Christmas Angel Project @ Tha MYX
Posted on Thursday, December 10th, 2009
Greetings to all-
In spite of illnesses and the busyness of December, we are moving forward with the plans to sponsor over 70 families in the Sun Valley area of downtown Denver in a few weeks. As always, details are being adjusted, but here’s what we have planned right now:
WHEN: Saturday, December 19 10:00 AM-Noon
WHAT: A Christmas Store
Families/parents that signed up for support will be given an opportunity to go through the “Store” and select one toy for each child. Following their selections, they will have the opportunity to wrap the gifts in the wrapping room. We’re using this approach this year for a couple of reasons. First, we want to help the parents maintain as much control and dignity during the gift giving process as possible. Second, we think it will be easier for people to contribute and participate in a number of ways, as opposed to just sponsoring a family. More details on that below.
WHO IS IT FOR: During the Thanksgiving support that many of you supported, we offered families eating with us to sign up for Christmas support if they needed it. Over 70 families signed up for sponsorship. Almost all of them from the Sun Valley community. The Sun Valley community is a neighborhood of about 1500 people, 1000 of whom are children. It is bordered by Invesco Field on the north, 6th Ave on the south, I-25 on the east and Federal Blvd on the west. It has traditionally been one of the highest crime and poverty areas in the state.
WHO CAN CONTRIBUTE: Anyone. Any person, any family, any business, any church, any group. If you’re interested in supporting urban families in need, we would love to have you participate.
WHAT DO WE NEED: Gifts, mainly. We’re trying to collect approximately 250 age and gender-appropriate gifts for these families. We’re targeting gifts from $10-$25 each. If it’s easier, we will also take financial donations, which we will use to purchase either gifts or gift cards for the children or their families. We will also need 25-40 people, at least, to help us run the store, assist the families, and ensure it’s a great experience for everyone involved. If you’re able to contribute in any, or all of these ways, we would really appreciate it.
HOW WILL IT WORK: We will send out a detailed list of the number of gifts, by age and gender, that we need in the next few days. We’re asking for people to sign up to contribute in a similar way as for Thanksgiving. If you can contribute one gift on the list, just let us know “One gift for a girl 3-5 yrs” or “10 gifts for boys ages 10-12″. We’ll have all of the requirements broken down in detail so you know what we need and what our status is at any given time. We think this approach will let children, adults, business and groups all participate in a manner that they are comfortable with.
Click on this link below to find out how you can get involved in sponsoring a family!
http://just-beneath-the-surface.blogspot.com/2009/12/christmas-angel-project-for-sun-valley.html
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