I AM LOOKING FOR ANY ORGANIZATIONS THAT HELP NEEDY OR LOW INCOME FAMILIES FOR THE HOLIDAYS.I AM LOOKING FOR THINGS LIKE CLOTHES,TOYS ECT.ANTHING THAT WILL HELP MY KIDS HAVE A SPECIAL CHRISTMAS
2006-11-21 15:20:44 · 8 answers · asked by lynette261@verizon.net 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Community Service
im very sorry 2 hear you are going throu a hard time, my brothers Law Firm usually gives away some money 2 charities. E-mail me if u live near NYC, maybe i can help
2006-11-21 15:25:54 · answer #1 · answered by Dark Angel 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check out your local aid agencies, who might have information of some of the local charities. Some may actually have Christmas parties, meals and other such things. Some may even have Christmas presents that you will be able to bring home for your young ones. This week, there are likely soup kitchens offering Thanksgiving meals for free. The food pantries will help you stock up with food for the holidays as well.
Whether or not you are a Christian, contact some of the Christian churches as many might be in a position to help people like you.
Don't think that a great gift is the most important thing for your children. You can make it special with just small things. Plan a celebration of your own to have at home. If you're a Christian, sing some songs... you can play an instrument, or perhaps a CD or a tape. Make inexpensive ornaments for a tree. If you don't have a tree, you might do as a friend of mine did a couple of years ago... She celebrated Christmas late, and got a tree for free from one of the vendors the day AFTER Christmas.
If you would like some ideas if you're not Christian, you can e-mail me and I'll give a few more.
Have a Blessed holiday however you celebrate it..
--Dee
2006-11-21 15:29:37 · answer #2 · answered by Deirdre H 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Salvation Army is a good place for gifts, but in my neighborhood we also have a place called The Joint Neighborhood Project that has the same sort of stuff.
Another possibility (depending on your feelings towards this), you could check with your close friends who also have children and see is they have any gently used clothes and toys they wouldn't mind giving to you. Just think of it as "Hand-Me-Downs" between friends (which is ALWAYS ok!)
Check with local churches (many tend to ask for donations and then distribute them where needed).
Good luck and Happy Holidays!
2006-11-21 15:29:30 · answer #3 · answered by AllieAR81 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Call your local UNited Way office. Almost all organizations that would help you in this way, will be affiliated with the United Way. Also my family always made gifts, which saved money.
2006-11-21 15:30:23 · answer #4 · answered by craftgirl03 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
deliver a letter to community church homes on your community explaining your subject. i be attentive to that distinctive communities (Sunday college training, bible learn communities, and so on) interior our church choose for to undertake families at Christmas. you may additionally positioned up your call to a community Christian radio station who might have a "Giving Tree" assistancecontinual for families in choose for during the vacations. God bless you and save you. keep in mind Matthew 7:7-12.
2016-11-26 00:12:58 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Call your Church, they should know who you can contact. Also the Salvation Army helps Ppl in need.
2006-11-21 15:27:02 · answer #6 · answered by lousylaus 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to a local chruch, or salvtion army, they are always ther to help people need. And good bless you and your childern.
2006-11-21 15:42:49 · answer #7 · answered by Winkey 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
love inc
salvation army
toys for tots
there are many more. most depend on location
2006-11-21 15:23:35 · answer #8 · answered by JaSam 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋