Dallas Children's Advocacy Center: Holiday of Hope Program

Dallas Children's Advocacy Center Mission

• 🎯 The primary mission of DCAC is to improve the lives of child abuse victims and provide national leadership.
• 🤝 They achieve this by partnering with agencies for a coordinated approach to investigation, prosecution, and healing services for families facing severe child abuse, sexual abuse, and witnessing violent crimes.

Holiday of Hope Program Details

• 🎁 The Holiday of Hope program, though occurring in December, begins its gift store stocking in July.
• 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 The program aims to provide gifts for every child in a household, not just the victim, including three to four age-appropriate gifts, blankets, and books.
• 🎲 Family engagement is encouraged through the provision of game boards.

How to Support DCAC

• 🛍️ Individuals can support the program by shopping from DCAC's Amazon wish list, which can be found by searching for "DCAC" on Amazon.
• 🧑‍💻 The website, dcac.org, also provides a Prime link and further information.
• 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Volunteers are needed in December to help sort donations, and the center also encourages hosting personal toy drives.

Urgent Needs

• 📱 While donations for younger children are welcomed, there is a significant need for items for teenagers, particularly 14-year-old girls.
• ⏳ Donations are encouraged to start immediately, taking advantage of sales like Amazon Prime week.