Warm-A-Heart Gingerbread

Happy New Year! 🎊 The 2025 holiday season was an incredible one for the Warm-A-Heart Gingerbread program and we can’t wait to share soon how this year’s proceeds with be distributed!

We’d like to take a moment to thank everyone who purchased kits, spread the word about the program, those who volunteered to package kits, our sponsors and bakers who baked the gingerbread people! ☺️

Thank you to this year’s individual volunteers and volunteer groups: .moms

How did the holiday decorating go? 🥰

We hope the little ones enjoyed their Gingerbread Kits! Send us any pics or videos you’d like to share - we’d love to see your creations! 🎄

Wishing you all a bright beginning to 2026! ✨

Merry Christmas Eve & Christmas Day! 🎄

We hope you enjoy all your Warm-A-Heart Gingerbread creating over the holiday! DM us your photos and videos, we’d love to see your creations! 🫶

📲Holiday Social Media Reset! ✨We will be PAUSING our social media accounts until December 30th, enjoying time making memories off-screen. 🥰

From the Warm-A-Heart Gingerbread team to you and yours - we’re wishing you a merry and bright Christmas! ✨

WOW! 🤩 Thanks to all your support this season, we are officially SOLD OUT of Gingerbread Kits at and !

If you placed a pre-order for Christmas with Ellie’s, those will be available for pickup on the 23rd and 24th.

We would LOVE to see photos and videos of your holiday week Gingerbread decorating! Don’t forget to tag when you share them. 🫶❤️🫶

We love to see your Gingerbread creations! 😍

Don’t forget to tag in your posts so we can share them! 🫶

The Gingerbread Kits make a wonderful activity for kids over the holidays and while they’re home from school break. (Adult kids love them too!)

Order them online now for pickup at or find them at your local (select locations) and . 🎁

is also running a sweet giveaway right now, you can enter to win 2 Gingerbread Kits and a $25 Gift Card! Ends tomorrow, December 13th.

Thank you for continuing to follow our journey! Today we're sharing the history of the Warm-A-Heart Gingerbread Program ❤️ (Looking back with this photo at year 6, we're now in our 16th year and going strong!)

Since 2009, the Warm-A-Heart Gingerbread Program has been rooted in one simple idea: bringing joy, generosity, and essential support to families in need. What began as a partnership between GraciesProv and The Miriam Hospital—assembling just 800 kits in our first year—quickly grew into a beloved community tradition. Hospital staff would adopt local families, shop from their wish lists, and gather to celebrate with heartwarming holiday parties that reminded us what community truly means.

Though the world changed in 2020, our purpose never did. Today, gingerbread cookies are baked with care at Ellie's Prov, volunteers from across Rhode Island assemble kits at ReFocus, Inc., and partners like Dave's Fresh Marketplace help bring them into the hands of thousands of neighbors. Sixteen years later—and 52,500 kits produced and sold since the program began—Warm-A-Heart continues to foster generosity, deliver essential items to those in need, and transform seasonal giving into year-round impact, one gingerbread kit at a time. ❤️🍪

We’re wrapping up Gingerbread Kit assembly for the season and could use a few extra helping hands this Tuesday! Click below to choose a time slot that works for you:

Warm-A-Heart Gingerbread VOLUNTEER SIGN-UP Join us in helping Rhode Island family's in need this holiday season, by assembling the Warm-A-Heart Gingerbread Kits. Tuesday, Thursday & Friday kit production will be located at: Refocus - 45 Greeley Street, Providence 02904. Parking is available at the dedicated lot on Opper Street or on street a...

Happy National Cookie Day! 🫶 In our little Santa’s Village of cookies, we have so much to be grateful for this season! ❤️

Thanks to Ellie’s bakers and all our volunteers, we’ve distributed over 3,500 Warm-A-Heart Gingerbread Kits and welcomed $13,500 in sales so far!

Kit assembly is almost complete for the season, and kits will continue to be available for purchase through the holidays on a first-come, Ellie's bGracie'sieBelmont Marketsprov, ’s Fresh Marketplaceselect across RI.

100% of net proceeds benefit local families in need.🫶

Want to place a larger order or just be sure there’s a kit available for you? Place an order for pickup at Ellie’s here: https://elliesprov.com/gingerbread/

Ellie's Prov Winter Baking Class Schedule is now live! We’re doing a little gingerbread dance, we’re so excited. ❤️🎶

Just in time for holiday gift giving! 😍 (Because in 2025, quality-time gifts are where it’s at. 👌)

The 2026 Winter Baking Class schedule is live! 👩🏻‍🍳

Gift a fellow baker a sweet experience - classes for January - March are now listed.

✨ Macaron Magic
✨ Cake Decorating
✨ Advanced Cake Decorating

Link in comments to view all available classes!

On this Giving Tuesday, we’d like to take an another moment to give a heartfelt Thank You to this year’s Warm-A-Heart Gingerbread sponsors - we couldn’t do this without you! 🫶❤️🎁

Thank you Bank of America, Hasbro and OpenTable!

We’d also like to thank everyone who has been purchasing kits - it’s been so fun to see you sharing them with the kids at your Thanksgiving gatherings.

Gingerbread people are being baked daily at Ellie’s and kits continue to be assembled by all our wonderful volunteers. They will be on sale throughout the holiday season!

Links in bio to volunteer or purchase a kit. ❤️ Thank you for your continued support!

Happy Thanksgiving! ❤️🦃🫶

We are so grateful to everyone who help make the Warm-A-Heart Gingerbread Program what it is - and we look forward to spreading even more warmth and kindness this holiday season.

We will be celebrating the day with our friends at the annual gathering hosted by .

Wishing you a wonderful day!