Hold a Gift Card Drive

Most of the families we see are struggling financially, and the food a child eats will often have an effect on their ability to cope with a traumatic experience. Sugary, processed convenience/fast food can cause problems with mood swings and make symptoms of traumatic stress worse. Being able to offer grocery store gift cards to families in need helps to ensure that the children will receive healthy, nutritious food as they begin their healing process.

Transportation can often be an issue for our clients, and we want to remove any barriers to their healing by providing gas cards and bus passes to enable them to get to important appointments.

We also like to be able to offer families gift cards for experiences that the family may not be able to do on their own – whether it be an ice cream trip, movie night or Target run! It helps bring some normalcy to the lives of our kids who are living under anything but normal circumstances.