Alternative Gift OpportunitY (AGO)


November 30, December 7, December 14

 

Do you have someone on your Christmas gift list for whom it is difficult to buy?  The person who seems to have everything? The person who doesn’t really need or want more “stuff”?  Or do you feel that Christ has been lost in the commercialism of Christmas? Well, here is a chance to solve both of these problems. Give someone an Alternative Gift this year: a gift of a donation to a ministry in  their name. One that will have an impact on someone who really needs it.  Look through this catalog and read about the eight featured ministries to which you can donate. For each donation, you will receive a card to give as a Christmas  gift. It explains the organization and says that you have given a donation in the recipient’s honor.  The cards become your gifts to give, and the money you donate will be a gift to people in need, reflecting the true meaning of Christmas.  


Click here for a fillable Excel order form.  Click here for a pdf order form to print and f ill out manually.  Click 2025_AGO_Brochure_for_website.pdf for a full PDF brochure which you can share with friends.  


There are 3 choices for getting your form to us: 1) Visit the AGO table in Fellowship Hall after Sunday worship. 2) Take a picture or scan of your completed form and email it to debbybrown@comcast.net. 3) Mail it to Trinity (or drop it off in Trinity's outside mailbox located on the church patio.) It must be labeled "ATTN: AGO" and received by Dec. 8.


There are also three Payment Choices: 1) Mail a check to Trinity Presbyterian Church, Attn: AGO. 1106 Alameda De Las Pulgas, San Carlos, CA  94070. 2) Make a Zelle payment (no added fee) by sending to giving@ trinity-pres.org and note AGO. 3)  Or make a Credit Card Payment here. (A 3% non-refundable bank service fee needs to be added to your total.) 


  • The Stoschers (in albania)

    Crossroads (Mark Stoscher, Erseka, Albania) includes a flourishing church, Torchbearers Bible School, Summer Camps for nearly two thousand at-risk and disabled youth from all over Albania, the Foleza program for at-risk children in the local community, and the House of Hope residential program for ten children who live with the Stoschers. A donation to the Stoscher family will support all of these programs.


  • GAIA (GLOBAL AIDS INTERFAITH ALLIANCE)

    GAIA works in impoverished Malawian villages, to provide basic health services in communities affected by HIV, AIDS, TB, and malaria. Donations to GAIA will be used toward community health programs including HIV testing and education, nursing education, and mobile health clinics. To learn more about GAIA on their website click here. 



  • Ministry Aviation Fellowship (MAF)

    In times of disaster, MAF’s large fleet of planes and helicopters transport aid workers, medical teams, missionaries, food, and supplies to some of the hardest hit and remotest areas of the world. Donations to MAF will be dedicated to where MAF needs it most. To learn more about MAF on their website click here. 



  • Village Enterprise

    Village Enterprise works to end extreme poverty in rural Africa through entrepreneurship and innovation. Their one-year graduation programs provide

    entrepreneurs with seed money, training, and ongoing mentoring. Entrepreneurs are

    organized into business savings groups that provide savings and build capital. Your donations will be used to support these programs.

  • Street Life Ministries

    Five nights a week Street Life Ministries provides hot meals and hope to many who are living on the streets in Redwood City, Menlo Park, and Palo Alto. They also provide clothing, sleeping bags, and most of all, LOVE. Street Life Ministries works to get people off the street and into rehabilitation and permanent housing. To support the homeless, donations will be used for sleeping bags, socks, underwear, warm gloves, and healthy meals. To learn more about Street Life Ministries on their website click here. 


  • Siena Youth Center

    Siena Youth Center, under the umbrella of St. Francis Center, focuses on economically disadvantaged youth in the Redwood City area. Through their after  school programs, summer camps, and special  projects they promote young people to live a healthy  and active lifestyle, promote education, and teach them how to find their voice and engaging their  community. The center provides a safe place with academic enrichment, tutoring, sports, leadership training, and field trips.  Donations will be used to support these activities.


  • St. Francis Center

     St. Francis Center is located in Redwood City. To meet the needs of the working poor in this area, St. Francis Center provides education to both  children and adults, housing, groceries, clothing, along with other needed services. To support very low-income families, donations will be used to support the center's programs, so families have what they need to live with dignity. to learn more about St. Francis Center on their website click here. 


  • Hope House

    For 34 years, Hope House has been helping women who suffer from substance abuse. As a residential treatment program, Hope House can serve up to 16 women. Four beds are reserved for pregnant women so their children can be born healthy and drug free. To support these at-risk women, donations will fund counseling, continuing education, job skills and parenting classes, on-site 12 Step meetings, and more, while teaching the women valuable skills for living healthy, clean, and sober lives. To learn more about Hope House on their website click here.