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All children deserve to experience the joy, belonging, and celebration that the holiday season brings. Unfortunately, for many kids with child welfare involvement, the holidays can be a confusing, lonely, and often stressful time of year.
Some children must navigate unsafe or difficult family dynamics, poverty, or living with strangers, while some older teens even live on their own—all the while wishing for a “normal” holiday like their friends. The Foundation supports children, youth and families at risk during the holiday season with a variety of programs and supports, including the annual Holiday Season Celebration, which provides an opportunity for children and youth in care to have a special, safe, and fun-filled day for them to feel celebrated.
At the Holiday Season Celebration, guests enjoy a delicious buffet lunch, a gifting suite so each child can take home a toy, a range of activities from face painting to bouncy castles, games for all ages, therapy dogs, balloon artists and so much more.
Make This Year’s Celebration Magical By Becoming a Sponsor
By becoming a sponsor of the Holiday Season Celebration, you will help to create a special, safe and fun-filled holiday experience for 500+ children, youth and families involved in the child welfare system to feel celebrated and part of a community.
You will provide your employees with meaningful volunteer opportunities during the holiday season, broaden your brand recognition, and amplify your community impact!
Sponsorship opportunities include:
- Presenting Sponsor $30,000
- Gifting Suite Sponsor $20,000
- Building Block Sponsor $10,000
- Holiday Helper Sponsor $7,500
Each sponsorship opportunity comes with a range of customizable benefits, including branded on-site activations, volunteer opportunities, social media recognition, website recognition and more.
Interested in learning more? Contact Dillon Smith, Senior Manager, Corporate Partnerships at [email protected] to discuss how your organization can be a part of the Holiday Season Celebration.
The Holiday Season Celebration’s Impact
The Holiday Season Celebration is Children’s Aid Foundation of Canada’s longest standing enrichment initiative, and for over 40 years has provided kids and families in Toronto with an afternoon of fun, good food, making connections with other kids and families in their community, and getting into the holiday spirit.
Thanks to our supporters, the Holiday Season Celebration has been able to provide tens of thousands of Toronto’s most vulnerable children and youth with holiday memories that will last a lifetime.
- 521 guests attended including 280 children and youth
- 900+ toys were distributed to children and youth
- 140 volunteers were engaged
The Holiday Season Celebration is important to me because every child deserves a joyful holiday surrounded by music, delicious food, and fun activities, hosted by a foundation that truly cares. Seeing the children’s happy faces warms my heart, and I look forward to volunteering each year. I feel privileged to be part of such a special day in our city. – Rita
Make a Difference
Our Holiday Season Celebration brings children and youth together for a day of joy, gifts, and community. But we can’t create this sense of belonging without you. Your gift helps us remove barriers and provide meaningful experiences for kids in the child welfare system. Help us foster joy and connection.
