• Welcome
• How the Program Works
• Holiday Gift Cards
• 2007 Schedule
• 2007 Sign-Up Sheet

Holiday Program

Welcome

Each year our Holiday Food Program provides Christmas food baskets, toys and books to 2,500 families (12,500 people) living in poverty in the Los Angeles area. All of the families are referred through the Head Start Program and meet federal and state mandated poverty levels.

In the spirit of the holidays, each child receives books and toys given personally by Santa and every family takes home a basket overflowing with all the makings of a wonderful holiday meal: a turkey, rolls, carrots, squash, potatoes, yams, onions, rice, beans, bags of apples and oranges, candy, a fresh apple pie and canned goods.

Our Holiday Food Program is dependent on the support and involvement of people living within our community. Over 2,000 volunteers come together at the Barker Hangar to sort and package the food during the week before the actual giveaway, and most importantly, are on hand at our various Head Start distribution centers to personally give out the food with a sense of caring and family involvement.

Living in poverty is especially hard during the holidays when there are no resources to make the holiday special. The food, toys, books and celebration provided by the One Voice volunteers bring much needed hope to families living in poverty that lasts well beyond the holiday season.

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How the Program Works

The Holiday Food Program lasts over the course of 4 days and nights. The first night over 2,000 volunteers gather at the Barker Hangar to sort food for our 2,500 families. This is a fun and festive night with music playing as people celebrate coming together to help others in need. The second night we fill food boxes and load the over 5,000 boxes and bags of food into trucks that will go to the various distribution centers throughout Los Angeles. On Saturday volunteers help deliver and unload the food and toys to all the distribution centers. Sunday is the actual giveaway day when the families arrive and are greeted by hundreds of volunteers who give out the food, toys and books with hugs and warmth as we welcome the parents and children into the One Voice family.

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Holiday Gift Cards

Click Here to download the order form.

One Voice has gift cards available which you can give as presents to your friends, family and business associates. In their name, each card provides one low income family within our community with a basket of food for Christmas. One Voice also has scholarship gift cards available that help low income high school students realize their dreams of attending first-rate colleges. These cards make wonderful personal or corporate gifts that will share the meaning of the holidays by helping a family in need.

The purchase of One Voice gift cards is considered a donation and is tax deductible. Cards can be personalized with a printed logo, a special greeting or your name printed in calligraphy. The text is printed on the front or the inside flap of each card.

To place an order call One Voice @ (310) 458-9961 or fax us @ (310) 395-8740 or email your order to giftcards@onevoice-la.org.

Holiday Gift Cards are priced at $25 each, which is our cost for providing a food basket to a family.

Holiday Gift Card Text:

“This holiday season an underprivileged family living in our community will receive a large basket of food in your name through One Voice. This basket will be stuffed with all the makings of a special holiday dinner: a fresh turkey, rolls, carrots, squash, potatoes, yams, onions, rice, beans, bags of apples, oranges, candy, a fresh apple pie and canned goods. Because of this gift to you, a family will be able to share a traditional meal and feel the holiday spirit knowing that someone cares.”

Scholorship Cards

College Scholars Gift Cards are priced at $35 each which will help low income high school students realize their dreams of attending first-rate colleges.

College Scholars Gift Card Text:

“A wonderful donation has been made to One Voice’s Scholars Program in your name. This gift to you will help talented and hopeful low income high school students realize their dreams of attending first-rate colleges. Because of this generous gift made in your behalf, we will be able to help prepare our students for college admission, and make sure that each of our scholars receive clothing, books and much needed school supplies for their first year at school. Since the economic situation of our students’ families is so meager, there are no resources to pay for these important necessities. All of our students come to us with simple dreams: a future, a college education, and giving back to the world. This gift, in your name, will deeply touch the lives of our students and help make dreams come true.”

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2007 Food Packaging and Giveaway Schedule

Packaging and Giveaway Information

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20th
7:30PM - WEE HOURS
(7:30PM - 9:00PM "KID SAFE")

We will be sorting and packaging the food. This is the night that is most appropriate for children as well as adults. Come any time after 7:30 PM. We continue long into the night, so if you can come later (9:00 PM - 10:00 PM) and stay later, great! It’s an empty airport hangar so wear work clothes and bring a jacket. For safety reasons, there must be 1 adult to supervise every 2-3 kids.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21st
7:30 PM - WEE HOURS
We will be boxing the food and loading it into trucks. Come any time after 7:30 PM. This will be another late night so “second shifters” are needed. Dress warmly.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22nd
9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
This is the day that we deliver the boxes to our distribution centers. We need all the volunteers we can get. Please meet at the hangar at 9:00 AM. If you can’t make it that early, come whenever you can. We can use your help all day. Teen and adult groups are perfect for this activity.

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 23rd
8:00 AM – 2:00 PM
This is the day of the giveaway! The families will be coming to pick up the boxes from each designated center. We need you there to let each family know we care. Please meet at the hangar at 8:00 AM for assignments to specific centers. Come rain or shine!

HANGAR LOCATION
The Barker Hangar (aka The Santa Monica Air Center)
3021 Airport Avenue, Santa Monica Airport
Santa Monica, CA 9405

DIRECTIONS Take Bundy South past Ocean Park Boulevard and keep going until you see the sign for Santa Monica Airport and Airport Avenue. Turn right on Airport Avenue. The hangar is on the right-hand side past the parking lots.

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2007 Sign-Up Sheet

Click here to download the release form.

Please fill out and sign the form. Do not mail or e-mail your form to the One Voice office. You must bring the completed form with you to the event in order to be admitted.

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