Save The Family Giving Back Program
DECEMBER 2023
Our team was excited to purchase
each family member the gift suggestions on their wish lists, as well as provide
each family household necessities and a gift card for groceries for a holiday
meal.
We also had a fun elf
gift-wrapping event and the DV Volunteer Team delivered all the festively
wrapped gifts to Save The Family on the morning of December 14th.
For more information about Save
The Family, please visit www.savethefamily.org
Holiday Gift Drive for Helen’s Hope Chest
DECEMBER 2022
DV’s 2022 Holiday Giving Back Program benefited
local non-profit, Helen’s Hope Chest which provides clothing, toys, school
supplies and other items to local foster children. Our team brought in gifts
for teenagers including sports equipment, make up, jewelry, wireless speakers
and headphones, books, cologne and perfume and gift cards. The DV Elves were
also able to volunteer at JaKelle’s Christmas Box, the HCC “Holiday Store,”
where foster parents were able to pick out gifts for their foster children the
week of December 12th! DV’s donations helped to ensure that the Arizona
foster teens and their foster families have a joyful holiday season. Pass it
On, a non-profit founded by one of our DV team member's son, will be donating children’s
clothing and new sports equipment to HCC in January as part of their 2023
donation goals.
“JaKelle’s Christmas Box hosted by Helen’s Hope Chest was one of the
best events I have ever volunteered at,” said Athena Ray, Transaction
Coordinator at Dudley Ventures. “Seeing all the gifts and hearing the families’
stories made me realize that I have so much to be thankful for and helped to
get positive perspective when I needed it the most. There was one family who drove to Mesa from
Payson, AZ to be able to get gifts for their foster children. The couple was
extremely thankful for the items and excited to be able to give their daughters
gifts for the holiday.”
Helen’s Hope Chest is a Qualified Foster
Charitable Organization that’s been doing impressive work in Arizona for nearly
a decade, having served more than 12K individual needs in the past year alone.
HHC provides hope to children and teens in foster and kinship care by meeting
their basic needs through our special boutique.In December, HHC holds JaKelle’s
Christmas Box where foster/kinship parents are able to choose gifts, books,
stuffed animals, and stocking stuffers for each child. Helen’s Hope Chest
established a program called Foster360 which provides Personal Navigators that
partner with youth in the foster care system beginning at age 14, offering
stability, guidance, and coordination of services to the kids, as well as
trustworthy connections to the larger community.
For more information about Helen’s Hope Chest, please visit www.helenshopechest.org
Holiday Dinner Fill-A-Bag for Phoenix Rescue Mission
December 2021
Dudley Ventures was excited to host our 2021 Holiday Giving
Back Program - a Food Drive benefiting the Phoenix Rescue Mission’s Winter
Wonderland Program! Each holiday dinner fill-a-bag included ingredients for a
full holiday dinner and can feed families with an average of 5-8 people. The DV
elves also included fun holiday themed plates, tablecloths and napkins.
The Phoenix Rescue Mission is a local charity that serves
as a place of hope, healing, and new beginnings for men, women and children in
our community struggling with homelessness, addiction, and trauma. Offering a
hot meal, a warm shower, clean clothing and words of encouragement are often
the start of a new life. Phoenix Rescue Mission provides social services and
programs to men and women for stability, recovery and independence.
For more information about the Phoenix Rescue Mission,
please visit http://phoenixrescuemission.org