Festival of Sharing is held yearly in mid-to-late September.   Sponsored by Church World Service, the day provides churches of all denominations an opportunity to drop off CWS Self-Help kits.  Kits may be of several types:  hygiene kits with basic supplies such as washcloths, towels, soap, toothbrushes and grooming aids; kids kits with a bag containing notebooks, pencils, crayons, scissors, erasers, and a ruler; or disaster clean-up buckets which have basic cleaning and disinfecting supplies, trash bags, clothesline, and laundry soap; or period packs containing female hygiene supplies.   Each year New Hope provides kits and also acts as a receiving point for other area churches to drop off their contributions for shipping.  In 2025, school kits  and  period packs are being donated;  New Hope provides the trucking with a 20′ U-Haul van for  kits collected around the Western Lakes  District.