Alternative Gift Opportunities (AGO)


November 24, December 1, December 8

Trinity hosts its annual Alternative Gift Opportunities (AGO) event! Can’t figure out what gifts to purchase for everyone on your Christmas list? The AGO is back again this year to help you out. Give an alternative gift by making a donation, or donations, to any number of Trinity’s locally or globally supported ministries. To view the full brochure, click here or read about the participating ministries below. For each donation, you will receive a colorful, informative card to gift each recipient that explains the mission you've picked for them. 


Click here for a fillable Excel order form.

Click here for a pdf order form to print and fill out manually. 


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.


Two Payment Choices: 


1) Mail a check to Trinity Presbyterian Church, Attn: AGO. 1106 Alameda De Las Pulgas, San Carlos, CA  94070.


2) Credit Card Payment can be made here. A 3% non-refundable credit card 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. 



  • MAF (MISSION AVIATION FELLOWSHIP)

    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. 



  • World Vision

    World Vision is a global Christian organization that improves the lives of children through education, community, and health initiatives. Their local programs help protect vulnerable children from hunger, violence, and neglect by providing food and educational support. Donations will be directed to their “Global Hunger Crisis Fund.” To learn more about World Vision on their website click here. 


  • 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. 


  • LUEC (Latinos unidos en cristo)

    Latinos Unidos en Cristo (LUEC) is one of Trinity’s longest-running ministry partners. This small, mostly Hispanic church in San Mateo, and their companion church First Brazilian Presbyterian (IPB), have been hit hard by the current economic situation and food insecurity is very prevalent. LUEC/ IPB supports its families with rent assistance, gas purchases, and they operate a food bank. To support those in our community who continue to struggle, donations will be used to purchase food for LUEC’s Food Bank.


  • St. Francis Center

    St. Francis Center is located in Redwood City. To meet the needs of the working poor in this area, St. Francis 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 free food program which provides groceries to 1,155 families a month. 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.