The holidays will be here again before we know it! This is CAPOC’s busiest season when we enlist the help of local businesses, churches and service groups to make this a bright season for those who are less fortunate.

  

Hope for the Holidays! PDF's & Forms

 

In Orange County, the number of  persons who are poor and at-risk of hunger continue to grow. While many low-income families work, they do not have sufficient resources to meet basic needs due to low wages, high housing costs, rising food prices and other economic problems that makes it harder for our families to make ends meet. We are asking you to help break the cycle of despair and bring hope into the lives of thousands of children and their families. Help to fulfill America’s promise to our families.
As the holidays quickly approach, Community Action Partnership of Orange County is dedicated to making sure that children and families impacted by the economic downturn are not left behind.  Please join us in the 2011 Hope for Holidays Campaign and help bring hope to hungry children and families who are struggling to make ends meet.  


(See list of most needed food and gift items)

  a Food and Toy Drives
Hold a Food Drive to provide holiday meals for needy families or a Toy Drive to provide toys or basic needs to needy youth. Consider donating a gift certificate for a turkey, holiday meat and other perishable holiday food items. To hold a drive at your agency, please download the Drive Application Form . For more information, please contact Kristin Kvesic at 714-897-6670 ext 3604.
a Virtual Food Drive
We have made it very convenient to donate online through our virtual food drive. All major credit cards are accepted and your information is kept confidential. Some agencies can choose to hold both physical and online drives! Other agencies provide a matching program to match the donations of their employees with a corporate donation. To start your Virtual Food Drive, please download the Drive Application Form and choose the Virtual Food Drive option. For more information, please contact Kristin Kvesic at 714-897-6670 ext 3604.

To view some of our current Virtual Food Drives, Click Here.
a Adopt-a-Family
You can sponsor an individual family or collect toys for the 2,000 children ages newborn to 18 who receive toys from us each year. Our greatest need is gifts for children ages 11-14. Gifts must be new and unwrapped. Adopting a Family requires a commitment to provide gifts and a holiday meal for all the members of some very special families. To begin helping families, please download the
Adopt-a-Family Information page and the  Adopt-a-Family Application Form . For more information, please contact Linda Dryden at 714-897-6670 ext 5310.
a Gift Certificate Drive
It is difficult to find gifts for 15-18 yr olds. We are suggesting that donors give $20-$25 gift certificates to provide food and basic needs for our teens and their families. Please send gift certificates to:

Community Action Partnership of Orange County
ATTN: Hope for the Holidays
11870 Monarch Street
Garden Grove, CA 92841

a Monetary Donations
Make your dollar go farther! Through CAPOC's network of suppliers, we are able to increase the value of your donation. For example, with your $1 donation CAPOC can buy approximately $5 worth of food. To donate online via PayPal, please use the donation cart below.

I would like to help by:

If you would like to donate by check, please fill out our Donation Form and mail it back to:
Community Action Partnership of Orange County
Attn: Planning & Resource Development
11870 Monarch Street
Garden Grove, CA 92841.

For more information or to coordinate a food, clothing or toy drive, please call Hope for the Holiday Coordinator, Marleen Morrill at (714) 897-6670 ext 3404 or mmorrill@capoc.org.