Family Volunteers for Peace Festival
Global Peace Women
Date/Time: Sunday, December 5, 10am PT, 12 pm CT, 1 pm ET
Location: Online
Ages: All ages! We welcome you to attend as a family!
Time Commitment: Two-hour program
On December 5, International Volunteer Day, join family volunteers from all over the world to celebrate the power of volunteerism!
Festivities include:
- Family Volunteers Story Telling
- Performances
- Story Contest winners!
Contact: family.volunteers@globalpeacewomen.org. Registration is available online.
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Toy Drive Campaign
Miami Rescue Missions|Broward Outreach Centers
Date/Time: Please drop off all toy donations no later than Friday, December 10
Location: Drop off toy donations at Miami Rescue Mission, 2010 NW 1st Ave, Miami, between the hours of 8am - 4pm, seven days a week.
Ages: The entire family can participate.
Time Commitment: Varies
This holiday season, the Miami Rescue Mission & Broward Outreach Centers (known as the Caring Place) will be giving away over 6,000 new toys to youth-at-risk in our Miami community. The holidays can be a festive time of the year but for many parents, it can be a difficult time as they cannot afford to buy their children a gift. Your family can help by donating a new, unwrapped toy for a child ages 10 & up (boy or girl). Christmas wish list items include:
- Games: Scattegories, Monopoly, Scrabble, Trouble, Clue, Uno/Playing Cards, Checkers/Chess, Sports balls
- Activities/Arts & Crafts: Boxed puzzles, Crayola Activity Packs, School-aged Lego Sets, Assorted Stickers, Construction Paper, Journals, Scrap-booking sets, Ceramics painting kits, books
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Star Wars Toy Drive Campaign
I Love Avenue INC
Date/Time: Please drop off all toy donations no later than Friday, December 10.
Location: New, unwrapped toys can be dropped off at Pilos Tequila Garden, 158 NW 24th St, Miami. Donations will be accepted seven days a week from 6pm - 3am.
Ages: The entire family can enjoy this give-back opportunity.
Time Commitment: Varies
This holiday season, I Love Avenue INC is collecting toys for kids in Citrus Family Care Network foster care, underprivileged youth, and kids affected by the pandemic. On Saturday, December 11, we will be celebrating the holidays with a Star Wars block party and will be donating the collected toys. We’re doing a big party with free toys, free food, free haircuts, free activities/games, free new clothes, free new shoes, a Live DJ, and so much more! You can join in on the fun by donating toys (do not need to be Star Wars themed) prior to the event. Toy donations accepted range from sports balls to art activity sets! You can also contribute virtually. Learn more about I Love Avenue on Instagram @iloveavenue.
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Holiday Gift Card Drive
Children’s Home Society
Date/Time: Friday, December 10 is the last day to make your donation.
Location: Please contact CHS to coordinate delivery to a local CHS office or partner location.
Ages: Everyone is encouraged to help.
Time Commitment: Varies
Brighten the holidays for a family in need by creating gift card baskets! Unlike traditional toy drives, your gift can empower parents by allowing them to personally buy their child just the right present, allow young adults to get their most needed items, or create special memories for families to celebrate time together. Children’s Home Society has put together ideas, including themes and suggested materials to put inside your gift basket. View the entire list here. If you prefer to keep things virtual, you can donate a gift card digitally.
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Christmas Toy Extravaganza
Andrea Believes Foundation
Date/Time: Donations will be accepted until Wednesday, December 15
Location: Donation drop-off locations include:
- Dolce Balloons, 2555 NW 102rd Ave, Suite 105, Miami. Monday - Friday from 9 am - 5pm
- Casa Linda, 3435 NW 79th Ave, Miami. Monday - Friday from 8am - 5pm
- Extreme Wood Works, 1520 NW 79th Ave, Doral. Monday - Friday from 7am - 3pm
- The Coffee Pot, 9682 NW 25th Street, Doral. Seven days a week from 6am - 8pm
Ages: Everyone is welcome to participate!
Time Commitment: Varies
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Holiday Toy Drive
Kids Helping Kids Succeed
Date/Time: Wednesday, December 15 is the last day for toy donations.
Location: Donations can be dropped off at F45 Training Aventura gym, 3565 NE 207th St A-12, Aventura, 33180, seven days a week from 6am - 6pm.
Ages: Families with children of all ages can help
Time Commitment: Varies
Kids Helping Kids Succeed is asking for new, unwrapped toys that will benefit students at the Gateway K-8 school in Homestead. Please purchase toys within the $5 - $10 range so all students get similarly priced items. Rather not run to the store? You can make an online donation.
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2021 Holiday Drive
Miami Shoebox Project
Date/Time: Donations can be made until Saturday, December 18
Location: Drop-off donations at the Lotus House Thrift store, 2040 NW 7th Ave, Tuesday through Saturday anytime between 10am and 7pm.
Ages: Everyone can help collect donations!
Time Commitment: Varies
Turn an empty shoebox into a beautiful gift by helping out the Miami Shoebox Project! Fill a standard-sized, decorated shoebox with approximately $50 worth of gifts and essentials that any woman might enjoy this holiday season! Along with a warm greeting or message of support, other ideas to add to the shoebox include:
- Gift cards for: groceries, coffee shops, movies, drug stores, fast food
- Cozy accessories: socks, mitts, scarf hat, handwarmers
- Helpful items for warmer months: sunscreen, scarf, hat, hand warmers
- Something sweet: nut-free chocolate and candy
- Pens, journals, colored pencils
- Brush, comb, shampoo, conditioner
For more ideas of what you can include (and what to avoid including), visit the website here. Prefer donating digitally? Build a shoebox virtually! Share your donation photos via social media using the hashtag #ShoeboxProject and tag us @MiamiKindnessProject and we will feature you on our Instagram page!
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Skate Cleanup
Sendit4thesea
Date/Time: Sunday, December 19, 9am - 1pm
Location: Lot 11 Skate Park, 301-349 NW 2nd St, Miami. Parking will be available, please look for the blue tent near the entrance.
Ages: All ages are welcome, and community service hours will be available upon request.
Time Commitment: Four hours
Let’s give back to our Miami community this holiday season with a local clean-up! Sendit4thesea will be hosting a street clean up around the Skate Park. Sanitized gloves and bags will be provided for all volunteers; however, they ask you to please bring: closed-toe shoes that can get dirty, bug spray/long sleeves (for mosquitos), sunscreen, and a reusable water bottle. Check out their Instagram account @sendit4thesea for live updates the day of the event.
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Families For Wishes
Make-A-Wish
Date/Time: Most campaigns run December 1 - 31
Ages: Everyone can participate
Time Commitment: Varies
Celebrate the holiday season with your family by raising funds to help wish families. Together, let’s bring joy back into a family’s life so they can look forward to tomorrow. Every dollar raised matters. Families For Wishes is a holiday campaign that celebrates the wish families currently waiting for their wish to be granted. Sharing your support for Make-A-Wish® as a family will introduce more people to the life-changing power of a wish and help make wishes come true for children and families when they need it most. Families all over America are invited to join the campaign to bring joy back into a family’s life and raise funds for their local Make-A-Wish chapter from November 30 through December 31. Learn more by downloading the Families for Wishing Toolkit.
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EXPLORE our growing list of at-home projects you can do whenever you're ready, each with conversation starters, book ideas, and more! Follow along on social media as other families tackle this month's project and share their stories! Simply join our Facebook group or find us on Instagram ( @doinggoodtogether and #sharekindness). |
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Add kindness to your holiday shopping experience. (And support a big-hearted nonprofit too!)
Our newly updated Shop Kind online store has gifts, games, books, apparel, kindness kits and more. Great for gift giving or for yourself! Visit often as we add items through Bookshop, the Amazon Associates program, and from independent vendors. The passive income we receive from sales, along with the small ad cost to DGT chosen vendors, helps our nonprofit as we in turn help busy browsers and buyers find goods that "do good" as well. (Disclaimer: we receive affiliate dollars and a small fee from the vendors to help support DGT.) Thank you!
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Mailing Address:
755 Medina Rd
Wayzata, MN 55391
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This list was compiled by Doing Good Together™ (www.doinggoodtogether.org)
When calling to volunteer for any of the opportunities listed above, please let the coordinator know you found it through this listing. You are encouraged to ask any questions you may have of the sponsoring organization before committing to a project.
Disclaimer: This list is provided as a service to families. Inclusion of organizations in this listing does not imply affiliation, endorsement or quality assurance on the part of Doing Good Together.™ Doing Good Together™ bears no responsibility whatsoever for the activities and actions of the listed organizations.
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