Be the Gift All Year!

As nonprofit employees, we love the spirit of generosity that blooms at this time of year. A rush of open-hearted donors, giving end-of-year donations, desiring to bless families with gifts: toys, pajamas, teddy bears. With our Neighbor Program, you can be the gift even after the holiday season is tidied up and swept away! Beyond the material gift of presents, you can offer your presence to a family that needs encouragement and social connection year-round. 

This holiday season, we have eleven families across Colorado (and one in northern California) waiting for a Neighbor. 

You can be the gift, like Kerri, who makes a Puerto Rican dinner for Val and Tito, grandparents raising preschoolers. Val says they feel so "seen," eating the food of their heritage, prepared by loving hands and delivered with a friendly smile and chat.
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You can be the gift, like Lisa, who doubles her dinner recipe once a month for Ashley, a single foster mom with five precious little ones. In the middle of a busy week for Ashley, navigating ongoing medical needs for the kids, Lisa delivered a box of diapers. Even after the six-month commitment, Lisa and Ashley have a friendship built on shared care for Ashley's kids.

You can be a gift, creating a relationship where you personally know the children in your kinship or foster family. We encourage Neighbors to personalize their relationship: a birthday care package for a weary mom, the child's favorite meal in their birthday month, or takeout from a favorite burger joint to celebrate Father's Day, specific prayers as your assigned family moves toward adoption or reunification with the biological family.

You can be a gift by donating to the Neighbor Program to help recruit and resource volunteers to serve foster families.
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We need each other, not just in the holiday season, but all year long. To learn more about volunteering as a Neighbor with one of our waiting families (minimum commitment of 6 months, with one meal of your choice delivered each month) click below!