November 30, 2012 at 5:22 pm
#778446
DBP
Member
Charla, first off, good karma to you.
It might be tough finding programs that are set up specifically for this purpose. But don’t get discouraged by that.
If you contact local organizations that work with young people and explain what you’re doing, they’d proably be happy to help. Either the local Boys & Girls Club or the Salvation Army would be good places to start. Both of these should have some sort of a gifts-for-kids program already, and it shouldn’t take much convincing to get them to modify it so that kids can also get gifts for their parents.
And yes, I imagine this will involve a shopping trip with the kid, which is probably the best part of all.
If you run into roadblocks, get back to me. I have some contacts that might help.