The holidays are just around the corner and we could use your help to make the season bright for the children and families we serve! Help the Sacramento Children’s Home create special memories for our children and families.
We invite you to participate in our annual Holiday Giving Program supporting Sacramento’s most vulnerable children and families. Here are multiple generous ways you can get involved:
Make a Financial Donation
A bright future is the best gift a child can get! Your gift to the Sacramento Children’s Home helps to sustain programs that strengthen families and prevent child abuse and neglect. Click here to make a donation.
Adopt a Family
Every year SCH serves many local families in urgent need. Help us make their holiday wishes come true by “Adopting a Family.” Your support helps to provide household goods, gifts for the children, or other essential items to make their season bright! We are happy to report that all families have been sponsored for the 2024 holiday season and we are no longer in need of Adopt a Family sponsors. If you have already been matched with a family this season, please click here for an FAQ that contains further information about wrapping and delivery gifts.
Pick Up Ornaments
Another great way to get involved this holiday season is to visit the Sacramento Children’s Home holiday tree in our lobby at 2750 Sutterville Road—or one of our public Giving Tree Sites—to select Wish Stars and other ornaments, which help fulfill the holiday wishes of the youth we serve.
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- Wish Star Ornaments to provide wishes for a specific child served by our programs (only available at Giving Tree Sites)
- Snow Trip Ornaments to provide winter recreation activities for the children in our Residential Program
- Gift Card Ornaments to purchase unfulfilled gifts or provide other holiday essentials for the families we serve
- Donation Ornaments to provide financial support for the most urgent needs of the children and families we serve
All Wish Star Ornaments have been distributed to giving tree sites and participating donors. Please click here for an FAQ that contains further information about Wish Stars.
Sponsor a Holiday Celebration
Spread holiday cheer to many under-served families by donating funds to cover food, decorations, and more at a hosted holiday celebration organized by one of our community programs. This year we have a need for support to fund our three Family Resource Center’s holiday parties and Christmas morning breakfast for the youth in our Residential Program. Email Todd.Koolakian@kidshome.org if you are interested, and we will partner you with one of the SCH programs.
Information about Donation Deliveries & Receipt Requests
Deliver Adopt a Family Donations
We are accepting Adopt a Family donations through Thursday, December 19th between 9:30 am to 4:00 pm at 2750 Sutterville Road.
The earlier the better within this timeframe! We get very busy on the final day, so earlier drop-offs are strongly encouraged.
Please click here for an FAQ that contains further information about adopting a family.
Deliver Wish Star & Gift Card Donations
All Wish Star and Gift Card donation drop-offs are taking place behind the Sacramento Children’s Home | 2750 Sutterville Road | Sacramento, CA 95820 next to the Philanthropy Department Building. Signage will direct you to drive behind the SCH Main Building, take a left and drive through the back parking lot where SCH volunteers will accept your Wish Star, Gift Card, and cash donations in a drive-through setting. We will provide you with a card with instructions on how to request a receipt when you deliver your donations.
We ask that donors who are fulfilling Wish Star requests place unwrapped donations in one bag—a sturdy gift or shopping bag—and affix the Wish Star securely to the outside of the bag. It is important that you keep the gifts for each child together along with the matching star.
We are extending drive-through drop-offs through Thursday, December 19th 9:30 am to 4:00 pm.
Please click here for an FAQ that contains further information about Wish Stars.
Request a Donation Receipt
Please complete this form to receive a letter that can be used for tax purposes.
If you have any questions, please email events@kidshome.org.