Food Drive & Mitten Tree

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Join other Sheil Catholic community members by supporting Evanston neighbors in need, Precious Blood Ministries, and children that our students encounter on the Arizona mission trip each year.

Christmas Mitten Tree

Thank you to everyone who participated in 2022! We look forward to your participation next year!

There are two ways to help with Christmas Mitten Tree:

  • Gifts: You are invited to take part in the Christmas Mitten Tree tradition. A mitten tree will be placed in Sheil's Evanston campus in the Commons on November 21st. You are invited to pick up a mitten tag from the tree that will have a specific need listed on the back. Please return your mitten tag with the purchased item (unwrapped) and give it to Tim Higgins, campus minister, at Sheil Catholic Center's Evanston campus between 9am - 5pm, Monday through Friday, or before or after Mass on Sundays. Please bring your item by December 5th.
  • Gift Cards: You may donate physical gift cards in $20 denominations for Christmas care packages. The organizations with which we work have asked that Christmas gift cards be purchased for Target. Please bring any gift cards to Tim Higgins, campus minister, at Sheil Catholic Center's Evanston campus between 9am - 5pm, Monday through Friday, or before or after Mass on Sundays. You may also place them in our secure mailbox outside the north side doors. If you are not local or unable to bring them to Sheil, please mail them to Sheil Catholic Center, c/o Tim Higgins, 2110 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60201. Please bring gift cards by December 5th.

Thanksgiving Food Drive

Thank you to everyone who participated in 2022! We look forward to your participation next year!

There are two ways to help with the Thanksgiving Food Drive:

  • Food Items: You are invited to give food to our neighbors in need. Please bring your gift of non-perishable food items to Sheil Catholic Center's Evanston campus and place it in the box in the Commons between 9 a.m. - 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, or before or after Mass on Sundays. If you are a student on the Chicago campus, please feel free to drop off your items with the campus ministry team between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Wednesdays. Please drop off items by November 21st.
  • Gift Cards: We invite you to purchase physical gift cards in $20 denominations for the Thanksgiving Food Drive. The organizations with which we work have asked that the Thanksgiving gift cards be purchased for Jewel or Valli Produce.  Please bring any gift cards to the front office in care of Tim Higgins, campus minister, at Sheil Catholic Center's Evanston campus between 9am - 5pm, Monday through Friday, or drop it off to Tim before or after Mass on Sundays. You may also place them in our secure mailbox outside the north-side doors of the Evanston campus. If you are a student on the Chicago campus, please feel free to drop off your items with the campus ministry team between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Wednesdays. If you are not local or unable to bring them to Sheil, please mail them to Sheil Catholic Center, c/o Tim Higgins, 2110 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60201.  Please drop off cards by November 21st.

Questions

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Tim Higgins at 847.328.4648 or t-higgins@u.northwestern.edu.