Celebrate the holidays in July by signing up early to be a Holiday Hero!
Holiday Heroes provide gifts to local children and families participating in Youth Villages’ programs. Generous donors and shoppers like YOU who sign up early enable us to fulfill the wish lists of more than 2,000 Middle Tennessee youth and children.
As your family, company, civic or religious group starts to plan for its volunteer project or philanthropic giving during the holiday season, please remember the Holiday Heroes program and bring children and youth near you a holiday they will always remember!
HOW THE PROGRAM WORKS
Shop
- Sign up early to be matched with a child or a sibling group for the holidays.
- Each child fills out a wish list. You will receive the wish list(s) in November.
- Shop for the top three wish list items and deliver the gifts to Youth Villages.
OR
Donate
- Be a sponsor by donating to fulfill a child’s wish list or program holiday party. Sponsors provide the financial resources needed to purchase all the gifts for the kids who aren’t matched or come into our care days before the holiday break.
- Sponsorship Levels:
- $3,000 – YVLifeSet holiday party
- $1,000 – Group home holiday parties
- $500 – Wish list for a sibling group
- $100 – Wish list for a child
*Sponsors for Holiday Heroes in July will be listed on the Middle Tennessee Holiday Heroes website when we officially kick off the program this fall*
Social News
Sometimes a little encouragement goes a long way. That’s why we are passionate about helping children and youth cross that finish line into successful adulthood through programs like #YVLifeSet.
Classes are back in session and summer is almost over, but it was a memorable one! Take a look at all the fun activities our campuses enjoyed during summer 2019!
These awesome young people are a great example of sacrificing holiday time for a good cause. The members of @yvamericorps left campus at 4:30 a.m. on the 4th of July to support the AJC Peachtree Road Race
When D’Kerio as 16, he came to us for help after experiencing abuse, abandonment and an unstable home environment. Now, at 26 years old, D’Kerio stands by the tools and skills he learned from his counselors. He recently graduated from college with a degree in social work and is planning to help other young people find their own path to hope and healing. He returned to the Bartlett Campus in Memphis, Tennessee, as the keynote speaker for our 2019 graduation ceremony; sharing his story and inspiration with the children in our care.
Great place . I love everything about it . They are true angels on earth .
Success stories build hope for others who struggle..Fantastic and congrats...Thank you for your willingness to give back
Congratulations
Congratulations!
Congratulations D’Kerio. Best wishes for the future
Awesome D'Kerio!!!! So proud of you!!!
Beautiful story!
Congrats young man
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thats wonderful news
Thank you, D'Kerio!!!!
1 in 3 children enter the foster care system because of parental drug use. We are vigilantly working to reunite children and youth with their family safely through programs like YVIntercept.
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Dramatic rise in children entering foster care due to parents’ drug use, study finds
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There’s been a large increase in foster care entries in the United States due to parental drug use, according to a study published Monday in the medical journal JAMA Pediatrics.