The holidays are about warmth, nourishment, and feeling cared for, and every year, Giraffe Laugh Early Learning Centers makes sure local families with young children experience just that.
Through our Thanksgiving Baskets, December Holiday Baskets, Adopt-a-Family program, and Life Baskets, you can help us provide local families with food, essentials, and a little extra holiday cheer during a season that can be financially overwhelming. These programs are designed to ease stress for parents, support household stability, and ensure children can thrive at school and at home.
This is a community effort we proudly offer every year, made possible by generous donors, volunteers, and partners who believe every family deserves a joyful holiday season.
Download our Holiday Giving Guide
Donate Food (Thanksgiving)
Help provide the ingredients for home-cooked meals to our Giraffe Laugh families this Thanksgiving season.
Drop off at our office anytime before November 18th, Monday through Friday between 10:00 AM and 4:00 PM.
Donate Food Items
Volunteer (Thanksgiving)
Join us in assembling Thanksgiving baskets and delivering them to our centers.
Volunteer
Donate Food (December holiday)
Help provide the ingredients for home-cooked meals to our Giraffe Laugh families this Holiday season.
Drop off at our office anytime before December 16th, Monday through Friday between 10:00 AM and 4:00 PM.
Donate Food Items
Volunteer (December Holiday)
Join us in assembling December Holiday baskets and delivering them to our centers.
Volunteer
Adopt-a-Family & Life Baskets
Make the holidays magical for a child in need. When you adopt a family, you help ensure every child wakes up to the joy of gifts, warmth, and love this season. Families range from 2 to 10+ members. Choose the size that works for you!
✨ If you’re interested, please contact Beverly at beverly@giraffelaugh.org
A Holiday Memory That Changed Everything
Shared by a Giraffe Laugh supporter who adopted a family
One year, a child asked for a Nintendo DS. It was a stretch for us, but my husband said, ‘We should get the DS. I’ll use my Christmas money.’
Weeks later, we got a handwritten note from the mother saying her son had opened the game first and he felt sick. His father had pawned his DS for drug money. But when he opened the last gift and saw the new DS, he broke down sobbing. She said it gave him faith and hope in humanity again.
What was a simple decision to us was life-changing for a child—and it’s my constant reminder to pay it forward.
Want to help, or need help?
Get in touch with Giraffe Laugh.