Christmas Program

Fostering Futures organizes a special Christmas program for children and youth in foster care. We strive to provide each child with not just a gift or two, but a full Christmas.  Foster families are incredibly gracious, but they often don’t have the means to make Christmas extra special for the children in their home. Teenagers and young adults are particularly left out, as most donations are toys for young children.  

We use this exciting holiday season to help provide for each child's needs and wants. Through our Christmas program, we match donors with children in foster care to sponsor for the holidays. Donors are provided with important information about their assigned child, a brief story about them, and a list of their wishes, needs, and interests. Donors can then shop for their child and turn in the gifts to Fostering Futures. We will wrap and deliver the gifts to the Foster Care Case Managers, who deliver them to the foster families.  

Foster Care Case Managers you can fill out the Christmas application for children on your caseload, located under "Christmas Application." Please submit forms ASAP. Applications are assigned on first come, first serve basis.    

• Sponsor a child(ren) - Sponsoring a child(ren) in foster care for Christmas means taking care of their gifts for the holiday and that we will not need to shop for additional gifts for this child. Most often groups of people (families, friends, classmates, coworkers, businesses, schools, scout troops, etc.) will sponsor a child/sibling set together. You will be provided with information on your assigned child(ren), which includes his/her wish list.  

• If your group is able to sponsor more than one child, please let us know. We like to keep siblings groups together when possible to ensure that they receive equal amounts of gifts.

• Donate gifts to an assigned child - We understand that not everyone is able to provide a full Christmas for a child, but still would prefer to shop for a child. If you are interested in providing a gift, or a few, you can still be assigned a child and  his/her information and wish list will be provided.  

• Donate gifts - We graciously accept donations of new toys, clothing, and other items to gift to our foster children for Christmas. You can also purchase gifts off of our Amazon Wish List: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2NVKQ062NYS18?ref_=wl_share

• Make a monetary donation - We understand that the holiday season is a busy time of year for most people. Not everyone has time for additional shopping. Making a monetary donation will help us to shop and provide for more children in foster care this Christmas. You can make a tax-deductible, monetary donation at the bottom of this page. 

Additional, important donor information located on "Donor Information" page. Please use the contact form below to CONTACT US about how you would like to help. Please specify if you would like to sponsor a child, donate gifts to a child, or donate generic gifts.  

We have three drop off locations this year.

• South County (63129) - contact Erin at erin@fosteringfuturesmo.org
• South City (63109) - contact Michele at michele.carollo@gmail.com 
• St. Charles (63368) - contact Caitlin at csheda926@yahoo.com   

• Donate gift wrapping supplies!  - we are most in need of gift card boxes, clothing boxes, tape, and gift tag stickers

• Volunteer to wrap presents - please contact us if you are able to assist

• Volunteer to help transport gifts - please contact us if you are able to assist