Opportunity Title: Ayuda Holiday Toy & Winterwear Drives
Opportunity Description: At Ayuda, we like to maximize the support we can provide to our clients while creatively involving the community to support our work through timely seasonal in-kind donation drives! Whether backpacks with school supplies at the start of the academic year, toys and winterwear during the cold holiday months, or female and WIC products during times like International Women's Month and Mother's Day, we are always looking for ways that we can go above and beyond for our clients.
As we approach the end of the year, we have officially launched our holiday toy and winterwear drives! At Ayuda, we are seeking to collect new toys, games, and gadgets that we will wrap and provide to our youth clients and families with young children across our three offices in Virginia, DC, and Maryland. We are also seeking to collect new winter clothing items that we will provide to our clients at all three of our offices and to the new arrivals from the southern border that we have been supporting. There is no better feeling in the world than the joy a parent can provide for their children, especially during the holidays through the gifting of brand-new presents. During a time when inflation is soaring and budgets are stretched thin, this campaign is so impactful for the families we support as well as the newly arrived immigrant community. We are hoping to provide at least hundreds of toys of various types and for all ages across our three offices and dozens of coats, boots, and other winterwear items as we will need all the help we can receive to collect, wrap, and gift the in-kind support we will be providing this holiday season!
Department/Individuals Assisting: Ayuda’s Social Services Team involving our Volunteer Coordinator, Connor Paul, as well as our Case Mangers at all three of our Ayuda offices.
Current Seasonal Donation Drives (linked below):
Ways to Get Involved & Requirements:
- Purchasing new holiday toys or winterwear for us to distribute to our clients via our Amazon Wishlist's above or providing new holiday toys or winterwear to us in-person that you have purchased
- Adopting a Family to provide them with specific toys/gifts they are requesting for their children
- Organizing and managing your own donation drive to collect new holiday toys or new winterwear items among your community that we can provide to our clients
- Joining us for a gift-wrapping day at one of our offices to help us wrap and provide toys and winterwear to our clients that they will be selecting for the donations we have received
Dates & Commitment: Here are the dates and times for our holiday gift-wrapping events / overall campaign schedule. If there are any adjustments our volunteer coordinator will reach to notify all those who are confirmed to join on that specific day.
COVID-19 Policies: At Ayuda, we believe it is critical that we follow the best public health practices and adhere to COVID-19 policies that ensure the safety of our staff, interns, beneficiaries, and volunteers. The following will be required of all Ayuda volunteers if joining for in office volunteering at any of our offices and is non-negotiable:
Sign Up: To get involved in our holiday toy and winterwear drives, please check out our Wishlists, express interest through our various sign ups (family adoption here) or email our Volunteer Coordinator at volunteers@ayuda.com as we hope to welcome your support with our campaign in some capacity!