​The Gift of Dreaming Again: Inspiring Holiday Hope Through the Children's Holiday Fund

The Magic of the Season
Every December, the Peninsula shines a little brighter. Through PCF’s Children’s Holiday Fund, donors and local businesses come together to make sure children in our community feel the joy of the season. When neighbors care for neighbors, we see the magic unfold through this beloved PCF tradition. The fund supports our trusted nonprofit partners who work directly with families in need — ensuring hundreds of local children have warm meals, thoughtful gifts, and the simple joy of being remembered. 

A Gift That Inspires Dreams & Support Where It is Needed Most
The true value of this support is perhaps best summarized by one of our dedicated donors:​

"When I give to the families through the Holiday Fund, I feel like I'm giving Peninsula children an opportunity to dream again. Could there be a more precious gift this holiday season?"

This fund delivers the full spectrum of holiday relief, going beyond single gifts to provide winter clothing, holiday meals, toys, and school supplies. Your gifts provide  flexibility to our nonprofit partners, many of whom live the challenges of life every day with children and their families— to address the greatest needs during  their darkest moments.
These marvelous blessings unfolded during the 2024 holiday season thanks to grants provided by the Children's Holiday Fund:

• Families who rely on meals provided through the schools were given special holiday baskets that included staple foods and meal basics to support them through the two-week school break - when daily bread becomes a challenge.
• Children of individuals who are currently incarcerated received cards, meals and support - reminders they are not alone. 
• A local transitional home was able to purchase bikes and helmets for the children in residence to share. The bikes were purchased in time for Christmas and...were a double blessing as they replaced bikes stolen earlier in the year

New Partnership Spotlight: Ferguson Center for the Arts — Arts for All!
We are thrilled to announce an exciting, multi-year partnership with Christopher Newport University’s Ferguson Center for the Arts and their Arts for All program! This collaboration will support and elevate the Children's Holiday Fund (CHF) while expanding access to the arts for children and families across the Virginia Peninsula.

How it works:

• For every ticket sold for the Ferguson Center's “Family Series,” the Center will donate $1 directly to the Children's Holiday Fund! By attending a Family Series performance, you are directly helping a local child receive the resources they need this holiday season.
• In addition - PCF will connect the Ferguson Center with more nonprofits across our community that can help the Center provide complimentary tickets to all kinds of performances throughout the year to children, families, military members and older neighbors to afford them the opportunity to experience the magic of the arts.  

Bruce Bronstein, Executive Director for the Ferguson Center for the Arts shared, “We are honored and humbled to partner with the Peninsula Community Foundation’s Children’s Holiday Fund. Our Arts for All program is a perfect complement, and together we hope to build greater awareness of both the need and the opportunities the Children’s Holiday Fund provides, while welcoming families to the Ferguson Center to share in the joy and magic of the performing arts.” 
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Click here for more information about Arts for All, and here for ticket information for the Family Series at the Ferguson Center!

Join Us:
Through the Children’s Holiday Fund, PCF has awarded $500,000 in grants to date, to area nonprofit organizations. Our promise always is to be thoughtful, compassionate stewards of your gifts, ensuring that your light shines brightly into the young lives that need it most. Together we will ensure that more of our young Peninsula neighbors are seen, valued, and loved this season.

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