THANK YOU FOR MAKING THE HOLIDAYS MERRY AND BRIGHT FOR THE FAMILIES WE SERVE!

Whether you hosted a drive, adopted a family, or dropped off gifts, we cannot thank you enough for bringing joy to YWCA this season.

We are so grateful to Midwest Communications, Y94, 790 KFGOAM, Froggy 99.9, MATBUS, and our generous community for once again teaming up to Stuff the Bus for families calling YWCA home.

The bus full of gifts was unloaded at YWCA Emergency Shelter to be distributed to those staying with us over the holidays. Donated items were also shared with Red River Children’s Advocacy Center and the Fargo Police Department Community Outreach Team to distribute to those they serve.

We appreciate the local businesses that hosted the bus this year: Advanced Business Methods, Beyond Realty FM, Choice Insurance/Choice Wealth, Fargo Police Department, Gate City Bank, and Vitalant.

Each December, YWCA’s Unique Boutique is brimming with new gifts for kids, teens, and moms, thanks to the generosity of our community. As donation after donation was dropped off, the shelter began to overflow with generosity! Staff had the joy of playing Santa—delivering gifts just in time for everyone to open on Christmas Day.

This event is possible only by generous community members and businesses who donate time and gifts to make the holidays special for families at YWCA. Because of you, all women and children calling YWCA Emergency Shelter home received gifts this holiday season!

For many parents living in supportive housing, purchasing gifts for their children simply isn’t an option due to other critical financial priorities like food, utilities, and paying down debt. But for more years than we can count, generous individuals, families, businesses, and organizations have offered to “Adopt a Family” for the holidays; ensuring that every individual, parent, and child served by YWCA has a gift to open at the holidays.

This year, every woman and family in YWCA’s Supportive Housing Program had the chance to make a list of something they need, something they want, and something they wish for. We are in awe of the thoughtful, considerate, and plentiful gift giving shown by everyone who adopted a family!