Creating Joyful Moments

Christmas Parties

We aim to create meaningful experiences that give children in foster care and vulnerable situations a chance to laugh, play, and just be kids. We partner with Shine Bright Ministries every November and December to provide incredible Christmas parties for youth during the holidays. We host special events that allow them to make positive memories—ones that will last a lifetime. Our efforts focus on children and families in foster care, shelters, and local women’s and children’s homes across the Texas Hill Country and beyond.

Sponsor a

Child's

GIFT

Ways You Can Sponsor Christmas Magic

1. Sponsor a

Holiday

Party

2. Sponsor

Individual

Gifts

3. Sponsor a

Santa

Visit

4. Sponsor a Drive-Through

Light

Experience

For inquiries

Please

Contact us

Who We Support

DAY 1 BAGS – CHRISTMAS PARTIES SUPPORT THE FOLLOWING agencies and programs, ensuring vulnerable children and families experience a dignified and joyful holiday:

  • Residential Care & Youth Ranches
    • Roy Maas Youth Ranch
    • Hill Country Youth Ranch
    • St. PJ’s
    • Kendall County Women’s Shelter
    • Respite Care
    • Boysville
    • Retreat 4 Kids
  • Family Services & Kinship Groups
    • Texas Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
    • Licensed Kinship Placements (29 identified families)
  • Foster Care & Child Welfare Agencies
    • 1Hope
    • A World for Children
    • Arrow
    • The Children’s Shelter
    • Circle of Living Hope
    • Depelchin
    • Divinity Family Services
    • Families Especial
    • Lighthouse
    • Upbring
    • Pathways Youth and Family Services
    • Refuge House
    • SJRC
    • The Bair Foundation
    • Therapeutic Family Life
    • Trulight Ministries
    • Trusted Family Services
  • Group Residential Operations (GROs)
    • Casa Carino
    • Connections
    • New Beginnings
    • SJRC (16 GROs total)

GIVE WITH CONFIDENCE

We firmly believe and take stewardship over your financial donations seriously. 92 cents of every dollar donated to the Day 1 Bags goes towards directly serving youth experiencing foster care and at-risk youth.

No Child in [State Name] Should Carry Their Life in a Trash Bag

[Kids] / "Children in foster care"

[Entering] / "Children entering care"

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Dear [Legislator Name],

Right now, children are living in foster care in .
Each year, approximately children enter care.

No child should carry their life in a trash bag.

This is a small investment to protect dignity during one of the hardest days of a child’s life.

I respectfully ask you to support legislation or agency policy ensuring no child entering foster care is given a trash bag for their belongings.

Sincerely,
[Your Name]
[City, State]

CC: dignitynottrash@gmail.com

Dear [Pastor/Leader Name],

In , approximately children enter foster care each year.
During removal, some are still given trash bags to carry their belongings.

Would our community consider supporting a dignity initiative to ensure every child receives proper luggage?

Sincerely,
[Your Name]
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