Holiday Magic
October 1, 2024 – December 7, 2024
Goal
Bring magic to a family’s holiday season by getting involved in this project and provide gifts for both families in need and the many that are forgotten during the holidays: mentally challenged adults, home bound senior citizens and street homeless adults. Sponsor one person or a whole family for gifts.
The Wish Project partners with hundreds of social workers from many local agencies including: Anne Sullivan, MSPCC, DCF, Clarendon, and others to distribute our project goods.
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How can you help
• Guilt free re-gifting – donate new items that you cannot use or are not to your taste. We won’t tell! We welcome almost anything new as a gift.
• Hold a Collection of toys or other gifts: hand tools, flash lights, diapers/baby wipes, jewelry, hats, pjs, board games for older kids, dolls, Legos, personal care items for teenage boys and girls (body wash, perfume, aftershave), makeup kits, gift certificates, basketballs, baseballs, or footballs. We always especially need items for teens.
• Shop from home by purchasing items from our Amazon Wish list.
Gift Guidelines
We respect families of all kinds and sizes. We believe in a gift for everyone in the family, not just the children. That way, we help the whole family to have a happy holiday.
We ask that at least $75 is spent per child and at least $25 is spent per adult.
All items must be new for this project.
Think practical: Crafts supplies like markers; paper and Play Dough are always popular. Casual clothing items (fleece pullovers and hooded sweatshirts) are popular with teens and adults. Gifts should be seasonally appropriate: but not too seasonal please. (Santa sweaters get old in March.)
Think Healthy: No highly allergenic items (scratchy sweaters or fragrant perfumes). Food items should be avoided.
No pets, plants or anything else that requires tending.
No religious items, we serve a diverse community and don’t want to gift something that doesn’t align with that persons particular beliefs.
All unwrapped gifts, price tags removed, packed in a heavy duty unscented black trash bag labeled with the Family ID Code assigned to you for your sponsored family. (If you have multiple codes, each code should have its own bag.) If there is more than one bag per family, please make sure each bag is properly labeled, 1 of 2, 2 of 2, etc. This makes sure we keep all gifts for a family together.
Guidelines for Ages
Children & Babies: 1-2 toys (valued at ~$60), and craft/school supplies/diapers (valued at ~$15).
Teens: makeup, jewelry, fast food or department store gift cards, perfume/aftershave/body wash, scarf/glove sets or fleece. Children 18 and over receive a $25 adult gift.
Adults: Adults should also get something for under the tree (valued at ~$25). Gift cards to grocery stores or department stores are welcomed!
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