Gift Giving Event at the

Homeless Resource Center

 

For families experiencing an episode of homelessness, the holiday season can be especially difficult. Without a place to call home or resources to purchase gifts, parents feel a heavy burden, desperately wanting to provide their children with the joy of the holiday season.

Sensing this struggle among the clients served at the Homeless Resource Center, AAF’s Engagement Quality Assurance Tech, Lisa Raymond, organized a free holiday shop for parents in 2015. The Gift Giving Event is now an annual tradition and has grown significantly over the last eight years as our community continues to rally their support around families in need of holiday hope.

For three days every December, parents are invited to the Homeless Resource Center to select new gifts and stocking stuffers for their children from an elaborate display of toys. The gifts are then hand wrapped by volunteers and the staff of the Homeless Resource Center.

The 2023 Gift Giving Event received hundreds of toys donated by groups and businesses from all over Palm Beach County. The outpouring of support lifted a weight off the shoulders of the 75 parents who attended the event and experienced the joy of picking out new toys for their children. Over 200 kids in our community will have presents to open this holiday season thanks to your kindness.

We’d like to extend a special thanks to the following supporters for their generous support of the 2023 Gift Giving Event:

• Alton Town Center
• BAK School of the Arts
• The Benjamin School
• Carrier
• The City of Lake Worth Beach Human Resources Department
• Jet Aviation
• Denise Hand and Friends
• Lisa Kochersperger
• Palm Springs Police Department
• Parkline Palm Beaches
• Kristen Press
• Publix – 18^th District
• Royal Poinciana Chapel
• St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church
• Shandralyn Smith
• SOMA
• TLJ Medical Society
• Tradewinds Middle School
• Ugly Sweater Pub Crawl – Organized by Kim Riccardo and Dana Prowell
• Zuhre’s World