted fleece blanket for Warm Welcomes Outreach – a local ministry that prepares backpacks of supplies for kids entering the foster care system. Need: sharp scissors for cutting strips. Younger children may need assistance from an older sibling or parents to tie knots. Instruction sheet will be emailed to participants.
Generous donors have provided the kits – you complete them! Pick up your blanket kit on Sunday, April 13 or Sunday, April 27 between 9am-12pm – look for the Love Mason Plus table by the Ministry Partner corner. If you are not available on either of those Sundays, email Laura at ldavies@hopemason.org and your blanket kits can be placed at the Receptionist desk for you to pick up during the week at normal business hours.
Return completed blanket/s to Hope no later than Sunday, May 4. We’ll deliver them to Warm Welcomes Outreach.
NOTE: For Fleece Blankets, 1 family member registration = completing 1 fleece blanket kit.
If you choose, you can sign up for more than one while supplies remain.
Family Friendly? Yes | Special Skills Needed? No | Complete from Home? Yes
Organization: Hope Church
Time: All Day | Location: Complete from Home
Min. Age: Any | Max. Backpacks: 20
Build a backpack (choose Male or Female) and add the items to provide for the basic and immediate needs of area homeless and at need individuals until further care requirements can be assessed by local law enforcement. These completed backpacks will be spread among several police districts by the chaplain.
Generous donors have provided the backpacks – you fill them!
Pick up your empty backpack on Sunday, April 13 or Sunday, April 27 between 9am-12:30pm – look for the Love Mason Plus table by the Ministry Partner corner. If you are not available on either of those Sundays, email Laura at ldavies@hopemason.org and your backpacks can be placed at the Receptionist desk for you to pick up during the week at normal business hours.
A detailed reminder list will be provided in early April of items to place in the backpack with suggested sizes, but they will include:
- Small tarp
- (4-6) pairs of socks
- (4) white undershirts – size L
- a small package of boxer shorts or underwear – size L
- a small package of flushable wipes
- a box of protein bars
- a pair of warm gloves
- a knit cap
- a note of encouragement
- a small Bible
Approx. cost $40-50 per bag – many items available at Walmart. Price may be a bit higher if purchased online.
Return completed bags to Hope by Sunday, May 4 and we’ll deliver them to the Chaplain. This year our goal is to provide at least 20 backpacks (male and female) to support area police departments.
Family Friendly? Yes | Special Skills Needed? No | Complete from Home? Yes
Organization: Ronald McDonald House Charities
Time: All Day | Location: Complete from Home
Min. Age: Any
By decorating welcome card pages and adding special colors and details, you are not only providing a warm welcome to Cincinnati for critically ill children and their families, but you are reminding them that people they haven’t met care about them.
Pick up Welcome Card sheets on Sunday, April 13 or Sunday, April 27 between 9:00am-12:30pm – look for the Love Mason Plus table by the Ministry Partner corner. If you are not available on either of those Sundays, email Laura at ldavies@hopemason.org and you can pick up Welcome Card printouts at the Receptionist desk during the week at normal business hours. (If you choose to print your own, see the notes in your confirmation email.)
- You can use crayons, markers, colored pencils or even paint to decorate the cards!
- Please add your first name ONLY under “From your friend.” You may add your school name or organization as well, but please no last names or messages.
- You may also add your school name, club or organization name and/or what part of town you are from if you would like.
- Please note: we will not be able to use cards with any last names or messages of any kind.
Return completed Welcome Cards to Hope by Sunday, May 4 and we’ll deliver them to the Ronald McDonald House.
Family Friendly? Yes | Special Skills Needed? No | Complete from Home? Yes