What We Do

One of the primary ways that Project Hope of Zelienople helps families of hospitalized children is by donating canvas tote bags to Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh that have been filled with needed items.

Project Hope requires 36 items to fill 60 totes per month. These items are either donated to Project Hope or purchased through much appreciated monetary donations.

After Project Hope's volunteers fill the totes with the items, the volunteers deliver the totes to the Volunteer Office at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. Each tote is accompanied with a personal message of hope signed by one of the volunteers.

These “totes of hope” are then distributed by Children’s Hospital staff members to help families in need. Families that have arrived at the hospital with their child unexpectedly or that have been at the hospital for an extended period of time often need these items.

Our goal for this project is at least 60 totes per month!

Photo of volunteers assembling tote bags.

Various groups will volunteer for one night to help assemble totes full of items to be delivered to Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh.

Photo of volunteers from the ABC Moms Group. Photo of volunteers from the Cranberry Womens Group.

Volunteers from the ABC Moms Group (left) and Cranberry Women’s Group (right) with assembled totes ready for delivery.

Photo of a volunteer transporting totes to Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh. Photo of totes being delivered to Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh.

Totes are transported to Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh by gracious volunteers. Fresh batches of totes are delivered to Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh staff for distribution to families in need.