Christmas For The Less Fortunate In Fremont

FREMONT, CA — As you gear-up for Thanksgiving, are you excited about the holidays? Some families feel stress, as they try to figure out how to afford fancy meals and gifts for their children.

The City of Fremont Giving Hope Holiday Giving Program is now underway. This program invites members of the community to help families, seniors, and seniors with pet companions in need by sponsoring a wish list or making a donation.

Now in its 20th year, Giving Hope helps hundreds of people each year.

If you like to shop, contact Jane O’Hollaren at the City of Fremont’s Family Resource Center and you will be given a personalized wish list of a family, senior, or senior with a pet companion. You are asked to purchase gifts, including a grocery gift card, and return all the items to the City of Fremont’s drop off spots by Dec. 13. Please plan to spend $100 per individual on the list.

If you hate shopping but love helping, you can make a financial contribution online. Contributions are used to buy gifts for wish lists without a sponsor.

After the holidays, money not spent on gifts will go to the urgent needs fund. In the past, it has been used for:

• Providing a grocery gift card to a family in which the sole breadwinner has recently lost their job
• Acquiring transportation vouchers for a mother and child who need to get to urgent medical care
• Placing a homeless family into a hotel while a care manager negotiates space in a shelter for them
• Purchasing necessary medication or medical equipment for a senior on a fixed income

If you have questions, call Paula Manczuk-Hannay, Development Officer, at 510-574-2049 or email PManczuk-Hannay@Fremont.gov.

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