'Making Spirits Brighter' Holiday Donation Drive

Support for local shelters, foster homes & schools

Holiday Cheer for the win....

A heartfelt initiative designed to spread joy and critical support, this cycle focuses on donation drives, winter clothing and basic living necessities. Allowing children in need to experience the warmth and magic of the holidays by offering them the chance to briefly escape the cold reality of their own, often difficult, circumstances to enjoy some peace and happiness during the extra challenging winter months.

Winter 2024:

updates coming soon.....

Winter 2023:

Wow!!! What an incredible journey it has been....We are absolutely thrilled to announce the successful completion of our 3rd annual holiday donation drive, which has positively impacted the lives of over 1000+ youth across Northern Nevada.

We want to express our heartfelt gratitude to every kind-hearted individual and organization who contributed their time, resources and unyielding support to make this initiative possible. Without your generosity, none of this would have been achievable.

The outpouring of love and giving has truly been awe inspiring. Over the course of several weeks, from October- January 2024, our team worked tirelessly to collect and distribute an abundance of essential items, toys, clothing and much needed supplies to disadvantaged youth in our communities. We partnered with local schools, organizations and shelters, ensuring that our efforts reached those who needed it the most.

With your help, we were able to put smiles on the faces of so many young individuals who may have otherwise gone without during this festive season. This holiday drive has proven that when a community comes together with a shared vision, incredible things can happen. Each act of kindness, no matter how big or small, has the power to transform lives and create a ripple effect of positivity. Together, we can build a brighter and more inclusive community for all.

Winter 2022:

A HUGE thank you to ALL of our amazing partners/sponsors, individuals & families that helped make our 2nd Annual Holiday Donation Drive a massive success!!

Team work makes the dream work and we appreciate every single angel that helped us make our big goals a reality this Christmas!

This year we were able to more than triple our impact from 2021, serving more than 700+ children located throughout Northern Nevada. We expanded to cover not only the Reno, Sparks area but also Carson, Fernley and Elko, supplying material donations that totaled over $70,000. We delivered over 3,500 clothing items, 3,200 toiletry items, 8,000 diapers and pull ups, 850 toys and sports items, over 200 bedding items an more.

Thanks to the generosity of our amazing 51 local business partners and over 200 individual donors, hundreds of local youth were able to have warm winter attire, warm bedding to sleep in, necessary basic toiletries for good hygiene and fun new toys to help brighten their spirits this winter!

A few of the local organizations and shelters we impacted with our 2022 holiday drive donations include:

Our Place Family Shelter- Reno/Sparks
Washoe Casa- Washoe County
Casa De Vida- Reno
Glenn Duncan Elementary -Reno
Austin's House-Carson
Communities in Schools- Elko
Northern Nevada Moses Project- Elko

Because of our communities incredible generosity during our 3rd annual Holiday Donation drive, we were able to donate a HUGE load of stuffies to Renown Children's Hospital.

We are so grateful to be apart of this amazing community and we love being partners with such wonderful organizations like Northern Nevada Sierra Medical Center and The Community Food Pantry!! They distributed hundreds of turkeys to families in need and we were so excited to be able to help them! Our super volunteers picked up and delivered over 40 turkeys!!

Winter 2021:

Thanks to your support, we were able to donate a massive haul of goods to the local family shelter, OUR Place, on December 22, 2021 that included…

· 500+ new toys

· 8,000+ diapers

· 50+ boxes of baby wipes

· a bike, several skateboards and scooters

· 100+ stuffed animals

· 100+ blankets, pillows and bed-in-a-bags

· 10 donation boxes full of clothing, winter gear, socks, shoes and more

· Several donation boxes full of art supplies, books & activities

· 30+ backpacks and several boxes/ cases of various school supplies

· 2 donation boxes full of sports equipment

· Hundreds of toothbrushes and toothpaste sets

· Several boxes full of personal hygiene items and essentials

· Transportation passes and much more……

We reached our goal and provided enough toys and essential items to not only supply the kids with Christmas gifts this year but they will also each get to pick out a toy on their birthdays in 2022 as well.

We are so grateful and feel very blessed to be a part of such a wonderful community. We are looking forward to expanding our reach in 2022 and increasing the Foundations’ impact on the local struggling youth.