2006-12-18 08:54:48 · 23 answers · asked by Binky 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Community Service
no, its private
2006-12-18 08:56:00 · answer #1 · answered by chasecube 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on which shelter, but most likely not... You can always donate presents straight to the shelter, but homeless family's probably wouldn't want their last name given out to everyone in the town and most homeless shelters respect that and keep their names confidential. The best and hassle-free way to go is just get some presents that anyone would enjoy and go to the shelter and ask them to distribute the presents evenly. If your concerned about how many presents you should get, I'm sure the shelter would be able to tell you how many people are in their care... thats not confidential. Merry Christmas
2006-12-18 09:00:27 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably not, however, you could look into something called "Adopt a Family" which is what we do at work. We are basically putting on Christmas for a single mother of 4. We have the names/ages/sizes of the kids and mom and each of us have picked out what we want to buy them. We've done this through a local church and the presents will be delivered by a padre (minister).
Great Idea!! Blessings to you for thinking of others!
2006-12-18 08:57:54 · answer #3 · answered by MALicious 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The groups my company has worked with this season have taken cash donations and then bought gift cards for the families in need... you may want to talk to them about donating to the shelter. I don't think they'd give out individual names, because of privacy concerns.
2006-12-18 08:56:46 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. I'm sure that is confidential information. I'm sure they would let you buy gifts and drop them off at the shelter for the shelter to distribute.
2006-12-18 08:57:18 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
usually they give a list of anonymous families, ie 4&6 yo girl, single mom-sometimes thay ask for specific things Target gift cards were HUGE this year from a lot of our local families in need
2006-12-18 17:53:41 · answer #6 · answered by bikinibabewannabe 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i would think you could just leave the gifts at the shelter, I'm not sure they would give out any ones name.
That's a very nice gesture though
Merry Christmas!!
2006-12-18 08:57:40 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the only way you can really find out is go there and ask. and if they say no buy something anyways and have them give them something, . or maybe you can give them some food to help feed them, or blankets, little things means alot. to them. and i think its a nice thing to do . merry christmas.
2006-12-18 08:59:58 · answer #8 · answered by misty blue 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe or you could just by gifts and bring them to the shelter and have them give them out
2006-12-18 08:56:36 · answer #9 · answered by qwerty 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
thats very nice. i don't know if they would. but you could just buy gifts for boys and girls and drop them off. i'm sure that they would distribute them to the families. or ask them about adopting a family.
2006-12-18 08:57:20 · answer #10 · answered by black mamba 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, they will give you the statistics only. Meaning, the number of boys, girls, men, women etc. They will not give a list of names though.
2006-12-18 08:57:05 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋