For the past three years, Good News Global has been bringing hope to inmates through their “Hope Packs,” a special Christmas package given to incarcerated men, women, and youth, as well as to jail and prison staff members. Each “Hope Pack” includes a personalized gift and a bag full of goodies that include a Christmas card, hygiene items, a 2025 calendar, and food.
This Christmas, beginning in the middle of December, Good News Global will hand deliver 65,000 “Hope Packs” to men and women behind bars in 18 states and 20 countries. The packs are assembled by volunteers, including individuals in local churches and jail administrators that are within the locations of the participating 150 jails and prisons.
Jon Evans, president of Good News Global said, “Hope Packs represent our greatest outreach to incarcerated persons ever. This Christmas, we will put hope in the hands of 65,000 receptive inmates. We believe that everyone has inherent worth in the eyes of God, and providing Hope Packs is a practical and tangible way to demonstrate that to the inmates and jail and prison staff members.”
Good News Global started distributing 500 “Hope Packs” in 2021 after a formerly incarcerated Chaplain remembered receiving a Hope Pack while incarcerated in Illinois.