Fulfill Holiday Wishes for Bay Area Children

The sweltering heat of July seems the furthest thing from the holidays but the wishes are beginning to arrive. As the requests come in, we see the bigger picture of poverty in Silicon Valley: bedding, shoes, clothes, and educational toys. The needs of the community for basic amenities grows. Struggling to pay increased rent and provide food leaves little left for holiday gifts.

Children living in these families grow up expecting little during the season of giving; children like Luis who, when asked what he wished for, replied,

“Two pillows. My mom and sister are sleeping on the floor of my grandmother’s house and I would like for them to each have a pillow.”

They may not know what poverty means but they feel its effects. Poverty should not define the memories of children. As we collect thousands of wishes like Luis’, we ask the community to gather together and aim to deliver joy to over 70,000 children and individuals. You can deliver joy this holiday season, fulfilling the wishes of those most in-need in our community.

Each year Family Giving Tree strives to improve our Holiday Wish Drive to better serve the community. In this 25^th year, to celebrate a milestone anniversary, Family Giving Tree is embarking on a project to better impact those most in-need; investing in the future of the organization through improved technology.

This new technology undertaking involves an updated database as well as a new project called Gift Inventory and Fulfillment Tracking System (G.I.F.T.S.), which will allow Family Giving Tree to track each gift, showing the journey from wish to joy delivered.

You can be a part of that change.  Invest in Family Giving Tree’s Funding the Future Campaign and support us as we aim to better serve the community for the next 25 years.

Links:

• Family Giving Tree