Families Still Need Your Help This Holiday Season

If you are still looking for ways to help local families over the holidays, the City of Alexandria's Department of Community and Human Services has some great opportunities for you. To make the holiday distribution, your items should be dropped of or mailed in by this Friday, December 17th.

• Grocery Cards: with rising food prices, many families are struggling to make ends meet. These cards will help us ensure that our kids, elderly and disabled can have food on the table.
• Gift Cards: Maybe you can remember being a teen or have tried to buy for a teen lately--it's hard. They have wants and needs, yet can be very difficult to buy for. Teens in foster care are in
  the same situation. They enjoy the holidays as much as others, but are often overlooked in favor of younger children. We will be happy for your donation of gift cards to stores such as Best Buy, Target and Old Navy, in denominations of $25 and $50.
• Jackets, hats and gloves/mittens: The line from the holiday song sums it up--"baby, it (will be) cold outside." Foster kids, at-risk kids, and others need coats. There are great sales and you can
  keep someone warm this year.
• Toys: you may have been hitting the sales and couldn't resist buying a few toys. With our partner, Community Partners for Children, we will be distributing toys to over 300 families. We especially need toys for children under the age of 4 and for those aged 10-12. However, we would be grateful for any toys that you purchase.
• You can also donate a via online echeck

If you still have toys or apparel items your want to donate after December 17th, you can still drop them off at DCHS offices at any time. Please drop items off at:

Community Resources Program
Department of Community & Human Services
2525 Mt. Vernon Ave
Alexandria, VA 22301.