Provides holiday assistance to Veterans, military personnel, military and Veteran families, and widows/widowers of Veterans that are in need. Assistance may include gifts/toys, items from wish lists composed by Veterans and their families, household cleaning products, toiletries, and assistance purchasing food for holiday meals. ##Veteran##

Collects new, unwrapped toys during October, November and December each year, and distributes those toys to nonprofit organizations for the client families they serve in which the campaign is conducted. The program is run by the United States Marine Corps Reserve.Individuals families please contact Suffolk County Social Services. Partners with them to distribute toys to the individual families in need. There is NO requirements to be on any other subsistence program.

* Provides a Christmas basket with traditional holiday food, new clothing and new (non-violent) toys.* Accepts holiday donations of money, traditional holiday food, new clothing and new (non-violent) toys.

Offer food baskets for Thanksgiving and Christmas for low-income families and individuals. Also accepts donations of new toys and holiday foods.

Offers a holiday food basket during Thanksgiving and Christmas, including gift distribution for low-income families. Also accepts donations of holiday foods and new gifts and toys.Registration begins Nov 1st. List fills up in one or two days. Call to see if list is full.Turkeys Distributed Nov 21 and 22

* Provides Easter baskets, Thanksgiving baskets, Christmas baskets, and Holiday Gifts/Toys to families.* Accepts Holiday donations.

* Provides Christmas baskets of holiday gifts and toys.Hosts a Christmas party for families who have signed up for Christmas assistance. * Accepts holiday donations.

* Provides Christmas baskets with gifts/toys and food.* Accepts holiday donations of non-perishable food, unwrapped new children's toys and clothing.

Coordinates interested community members in adopting a local families to provide food, clothing, and gift during the holiday.

Offers assistance with Thanksgiving and Christmas.

Thanksgiving: 2024 applications for assistance available online. Deadline for Thanksgiving registration is November 22nd, 2024.

Christmas: 2024 applications for assistance available online. Deadline for Christmas Program registration is December 1st, 2024.

THIS IS A VOLUNTEER/DONATIONS PROGRAM. Those needing school supplies or holiday gifts should contact their child's school nurse or social worker.Volunteer effort to benefit needy elementary school children in Tompkins County and surrounding areas with clothing, school supplies and toys.Members of the Cornell community and the general public can participate in either or both Elf programs: winter holiday: children in greatest need are identified by their schools. Profile sheets about each child are distributed to individuals, families or groups who purchase, wrap and deliver gifts to the child's school. To protect the families' anonymity, the school arranges for distributing the gits. backpack: new backpacks and school supplies from a list are purchased during the summer. Filled backpacks are delivered to schools before school starts.To help the Elves: become a sponsor and purchase items for the programs donate by sending a check to The Elves c/o Bill Alberta, 751 Elm Street Ext.Ithaca, NY 14850. All donations go directly toward buying items for the program.

COVID-19 UPDATE 4/1In partnership with The Food Bank of the Southern Tier and GIAC, Cornell University will host an emergency Community Food Pantry on the basketball court at GIAC, 301 West Court Street beginning this week. It is open to the Ithaca community, Tuesdays/Thursdays from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. (There are two basketball courts, and it is not on the one next to the pool). 7/29: The last day of the GIAC pantry is 8/6/2020 as per Karen Brown.Multicultural, educational and recreational programs for social and individual development for all ages, particularly youth and teens, including services to: improve quality of life advocate for youth, families and underrepresented or disenfranchised populations provide structured employment training opportunities for at-risk youth and adults fight against oppression and intimidation in the community

Open registration is from October 1st to December 14th. A COPY OF A BIRTH CERTIFICATE IS REQUIRED FOR EACH CHILD AT DISTRIBUTION DAY. NO EXCEPTIONS. It takes a lot of time for the handful of volunteers to sort and organize thousands of toys. Applications after December 14th will not be honored. Distribution day is Sunday December 21st ONLY. We are unable to deliver toys. The distribution site is on the local bus route as well. Go to our Facebook page for more info at "Binghamton NY USMC Toys for Tots". Please plan ahead!

Provides Christmas gifts for children of low income families. Donations of toys/gifts accepted.

* Offers a Thanksgiving basket and accepts donations of non-perishable food.

* Provides a Thanksgiving and Christmas baskets to eligible individuals.* Accepts holiday donations of food and gifts.

Supportive services to adults and teens who have been or are in abusive relationships, children exposed to domestic violence, sexually-abused youth and adults, sexually assaulted, sexually harassed or raped, their non-offending family members and friends and adult survivors of child sexual abuse. 24-hour hotline confidential emergency shelter legal advocacy accompany to services, such as hospital or law enforcement emotional support support and empowerment groups information and referral prevention education and risk reduction education professional and community training For more detailed information about ways the Advocacy Center can support those impacted by domestic or sexual violence individually or through agency groups, visit www.theadvocacycenter.org or call the 24 hour hotline 607-277-5000 DONATIONS adult clothing: take to Trader K's; the Advocacy Center receives credit for the clothing's value which its clients can use to obtain clothing children's clothing: take to Mama Goose; the Advocacy Center receives credit for the clothing's value which its clients can use to obtain clothing other donations: diapers, new toiletry items, new or very gently used toys, new or very gently used household linens (towels and bed sheets), bus passes, gift cards, cash donations for holiday gifts for families living in the shelter and for other agency clients; call the Client Services Director, (607)277-3203 Used Cell Phones: drop off at the United Way, 313 North Aurora Street, Ithaca, 607-272-6286. Can also call Advocacy Center business line for more info. 607-277-3203

Assists individuals and families with giving food, toys and gifts at Christmas and Thanksgiving for those in need.

Toys for Tots' goal is to provide two toys to each child. Orders are filled with the toys we have on board when the order is requested. Organizations must coordinate date and time of toy pickup.

Provides new toys to more than 600 children in Schenectady County ages infant to 12. Anyone wishing to donate a new toy may bring it directly to The Salvation Army.

* Provides holiday baskets.

Giac's annual holiday "giving tree" provides gifts for children and teens participating in GIAC programs. Donors choose a tag from the tree with a child's age and gender; purchase a gift and bringing the unwrapped item to GIAC by a specified date.

* Provides Christmas baskets.* Accepts donations of food items for Thanksgiving and Christmas.

Thanksgiving Dinner will be held on November 16, 2025, 2pm - 3:30pm, along with a coat/clothing giveaway and a toy giveaway at Noon.