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Tips for Writing an End-of-Year Donation Request in 2025

Updated in December 2025. The end of the year is an opportunity for a big final push for charitable giving. Generosity tends to flow around the holiday season, and as […]

Teenager Joshua Johnson smiles and squints as he sits on his orange three-wheel adaptive bike. He is Asian with dark hair and a Philadelphia Flyers orange, black, and white jersey. He is surrounded by Kelly Green of Help Hope Live, Brad Marsh of the Flyers Alumni, and friends and family of various ages plus a gray-brown dog. They are in a driveway with a car, a giant inflatable reindeer, a lawn, and a black empty power chair visible behind them.

Adaptive Bike Giveaways | 12.21.23

A Bike for Christmas for 17-Year-Old Josh

At a Kendra Scott store, five Help Hope Live staff and board members hold up their bright yellow Kendra Scott shopping bags. They are all women of various ages and ethnicities in business-casual winter wear.

Events and Conferences | 12.21.23

Thanks for Shopping with Us!

Members of the Help Hope Live staff and board with staff at Magee Rehabilitation in the Magee Rehabilitation facility with windows showing a city street and red brick buildings and a decorated holiday tree with silver ornaments. The individuals pictured are a diverse mix of ages and genders with most standing and two individuals seated in their wheelchairs. Many wear red, green, or other festive holiday touches.

Events and Conferences | 12.20.23

Making a Local Difference with Bags of Hope 2023

Heart transplant recipient Manoela Vieira is on a TV interview. She is wearing a blue blouse, earrings, and a necklace and she has light brown skin, red lipstick, and shoulder-length brown hair.

Help Hope Live in the News | 12.19.23

Novato mom receives the gift of a new life, a new heart

Press Releases | 12.19.23

Community Rallying to Help 34-Year-Old Injured in Car Accident

Resources | Trending News | 12.19.23

The Complex Effects of Long COVID

Rebecca Koltun's mouth-painted holiday card cover features visible brush strokes on a blue, white, and silver snowy mountain scene with black and blue mountains visible in the distance. A graphic at the upper right reads Made by Mouth by Rebecca Koltun with a digital image of Rebecca mouth-painting.

Voices of Hope | 12.19.23

Our 2023 Holiday Card Cover: MadebyMouth

Events and Conferences | 12.12.23

Thursday: Shop With Us and Give Back!

Press Releases | 12.11.23

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Tips for Writing an End-of-Year Donation Request in 2025

A Bike for Christmas for 17-Year-Old Josh

Thanks for Shopping with Us!

Making a Local Difference with Bags of Hope 2023

Novato mom receives the gift of a new life, a new heart

Community Rallying to Help 34-Year-Old Injured in Car Accident

The Complex Effects of Long COVID

Our 2023 Holiday Card Cover: MadebyMouth

Thursday: Shop With Us and Give Back!

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