The Elf Project began in 2021 in an effort to provide support for youth in foster care during the winter holiday season. The primary focus of the Elf Project has been youth in group homes or congregate care. Each year, the community works together to fulfill gift wish lists of foster care children as well as to provide each child with a new set of clothing. The Elf Project involves volunteers and donors from across the community, including individuals involved in Pima County Juvenile Court, the legal community, and the not-for-profit/philanthropic community.
In its second year, Tucson Thrives dedicated the months of October, November and December to helping the Elf Project triple its impact both in terms of funds raised and gift items collected, as well as in the number of foster care children served. This year Tucson Thrives will again join efforts with the Elf Project! Please join us in contributing to this wonderful holiday project, call for more information!
Your generous donation helped provide new clothing for students in area Title 1 schools through our Operation School Bell® program. Thanks to you, our Starting over Supplies program gave baskets of new items for the kitchen, bedroom and bath for Tucson residents who are being newly housed and have nothing. Clothing and snacks for adult and child survivors of abuse were distributed through our Assault Survivor Kits® program. Your organization has given us the opportunity to help so many deserving people in the Tucson area.
-Assistance League of Tucson
