This holiday season, you can send a gift — and a smile — to a child in need with a donation of a new toy or book (or both!).
The process is entirely virtual. See below for the Amazon Wish Lists of all the organizations we’re partnering with for this drive. Donate straight from there!
Below, you can learn more about the various organizations and access their online registry, to have the gifts sent directly to them.
We extend our heartfelt thanks to Mattel for their remarkable generosity and partnership as our corporate sponsor. We are grateful for their investment in our community.
1736 Family Crisis Center
1736 Family Crisis Center’s mission is to comprehensively to help children, women, men, and families through crisis circumstances, including domestic violence, human trafficking, homelessness, abuse, neglect, poverty, post-traumatic stress disorder and distress, and to improve their prospects for long-term housing, safety, survival, financial stability and success.
A Safe Place, Inc. – Kings Care
The Mission of Kings’ Care-A Safe Place, Inc., (501c3) is to reduce the impact of homelessness, substance misuse, mental illness, criminal behavior and it’s associated problems in the community. We offer sober transitional and sober living houses designed to lessen the social cost of these disorders by promoting wellness and drug free lifestyles. Our philosophy is focused on the 3 “R ”s, Re-entry, Recovery and Reunification.
Aviva
Aviva believes every child and every family in our Los Angeles community deserves the chance for a brighter future. We provide compassionate support, therapeutic services, and guidance to at-risk children and families.
Biddy Mason
The Biddy Mason Community Wellness Center provides mental and physical health services; primarily examination, testing, referrals, and select supportive services aimed at increasing the quality of life, for persons not currently connected to centers of care, by addressing these issues with dignity and trust.
Brotherhood Crusade
Brotherhood Crusade is a non-profit, grassroots organization with a vision of improving quality of life and the unmet needs of low-income, underserved, under-represented and disenfranchised youth and families. We believe Los Angeles can be a safe, thriving, culturally relevant and inclusive community that provides all residents equitable access to human and social services and continually improves their quality of life. Our mission is to remove and/or help individuals overcome the barriers that deter their pursuit of success in life and facilitate opportunities for a better quality of life by effectuating improved health & wellness, facilitating academic success, promoting personal, social & economic growth, providing access to artistic excellence & cultural awareness, increasing financial literacy and building community agencies & institutions.
Cedars-Sinai Child Life Services
As a leading academic healthcare organization, the mission of Cedars-Sinai Child Life Services is to elevate the health status of the communities we serve.
• We deliver exceptional healthcare enhanced by research and education
• We prioritize high quality care for all with equity and compassion
• We transform biomedical discoveries and innovations for better health
• We educate tomorrow’s physicians, nurses, researchers, and healthcare professionals
Our mission is founded in the Judaic tradition, which inspires our devotion to the art and science of healing.
Chai Lifeline Children Healthcare Services
Chai Lifeline’s mission is to bring joy and hope to children and families facing serious illness by providing comprehensive social, emotional, and practical support through a wide range of year-round programs and services.
Fulfillment Fund
Fulfillment Fund works to make college a reality for students growing up in educationally and economically under-resourced communities. Together, we build pathways to college, navigate educational barriers, create support networks, and empower future leaders.
HOLA
Heart of Los Angeles (HOLA) helps young people overcome barriers through exceptional, free, integrated programs and personalized guidance in a trusted, nurturing environment.
Jewish Family Service
Los Angeles
We provide life-improving services that help the people of Los Angeles live with dignity and exercise self-determination. We believe in and strive for a more compassionate Los Angeles where no one has to navigate life alone. JFS Hope provides compassionate, personalized services to survivors of domestic violence through a trauma-informed lens. All our services are free of charge and offered in English and Spanish.
PATH
PATH’s mission is to end homelessness for individuals, families, and communities. PATH envisions a world where every person has a home. Our values include creative collaborations, strategic leadership, empowerment for all, and passionate commitment.
Sharsheret
Sharsheret, a Jewish not-for-profit organization, provides personalized support, lifesaving education, financial assistance and genetic counseling to empower those faced with or at increased genetic risk of breast cancer and ovarian cancer. While our expertise is in young women and Jewish families as related to breast cancer and ovarian cancer, Sharsheret program serve all women and men.
The Valley Friendship Circle
The Valley Friendship Circle is a 501- C-3 non-profit, non-sectarian organization that addresses the challenges facing the families of children with special needs in a novel and innovative way.
Valley Friendship Circle’s unique approach brings together teenage volunteers and children with special needs for hours of fun and friendship. From weekly visits to social & holiday programs and events, these shared experiences empower children with special needs, while enriching the lives of everyone involved. Parents and siblings also receive much-needed respite and support from the Valley Friendship Circle community.
The Village Family Services
The mission of The Village Family Services is to protect children from abuse, preserve families, and build a stronger, safer community.
Working Dreams
Working Dreams is a nonprofit dedicated to enriching the lives of foster care children in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please contact Melissa York, Sr. Director Volunteerism & Advocacy, at (323) 761-8161 or MYork@JewishLA.org.
With your donation of new toys or books, you will make a difference in the lives of kids of all ages served by our Federation’s community partners. Thank you in advance for your generosity, and happy holidays to you and yours.