Families are Us Holiday Store
“Families are Us” Holiday Store 2017
Thank you to everyone who made our 2017 Holiday Store a success and for bringing holiday cheer to over 800 at-risk youth & their families.
Holiday Drive: Mid-November to Mid-December
With this one-of-a-kind holiday store, parents are empowered to shop for their children’s personal holiday gifts.
What is Families are Us?
This unique, temporary holiday store is created by our team each December and stocked with donated new toys, clothes and other holiday items. It’s a chance for the families we serve to actually shop for a Christmas gift for their children. It’s hard to imagine that most at-risk families do not have the ability or means to personally shop for their children’s holiday gifts.
Our annual Holiday Store brings a great deal of joy to these families and youth and the gifts they leave with are gifts that they personally choose and cherish. Gifts that will make a difference to their children knowing they came from mom and dad. One mother we serve explains:
“It often feels like we just get handouts that I do appreciate, but it meant so much to me to CHOOSE the gifts for my two sons. I’m their mom and I know what they want for Christmas.”
Every year, support from community partners helps make this Holiday Store possible enables us to create a meaningful holiday experience to families working toward a stable life and home.
2017 Families are Us Ribbon Cutting
Check out these great photos!
Check out photos from our 2017 Ribbon cutting here