A very special time of the year, but also one of struggle and loneliness as our clients face empty hands to give their child a smile during the Holiday Season.
This program is the most work for us, but it's also the most rewarding.
There are several ways you can participate...
Obtain the name and address of one of our client families, which you would like to "adopt" for Christmas.
We will provide you with the names, sex, and sizes of the mom and each child in the family. All you have to do is let us know how many family members you would like to help. For example, a mom and one child, or a mom who is expecting her first baby, or a mom and 3 kids, etc.
You are asked to go and shop for your family, and either deliver the gifts directly, or bring them to our office so that we can contact them to come in and pick the gifts up.
We do get a signed authorization to give out their address and phone numbers, otherwise we have you deliver the packages to our office.
If you have any questions about this program, just call us at (303) 832-2858
This money will be designated for use to buy things for the kids that have not been adopted by a holiday family.
Along with gifts, we try to provide the moms with food certificates, which can be used towards the purchase of their Christmas meal. This can be in any denominations.
Just mail them to:
Birthline Inc of Colorado, 2346 Gilpin St, Denver CO 80205
If you include your name and address, we will enter your donation in our books so that you will receive a receipt for your tax deductible donations.
You may go out and purchase a gift of your choice, and bring it to our center. This can be for any age from newborn to 16 years old. It can be for a girl or a boy.
We will assign your gift(s) to a family that has not been adopted for the season.
Moms don't often receive gifts! Please help make this a special day for them as well...
Consider purchasing something for a mom from the following suggestions:
- lotion
- certificate for a store
- certificate for a movie theater
- certificate for a restaurant (very well received last year)
- clothes (we have all sizes of moms, so don't worry)
- believe it or not, some moms were happy to receive food certificates to buy some special things they would normally never buy
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Our Christmas drive is especially demanding, considering so many clients face little joy as they struggle to provide for their young ones. Please, help encourage your church to gather some very needed smiles for those less fortunate over the holidays. It's important to show we all care, and that they're not forgotten.
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