Gifts With A Lift Program Returns To Spread Cheer

The Department of Public Health and Human Services announced the launch of the annual Gifts with a Lift program, now in its 73rd year. This program, which is jointly coordinated with the National Alliance for Mental Illness-MT ensures every patient at the Montana State Hospital receives a gift this holiday season.

Gifts with a Lift relies exclusively on the generous support of Montanans across the state and is deeply appreciated by the patients it serves. “Each year, the MSH Gifts with a Lift program helps brighten the holiday season for those who are away from family, friends, and their communities,” said Sherry Spear, Gifts with a Lift coordinator. “Thanks to the generosity of our neighbors, the program continues to be a great success year after year. The staff and patients at MSH cannot express enough how grateful we are for the kindheartedness of the people of our great state.”

Gifts must be dropped off or mailed by Monday, Dec. 8, to ensure they arrive in time for the holidays. MSH is especially in need of new winter coats for men and women in sizes M–3X (larger sizes are preferred; please exclude hoodies). Other gift suggestions include pocket games/ books, socks, T-shirts/sweatshirts, cards, winter wear (such as hats, gloves, and jackets), magazines, slippers, blankets/throws, handheld AM/FM radios, and stationery. Gifts or cash donations (checks payable to “Gifts with a Lift”) can be mailed to: Gifts with a Lift, c/o Sherry Spear, PO Box 300, Montana State Hospital, Warm Springs, MT 59756.