Joy to the Children brings “Curbside Christmas” to disadvantaged children and their families

Joy to the Children
Press Release
Submitted by Loyd Pakradooni
November 30, 2021

We are happy to announce we will bring Joy to the Children this year! Since 1995 Joy has been able to serve economically disadvantaged children and their families in the Nassau County community. In recent years we have hosted 150 children and their families each Christmas Day to provide a celebration that included Christmas dinner and gifts of clothing, bedding, books, school supplies, hygiene products, and toys. The families along with our Christmas Day volunteers account for almost four hundred people celebrating Christmas in the cafeteria at Yulee Middle School.

Once again, due to Covid we are changing how we provide Christmas for these families. We will still provide dinner and gifts, but in lieu of the usual Christmas Day celebration we will have a Curbside Christmas. On Christmas Eve we will distribute the unwrapped gifts to the families along with fresh fruit and essential food items that the families may use to prepare dinner.

As you already know, Joy to the Children is a 501(c)(3) organization that operates with an all-volunteer board and workers. Your donation is used mainly for the purchase of toys, clothes, books, school supplies, personal hygiene items, and bedding consisting of new sheets, a blanket, and a pillow for each child. Your gift will help provide the only presents these kids will receive on Christmas Day.

The families we serve are chosen with the help of the Homeless/FIT (Families In Transition) Program of Nassau County Schools. While most of the families are not actually homeless, they are displaced and living with relatives or in hotels. Your donation this year will greatly help in the continued success of this local program and that is why we are counting on your support. You can help…by donating online at our website, joytothechildren.org.

Again, we cannot thank you enough for your continued involvement with Joy to the Children. Your gift is truly a blessing to the many people that will be touched this Christmas.

Sincerely,

Dawn Grant
President Maggie Madden
Treasurer

Dan Morris
Vice President
Susan Rosen
Secretary