Holiday Giving Programs

We offer 3 giving programs for our community to help make the holidays brighter for a local child, family, or older adult.

 

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Hope for the Holidays

  • Hope for the Holidays is our annual gift program for children and teens in foster care.
  • Gifts from generous donors like you, churches, businesses, schools, families, and individuals provide holiday cheer to over 1,000 children and teens.
  • You can easily give through our Target or Amazon gift registries or or buy a toy, game, book, etc. from your favorite retailer and drop-off to our building at 4261 Fulton Pkwy., Cleveland OH, 44144.

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Adopt-a-Family

  • Adopt-a-Family is our gift giving program for the children being cared for by their families in our Kinship Care Program.
  • You can support a local Kinship family in need by “adopting” them for the holidays.
  • We match you with a family, you fulfill their wish list, wrap, and drop-off their gifts to us to give to them.

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Elves for Elders

Make a difference for an older adult in Cuyahoga County this holiday season by joining our Elves for Elders program! It’s easy to get involved:

  • Email Daphne James at Daphne.Kelker@jfs.ohio.gov to receive a list of specific gift items requested by a local older adult.
  • Purchase the items and deliver them to our office at 13815 Kinsman Road, Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., between November 4 and December 6.

For more information, contact DSAS at 216-698-4731. Thank you for bringing joy to an older adult in need this holiday season!

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Division of Children and Family Services Outreach
3955 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland OH 44115

Phone: 216-881-4150

Email: DCFSOutreach@jfs.ohio.gov

 


  
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