I love working for Partnership with Children—especially
during the holidays. Each year we host
an Annual Holiday Gift Drive and Wrap-A-Thon, and this year is no
different! Starting in early November,
we reach out to dozens of companies to participate in our gift drive. Then in early December, the gifts just keep
on coming. This year we collected over
15,000 gifts!
After the gifts arrive, all of the school’s social workers
(including me!) get to “shop” Partnership’s assembled gift store. We shop for the neediest students we work
with as well as their entire families.
It’s a chaotic mess, but so much fun!
Partnership also hosts a 4 day Wrap-A-Thon where board members, junior
board members and corporate volunteers come to wrap the piles and piles of
gifts! The gifts are then picked up by
us and distributed just before Christmas.
It’s such a warm feeling to know that in addition to our
in-school work, we can help our families in so many other ways. For many families living in poverty, knowing
where their next meal is coming from can be a struggle, let alone putting
presents under the tree. Many of these families wouldn’t have anything to give
to their children during Christmas if it wasn’t for our help. We’re able to provide
gifts for those families in need and make their holiday season just a little
brighter. It really is the season of giving!
Happy Holidays!
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