Drive for Joy

Lighthouse Mission Ministries’ third-annual Drive for Joy event will collect life-saving supplies for people who are homeless on Saturday, Dec. 4 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Barkley Village in Bellingham

This drive-through and drop-off event will be located outside the Barkley Woods Coffee (3008 Cinema Place).

Signs will guide people’s cars to the drop-off point in two lines, with 20 staff and volunteers helping direct people and collecting (new) donated items. The event is outdoors and will follow COVID-19 guidelines, including masking and social distancing.

People who wish to donate can drive through and drop off men’s and women’s underwear (all sizes), socks, deodorant, non-knit hats and gloves, razors, hand warmers, toothbrushes and toothpaste, hand sanitizer/wet wipes, and/or single-serve instant coffee packets. New items, as opposed to used items, are requested.

Hans Erchinger-Davis, President and CEO of Lighthouse Mission Ministries, said that many of these items will be given as Christmas gifts to people experiencing homelessness. Extra items will be distributed as part of outreach throughout the year.