Better Together, a nonprofit dedicated to families and children, provided holiday cheer by distributing Christmas gifts to 278 families across the state this year.
Every year with the support of generous donors, Better Together provides Christmas gifts to the families the nonprofit serves through its Better Families program. Better Together rallied the support of the community as well as partners and volunteers to collect Christmas gifts for families across six regions of Florida, which span 48 counties.
The nonprofit hosted a series of events throughout December where families were able to gather for an evening of community, holiday fun and food. During each region’s outreach event, parents and guardians received Christmas gifts to give to their children on Christmas morning. Bicycles, dolls, toy cars, action figures, board games, baby toys, coloring books and art supplies were among the items collected and distributed to local families. Additional gifts will be distributed to families leading up to the holidays.
“The holiday season can be a difficult time for many, especially for families who are already struggling,” said Megan Rose, CEO of Better Together. “Thanks to all of the businesses, organizations and individuals that donated to Better Together this year, we were able to provide hundreds of children with gifts to find under the tree on Christmas morning.”
This holiday season, a variety of organizations across Florida contributed to lightening the load for families and children. Organizations participating as toy drive collection sites throughout the state included: Appleton Museum of Art, Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Lifestyles Realty, Bounce N Play, BreadBreakers Church, Build-A-Bouquet, Calvary Chapel Naples, Christ Fellowship Church, Client Focused Media, Covenant Church of Naples, David Weekley Homes – North River Ranch, Dermalase Medical Spa, Dorcey Law, Dragon Flower Winery, FINO Barber Shop, First Sebring Church, Grace Church, GraphicTen, Gulfside Chiropractic, H2 Advisors, HBK & Consultants, IMX Pilates, iTHINK Financial, Jeannine Ordway Allstate Insurance, Lake Medical Hearing Center, Mr. Tire Plus One, Norman Love Confections, Nuviva Medical Weight Loss, Priority Marketing, Sacred Dagger Tattoo Studio, Schnoz Spaw LLC, Suncoast Credit Union, TH Logistics, Virginia’s Hair Salon and Watson Realty.
To learn more about Better Together and its mission, visit BetterTogetherUS.org.
ABOUT BETTER TOGETHER
Better Together is a nonprofit organization that helps parents going through a hard time keep their kids out of foster care, find work and address the root causes of their struggle so that they can reunite as a family with the tools and support system to thrive. A privately funded and professionally supported organization, Better Together is made up of volunteers who believe helping people help themselves is the best way to restore dignity and bring families together. Through the Better Families program, families are offered a preventive alternative to foster care while they get the help they need. To date, the program has kept 98% of children served out of foster care. The Better Jobs program was created to address the 76% of families that come to Better Together because of economic hardship tied to unemployment. In addition to community job fairs, the program offers job seekers coaching, guidance, support and encouragement through local church partners. For more information, visit BetterTogetherUS.org.
