UPDATE 5:01 PM on December 1, 2020: A final unlocked challenge match from April Estes has extended our match to $37,500!

UPDATE: 2:57 PM on December 1, 2020: Our donors' support has unlocked a challenge match! Maney Mazloom and Stephanie Dowell have provided an additional challenge match, extending our match to $35,000!

UPDATE: 12:11 PM on December 1, 2020: Thanks to our donors' generosity and a surprise donation from Amber and Araya Mesfin and their family, our match is extended to $30,000!

Every year, CHRIS 180 provides holiday gifts to clients in need. From youth in foster care to children receiving counseling to families transitioning out of homelessness, we make sure that every client celebrates the holidays with gifts of their own. This year, our usual holiday gift donation events have been cancelled due to the ongoing pandemic-- but our clients still need us.

Will you help make the holidays special for CHRIS 180's clients?

Donations to our Giving Tuesday campaign will ensure that our clients receive gifts for the holidays. And that's not all-- for Giving Tuesday on December 1, your donations will have DOUBLE the impact. Thanks to J.D. Kellum, every gift up to $25,000 given on this page by midnight on December 1 will be matched.

Now is the time to give back by marshaling support from the people in your community. Make a giving page and spread the word! With your leadership, we will spread joy to our clients this holiday season.

How to get going:

1. Click on the Start Fundraising button.

2. Make an account, then create and customize your "CHRIS 180 Giving Tuesday 2020" fundraising page with your own goal, picture and a story about why CHRIS 180 is important to you. (Here is a step-by-step guide on how to set up your page, along with suggested scripts to share.)

3. Share your fundraising page with your family, friends, neighbors, colleagues and classmates. Ask that join you in supporting CHRIS 180 with a donation to provide holiday gifts.

The Difference You Make

$25 Provides a new set of holiday pajamas for a child in our foster homes

$50 Provides a night of housing for a youth experiencing homelessness

$100 Provides a new coat, gloves, hat and scarf for a youth in our foster homes or transitioning out of homelessness

$150 Feeds 30 youth experiencing homelessness at our Drop-In Center, The SPOT

$250 Provides new clothing for a child in our foster homes

$300 Provides personalized holiday gifts for one child living in a foster home

$500 Provides the gift of vital resources including shoes, clothes, raincoat, duffel bag, MARTA card and more) for one youth experiencing homelessness at our Drop-In Center, THE SPOT

$900 Provides holiday gifts for three youth in our programs

$1,000 Provides the gift of stable housing for the holidays by offering security deposit and first month of rent for a family experiencing homelessness

$1,200 Provides nine individual trauma-informed therapy sessions for an uninsured child or young adult needing support through the holiday season

$2,500 Provides holiday gifts for all youth in one of our foster homes

$5,000 Provides the life-changing gift of a year of weekly therapy sessions for an uninsured child or young adult

Have questions or need help setting up your fundraising page? Contact us at P2Pfundraising@CHRIS180.org and we will gladly assist you.