Citizens for Safe Schools announces holiday gift drive

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Press release by Citizens for Safe Schools

This holiday season Citizens for Safe Schools (CFSS) is partnering with generous neighboring business Everybody’s Vintage, for a holiday gift drive, to benefit the students in their program.

Citizens for Safe Schools is a grassroots 501(c)3 nonprofit that serves youth in the Klamath Basin by pairing at-promise youth with a caring, responsible adult mentor.

Mentees often come from complicated home lives and backgrounds of poverty, and the Holiday season can be hard for many of the youth and families in the program. This has been exasperated this year with the COVID-19 pandemic and economic recession.

CFSS wants to make this time of year a little easier for their kids and families, and as such is asking for donations and sponsorships from local businesses and generous individuals, to gather and purchase gifts for the youth in their programs.

Cash and check donations can be made in person at Everybody’s Vintage or online on a One Cause fundraising site using your credit card info. You can sponsor an individual gift from the holiday wishlist or just make a general cash donation to help staff purchase gifts. The link to view the full Mentee wishlist and make online donations is here: https://one.bidpal.net/cfssgiftdrive

Additionally, donors who stop into Everybody’s Vintage at 733 Main Street this holiday season with a gift or cash donation and receive a 20% discount on your in-store purchase.

All donations are 100% tax-deductible and go directly to fulfill a wish for one of our Klamath Basin Youth.

Many of the mentees currently in Citizens for Safe Schools’ Kids in the Middle Program have each asked for one gift as part of the drive, and their wish is listed below. These donated gifts can be dropped off at Everybody’s Vintage at 733 Main Street, and their hours are Tuesday-Saturday from 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM. Call the CFSS office at 541-882-3198 to coordinate donation drop-off outside of these hours. The Holiday Gift Drive will be running through Friday, December 18.

Mentee Wishlist:

  • Emily- Minecraft/creeper stuff; insulated winter gloves, Minecraft sheet set or throw blanket, Shaun the sheep youtooz.

  • Saira- piano keyboard, record player, 

  • Elise- Exercise equipment, record player

  • Sage- clownfish squishmallow, eyeliners, chucky movies box set, Edward Scissorhands Funko pop, mini (11x7) Little Shop of Horrors movie poster, Audrey Funko pop, Chucky Funko pop

  • Dominic- 3x long sleeve shirts, art stuff (paper, pencils, markers)

  • Danniell- Black slip on vans youth size 5.5

  • Izzie- warm fuzzy sloth socks, face mask, fake nails

  • Mia- Weighted blanket, pink and grey pillows

  • Alysha- Mens size large hooded sweatshirt, and painting stuff

  • Mickayla- warm winter coat (sz girls 18-20), sensory items-slime, sand, etc. star wars lego set

  • Kaylynn- warm winter coat (sz girls 16-18), sensory items- slime, sand, etc. hydroflask, scrunchies, pop socket

  • Chelsea- slip on white vans size 9.0 Womens, Nike headband

  • Vivian- Salomon ‘Oh Yeah’ Snowboard, gift certificate to Steel Sensations piercing

  • Kadence- Vans slides white size 9 Mens

  • Mady- Giant horse stuffed animal. Toy horses, necklace, velvet scrunchies, glitter gel pens

  • Lavena-Nintendo Switch, special drawing pencils and pens for sketching

  • Cody- Nintendo DS, ‘indestructible’ shoes Mens size 11, wood for wood burning kit, drawing book and drawing pencils

  • Kileeun- Five nights at Freddy’s stuffed animal (foxy) or shirt, Pokémon cards, Christmas cookies, a cool flash light, Twin bed set (Minecraft but any works)

  • Neveah- perfume, lotions, face masks, sox, or art stuff

  • Mia: Xbox giftcard

  • Ezequiel: Longboard, Xbox giftcard, LED strip lights

  • AbbyGail- hoodies womens medium, crafts, paint, color pencils, books

  • Talyia- hoodies large womens, or gift cards

  • Selvyn- Cybcamo silicone skin cover grip for Xbox 1 controller in black

  • Preston- 15lb dumbbell set

  • Marlee- slippers, size 8

  • Alexis- really soft blanket, Christmas sweatpants (women’s small), fuzzy Christmas socks

  • Gabby- beanies, fuzzy socks, winter boots, rings, eyeliner, candy, crackly candles, throw blanket

  • Paris- tarot deck and tarot book

  • Kamdon- “I don't really want a present could you do like a gift card or some money cause my present would be getting money so I can buy a present for my grandma to make me happy” 

  • Kirstin-Led lights and shirts size xl, a lot of fake tattoos in any designs

  • Jaden- PS4 game

  • Maggie- giftcard to Ross, tall brown boots size 8

CFSS thanks you for sponsoring a Kid in the Middle this Holiday season!