My name is Erin Frey, and I am a first year AmeriCorps member at South Oakland Shelter in
The goal of Hope for the Holidays is to provide new unopened gifts to approximately 500 needy children (ages 2 – 17) in the area during the holidays. This event is open to current and former shelter guests and the general public.
For the event we received an abundance of donations that were distributed to all of the families that participated in the event. South Oakland Shelter recruits volunteers to sort donations according to toy type and age, and work during the “shopping” week. Shopping week was held from Monday December 13th – Friday December 17th. We scheduled each family a day and time where they could come and shop for each of their children. After they selected their children’s gifts, we offered to wrap the presents for them.
I helped to bring donations over to the venue where the shopping week was held, and helped numerous families during the shopping week. It was extremely rewarding to be apart of the event. Everyone was so grateful and appreciative. Some parents cried because they had no other means to provide presents for their children. It was a wonderful and successful event that helped many families during a difficult time.
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