Season of Giving
Let Your Kids Be
Santa’s E lves
COMMUNITY SHELTER SERVICES
Address: 652 West 17th Street, Erie
Contact: communityshelter.org, or 814.455.4369
Show your kids how to bring the joy of the holiday season to a child
in need! Sponsor a child in the Christmas Sponsorship Program at
Community Shelter Services. Collect gift cards, raise funds for holiday
gifts, or organize a clothing, bedding or personal care item drive in
your neighborhood and more. Visit the website for more ideas and
information.
Add Some Sparkle
ASBURY WOODS
ERIE CITY MISSION
Address: 4105 Asbury Road, Erie
Contact: asburywoods.org, or 814.835.5356
Address: 717 French Street, Erie
Contact: eriecitymission.org, or 814.452.4421
The holiday season is a great time to give thanks for Asbury Woods,
a natural treasure that is used year-round by residents. Volunteer for
the Schoolhouse Craft Festival or Winter Wonderland fundraisers in
December, or view the variety of year-round volunteer opportunities
and put your talents to good use. Don’t have time to volunteer? Make
a monetary gift to keep the nonprofit flourishing through 2017 and for
generations to come. Visit the website for more information.
A fun and festive family giving project! Spend just $20 to $30
for a new, unwrapped holiday toy to contribute, donate funds or
volunteer for those in need at Erie City Mission. New toy donations
are collected for needy children in Erie who, without your donation,
may go without something new this Christmas. Visit the website for
more information on dropping off your donations and for volunteer
opportunities.
ERIE HOMES FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS
ERIE COUNTY TOYS FOR TOTS
Address: M.O.V.E. Facility, 4950 West 23rd Street, Millcreek
Contact: ehca.org/be-remarkable/volunteer, or 814.454.1534
Address: Visit the website for area drop-off locations.
Contact: erie-pa.toysfortots.org, or facebook.com/toysfortots.eriecounty.pa
Teach your kids how to make another child’s holiday special! The
U. S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program collects new,
unwrapped toys and distributes them to less fortunate children
throughout Erie County. Donate toys, make a monetary contribution,
or volunteer to assist in the transportation and storage of toys and
more. Visit the website for more information on drop-off dates,
locations and times.
Do you play the piano or another instrument? This new year,
spend just a few hours a week bringing joy to the medically fragile
participants of EHCA’s Adult Day Program. There are also other
volunteer opportunities, from knitting, crocheting, and sewing to
scrapbooking and much more. Too busy? Make a monetary donation.
Visit the website for more information.
ERIE PLAYHOUSE
Address: 13 West 10th Street, Erie
Contact: erieplayhouse.org, or 814.454.2852
This holiday season make a monetary gift, or volunteer to keep
the historic Erie Playhouse going in 2017 and for generations to
come—and also be inspired by the fantastic performances! The Erie
Playhouse is one of the oldest and largest community theaters in the
nation. Visit the website for ways to get involved, from ushering and
operating the concession stand to becoming an instrumentalist and
more.
PROJECT LINUS
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Contact: nwpaprojectlinus.blogspot.com, or 814.864.9389
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Use your creative talents to help little ones this holiday season!
Project Linus is a 100-percent volunteer nonprofit organization
providing handmade security blankets for children who are seriously
ill, traumatized or in need. The “blanketeers” make the blankets to
give to these babies and children to keep. The goal is to help these
little ones through whatever they are going through, be it an illness,
hospital stay, surgery, tragedy or loss of a loved one with the love and
comfort of a security blanket. Visit the website for more information
on donating specifications and other information.