It’s that time again, won’t you help us provide 500 Gingerbread House gift boxes to homeless children in Charlotte & small hotel-motel-friendly appliances for their families!!
- $10 will cover the cost of the graham cracker gingerbread house kit
- $25 the cost of a grocery store gift card
- $50 will provide a box for 1 homeless child
- $100 provides 2-3 small hotel-motel-friendly cooking appliances i.e slow cookers, air fryers, etc
- $250 will provide boxes for 5 homeless children
In 2023, we raised almost $10,000 for our Holiday Sweets for Kids!! We provided hotel-motel-friendly cooking appliances for families without stable housing in Charlotte & 500 children with gift boxes that included:
- $10 or $25 Grocery Store Gift Cards
- Gingerbread House Kit (Graham Crackers, icing & candy)
- Breakfast Bars
- Granola Bars
- Fruit roll-ups
- Rice Krispy Treats
- Pretzels
- Fruit Snacks
- Applesauce Cups
- Fruit Cups
- Snowman Stickers
Up for the #HS4K Challenge
To help raise awareness, we invite you to join us for our #HS4K Challenge! Can you create a mini gingerbread house using graham crackers, Pop-Tarts, or anything you have in your pantry? How about using items from your office breakroom? If you have a kit, that’s great too! Feeling ambitious? Try making a mini village.
Show us your creativity! We’ll be sharing our creations on social media, and we want to see yours too. Make sure to include #HS4K and tag @ricsmarket when you post on social media. You can also send us your pictures directly so we can share them. Don’t forget to challenge your friends and family to join in!
This year, we’re upping the challenge with “Put Up or Pay Up”!
- Create a holiday food creation
- Post your creation
- Challenge someone else and they have 24 hours to “put up” or “pay up” by donating $5 or more. Don’t forget to tag us!
Help us spread the word and raise funds to provide healthy treats and holiday sweets to homeless children in Charlotte. We hope you’ll join our #HS4K Challenge!
For more inspiration, visit https://www.ricsmarket.org/holiday-sweets-for-kids
2023 Annual D.I.Y. Gingerbread House Party
We co-hosted our 2nd Annual D.I.Y. Gingerbread House Party and the community came out and had a great time!
Charlotte-Mecklenburg School (CMS) Northwest & West Charlotte Principals Lunch & Learn
Principals from some of our gift box recipients came out to learn about opportunities at the AmeriHealth Caritas Wellness Center and the health and educational benefits of the boxes. Here are some of their gingerbread house creations.
We Did It Again
Creations from Previous Challenges