Walden Family Services, a non-profit foster care and adoption agency, is holding its annual Southern California holiday gift drive starting now through December 13. This year’s drive will focus on collecting gifts for teenage foster children and foster youth who have aged out of the system, including those in Walden Family Services’ Transitional Housing Placement, Nurturing Parenting and After Care programs.
With the astounding number of children in the foster care system, older children and teenagers are often overlooked during holiday gift drives. Walden Family Services is asking for donated new items popular among older youth including hoodies, movie tickets, scarves, jewelry and accessories, curling irons, hair straighteners, chapsticks, scented lotions and body wash, skinny jeans, head phones/ear buds, purses, wallets, books, baseball caps, fedora hats, makeup, household cleaning items, food and gift cards.
“The holiday season should be a magical time for everyone and it is unfortunate that teenagers and young adults are often forgotten in holiday gift drives,” states Walden Family Services executive director Teresa Stivers. “No one should go without a gift during the holidays, especially a foster child. “
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Items can be dropped off at any of Walden Family Services Southern California Offices:
San Diego Office
6150 Mission Gorge Rd., Suite 210
San Diego, CA 92120
(619) 584-5777
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Riverside Office
3576 Arlington Ave., Suite 106
Riverside, CA 92506
(951) 788-5905
San Fernando & Antelope Valley Office
18860 Nordhoff Street, Suite 200
Northridge, CA 91324
(818) 365-3665
For more information, contact Walden Family Service’s headquarters at (619) 584-5777.
About Walden Family Services:
Walden Family Services provides foster care and adoption services for children and families throughout Southern California. Walden addresses the unique needs of all children who are neglected and abused, including those who are medically fragile, have developmental disabilities and behavioral or mental health challenges as well as those who are in sibling groups or LGBTQ. The organization also provides transitional housing and programs for youth who have aged out of the foster care system, family visitation centers and parenting programs that focus on stopping the cycle of child abuse. Founded in 1976, Walden Family Services is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization based in San Diego.
For more information, visit www.waldenfamily.org
