Holiday Adopt-a-Student Gratitude & Student Holiday Party!

Our Adopt-a-Student program was a HUGE success this year! Our community donated $35,090 in Secret Santa gifts, $2,701 in other gifts from our Amazon holiday wish list, $3,720 in gift cards, and $1,825 in-kind donations from gift drives and wrapping supplies! Every one of our 40 Robyne’s Nest students had their own Secret Santa, and with your generosity we “adopted” an additional 133 at-risk students referred by administrators from our local schools, providing a total of 173 students with true holiday joy and excitement!

Our heartfelt gratitude to all the dedicated volunteers who contributed to the success of this wonderful program. All the gifts have been delivered and the students were beyond excited and grateful. We truly cannot thank you all enough--to all the Secret Santa shoppers, all those who assembled gifts and the drivers delivering to the schools, those who baked dinners and goodies…all truly appreciated.  We would like to extend extra special thank yous to our Master Wrapper, Donna Synzal, Angela York and The Integrity Group who also wrapped student gifts, and Dr. Nick HB Chiropractic for their gift drive!

And, to “wrap-up” this outpouring of holiday spirit from our community, our Robyne’s Nest students had a wonderful evening of friendship, dinner donated by Love at First Bite Catering and sharing the fun of opening their Secret Santa presents at our Annual Holiday Party! A special thank you to our volunteer Linda Kannow for hosting these festivities!

Your commitment and extreme generosity have made a positive impact on the lives of these wonderful teens. Knowing there is a village of people who truly care, and are there to provide support and encouragement goes a long way in helping these students break their cycles and change their lives!