DOUBLE YOUR DONATION TO THE HOLIDAY BASKETS PROGRAM
It’s the holiday season which means that it’s almost time to distribute the Holiday Baskets, which is one of three programs organized by the Sun Valley REALTORS Give foundation.
Every December, we provide gift baskets to members of our community who are stretched thin financially. The gift baskets include food for a holiday dinner plus books, toys, toothbrushes and warm clothing for each of the kids.
Because of the pandemic, instead of our traditional program we are now purchasing and distributing gift certificates to the recipients. Like last year, we will be distributing Atkinson’s gift cards for the holiday dinner and DL Evan’s Visa cards for the kid’s toys and warm clothing. I’d personally like to thank Atkinsons and DL Evans for their generous discount of the gift certificates. As they say, it takes a village.
Last year we had 100% more applicants than in 2019. In 2020, we gave food gift certificates to 2,000 people and Visa gift cards to 1000 children. We anticipate similar numbers this year.
Your past financial support has enabled us keep this program going through a pretty tough time. Can we rely on you again this year? Any donations made to the Holiday Baskets program will be matched dollar for dollar by a local charitable foundation up to a total of $5000. In other words, your generous donation will be doubled!
It’s easy to give. Google Sun Valley Realtors Give website. Click on the GIVE tab. When you check out, look for the NOTE section and simply type in Matching Gift. That’s it – your generous contribution will be matched.
Thank you again for your support and happy holidays.
