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

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

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.

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.

TOMPKINS COUNTYCops, Kids and Toys, 607-592-1870 especially needed: gifts for teenagers (gift cards, watches, bath sets, hand lotions, jewelry, combs, brushes) infant toys gloves and hats toy guns, knives or items with violent themes are not accepted donations should not be wrapped drop off at 90+ drop-off sites (announced on Cayuga Radio Group stations), any police station in Tompkins County and Ithaca College Security CASH DONATIONS: checks payable to Cops, Kids & Toys; send to Cops, Kids & Toys, 836 Hanshaw Road, Ithaca, NY 14850Cornell Elves, Bill Alberta, [email protected] individuals, families or groups receive profile sheet(s) about child(ren), identified by their schools as in greatest need; buy, wrap and deliver gifts to the child's school CASH DONATIONS: (all donations used to buy items for the program) checks payable to "The Elves;" send to The Elves, c/o Bill Alberta, 103 Barnes Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853.Salvation Army Worship and Service Center - Christmas Assistance, 607-273-2400 Angel Tree donations: trees bearing tags with requests from children for Christmas presents are situated in several locations (Walmart, Tops (downtown and Lansing) and the Shops at Ithaca Mall). Take a tag, purchase the gift and leave it, unwrapped, with the tag, in the box next to the Angel Tree. food donations: leave at the Salvation Army Worship and Service Center, 150 N Albany St, Ithaca. "Adopt a Family" (provide a whole family with gifts and food for holiday dinner), contact Lucy, Salvation Army, 273-2400.CORTLAND COUNTYToys for Tots, 607-423-9031 takes donations of new, unwrapped toys CASH DONATIONS: checks payable to "Toys For Tots"; send to Toys For Tots, Cortland County Marine Corps League, 76 Main Street, Cortland, NY 13045

* Provides a Christmas basket and/or food voucher.* Provides gifts for children birth to 12 years of age.Gift cards for children age 13 to 18.* Offers an "adopt a family" program for individuals or organizations who are interested in helping a Webster family for the holidays.

* Offers Thanksgiving food assistance during open hours in November, including emergency food and a Thanksgiving dinner with a chicken or turkey.* Offers Christmas food assistance during open hours in December, including same emergency food with a Christmas dinner and chicken or turkey.* Accepts holiday donations.

Christmas Season of 2024:

Operates an Adopt-a-Family program for the Christmas holidays to provide holiday gifts to eligible individuals and families with children up to the age of 18. Call 518-943-9205 to register or go to http://www.cagcny.org to apply by December 9th.

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

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

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

* Provides Christmas baskets of food only.* Accepts holiday donations: money and food accepted. If sending a check please make it out to St. Alphonsus Food Pantry, 90 Melrose Road Auburn, NY 13021.

Accepts new items to stock Danielle House: Laundry supplies: Low-sudsing (HE) Detergent Bleach Fabric Softener Toilet Paper Paper Towels Cleaning Supplies Bottled Water Snack packs (chips, crackers, etc.) Liquid Dish Soap Dishwasher Detergent City Garbage Bags Gallon-size Freezer Bags NapkinsK-Cups Gift Cards from Local Grocery/or Department StoresDonations can be dropped off at Danielle House or call to arrange pick-up.

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

* 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.

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

* Provides Thanksgiving baskets.* Provides Christmas baskets.* Accepts holiday donations (please call first).

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

Sign-ups for Broome County Toys for Tots will start on Monday December 2nd and will end Saturday December 14th The Broome County Toys for Tots headquarters is open Monday - Friday from 9am-12pm and 1pm-4pm and Saturdays from 9am-12pm. we will also have extended hours for sign ups on Wednesday December 4th and December 11th from 5:00pm until 8:00pm.Donations can be dropped off during the hours of operation until Tuesday, December 19th. Drop off barrels are located at the Binghamton Police Department, Broome County Sheriff's Office, Endicott Police Department, Johnson City Police Department, and the Vestal Police Department. As well as barrels throughout Broome County.In order to sign up for Broome County Toys for Tots, you must provide the following documents and meet the following criteria:1) Must be a Broome County Resident and provide documentation to prove address2) Must provide Birth Certificates for all children3) If you are not the parent, you must provide family court custody documents 4) Must show Photo identification5) Children must be between the ages of 1-10 years (No infants)IF YOU HAVE SIGNED UP AT THE SALVATION ARMY OR CATHOLIC CHARITIES, YOU CANNOT SIGN UP AT THIS LOCATON

Accepts donations of non-perishable food items, clothing and small household items and school supplies in August for various programs.

* Offers Thanksgiving meal.

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.

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

The Mobile Food Pantry program offers, free food and clothing to those in need at ten distribution sites across Suffolk County. Program locations in Bellport, Centereach, Islandia, Middle Island, Patchogue, Port Jefferson Station, Riverhead, Rocky Point, Ronkonkoma, and Shirley. During Thanksgiving season LighHouse Mission provides food assistance for families in need at its Mobile Food pantry sites. Donations can be dropped off at LightHouse Mission's facility at 1543 Montauk Highway Bellport, ny 11713. Monetary donations are also accepted.