Holiday Helpings

A message from George Jones about Holiday Helpings

Bread for the City CEO George Jones explains the importance of Holiday Helpings this year. For 2020, we are expanding our reach to 15,000 families with more options to receive holiday helpings. Families and individuals will receive a $50 visa gift card, and they will have the choice to purchase a turkey or ham with the fixings or use it for something more important.

Turning Tradition Into Progress!

At Bread, we believe our job is to listen to the community and provide the tools necessary for people to make empowering life decisions. And our Holiday Helpings campaign is no different. While many folks won’t be celebrating a traditional holiday feast this year for a variety of reasons, we still must provide support to our neighbors during what has been an unprecedented year and fill our food pantry in both our NW and SE Center to prepare for the winter months.

Last year we celebrated with 11,000 neighbors with turkeys, hams, and all the fixings. This year we are expanding our reach to 15,000 families and offering more options to our neighbors for ways to receive a holiday helping.

Learn more below or contact holidayhelpings@breadforthecity.org.

Donate to Holiday Helpings

Help Us Raise $1,000,000 for 15,000 families this year

Get Involved?

There are many ways to support our Holiday Helpings tradition including:

• By hosting a fundraising drive you are making a commitment to BFC families to raise money to support our work. We’ll help with the heavy lifting by providing you with all of the tools that you need to be successful! Check out our 2020 Drive tool kit for tips + tricks, social media, and even emails that you can send out to family and friends.

Host a Fundraising Drive

• Celebrate with our community by sponsoring a family or more this season. A $50 donation provides a family of four the option to spend this holiday season making memories.

Sponsor Families

• Volunteer your time and help a family. With your help, we will feed thousands of DC residents living on low incomes during the holiday season. We hope you’ll join the effort!

Volunteer your time (Link coming soon)

Visit Bread for the City on Flickr to see images from past Holiday Helpings seasons!

Do You Need a Holiday Meal?

Due to high demand, the gift card request form is currently closed.

Debido a la gran demanda, el registro de la tarjeta de regalo está cerrado en este momento.