We gratefully acknowledge the support of the many
community organizations as well as numerous Individual
Donors for helping needy
San Jose teens
2023 GIFT BAGS
Each of the GFT teens will receive a back pack with over 40 items
Generous donations subsidize the GFT costs per bag
The bags are filled with over 40 items including with gifts, games, school supplies, toiletries, scarves, socks, jewelry, snacks and many personal items
Each year GFT each bag for every teen also includes:
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• Gift cards from several stores
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• One quality hoodie sweatshirt
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• One pair of warm Pajamas
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• Thrive and Lush cosmetics
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• Two new t-shirts
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• Fast Food certificates
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• SF Giants t-shirts, tote bags, bobbleheads
Grateful Garments of Silicon Valley
Grateful Garments, a local non-profit helping abused victims, donated holiday themed underwear for the girls. We are very grateful!
SF Giants
S.F. Giants donated 300 t-shirts, team bobble head figures, 800 Giants tote bags, 660 hand sanitizer bottles and fun team-colored mugs. Teens will really feel special getting these logo and Giants branded gifts.
Thank you SF Giants
Sacred Heart Community Service
Sacred Heart Community Service has donated thousands of practical school supplies for our teens. Their contribution includes
pens, composition notebooks, glue sticks, erasers, folders,
markers, colored pencils, and 300 new backpacks.
These are essential school supplies we can add to our gift bags that can
help teens throughout their school year.
The Pajama Project
The Pajama Project generously donated a pair of cozy PJ’s for each teen
Hand knit Scarves and Hats
Warm hand knit scarves and hats and beanie are being knit
by volunteers for both guys and gals.
AAUW GFT
The GFT bags motivate needy and homeless teens to seek essential services from local social Agencies. GFT gift duffles are an incentive for needy teens to attend holiday gift-giving events held by local Agencies where they can then access counseling, health care, housing help, job training, and complete their educational goals.
Teens and youth up to 24 years old are given full gift bags based on need as recommended by four local social service agencies.
Through Gifts for Teens many needy, homeless and underserved teens are supported by the San Jose community.
AAUW San Jose Volunteers
Each year over 80 ;AAUW San Jose Branch
members donate time
and money to
support GFT
Members
also volunteer to
assemble
each gift bag.
Lush Cosmetics
Lush has generously donated 1,060 items this year
LUSH, a popular brand with teens, has generously donated a large shipment of 1,060 shower scrub and lotions to
add to the festive cosmetic packets for girls.
Each girl will receive 3 tubes of each in her tote. These are quality products that are not heavily perfumed.
National Charity League moms and daughters will wrap all these beauty items in holiday paper to add to our girls' bags.
Thank you Lush Cosmetics for this year’s specially generous donation
Community Volunteers
San Jose AAUW provides Holiday Gifts for At-Risk Teens
The GFT committee members will continue to work with many community volunteers
who are involved during
the year to source,
supply, donate and
assemble the
many personal items that
fill this year’s GFT
gift bags for
San Jose teens
2022 GIFT BAG ALLOCATION
This year GFT will give the gift backpacks to teens
through a variety of local San Jose community services agencies
Sacred Heart Community Services
The Bill Wilson Center
EAH Housing
GFT Committee
Assembly Community Volunteers
THRIVE Cosmetics Donation 2023
THRIVE has generously sent 1,988 beauty items this year.
This includes skin care products for youth with an emphasis on sunblock products, lip balm and SPF sunblock moisturizer. These products are high quality cosmetics, contained in attractive creative packaging. Each female GFT teens wil receive 6 THRIVE items in a fun zippered pouch
Male teen bags will receive a THRIVE lip balm too.
THRIVE is “Beauty with a Purpose. For every product purchased, one is donated to help a woman thrive.”
Thank you THRIVE Cosmetics for this year’s amazingly generous donation
THRIVE Cosmetics Giving Partner
GFT designated as a GIVING PARTNER by THRIVE
GFT is one of the select groups to which THRIVE donates. We are grateful to be named a Giving Partner this year.
GFT applies for the THRIVE grant each year and has been awarded products for the last 4 years because we serve low-income and homeless youth
We are grateful to be named as a Giving Partner by THRIVE
National Charity League, mom and daughter philanthropists, will co-ordinate and wrap fun cosmetics and also serve as volunteers in the fall to assemble all these wonderful products into
gift bags and duffles for GFT teens.
We have such efficient, enthusiastic groups to complete filling bags each year. This year we appreciate volunteers from several High Schools - Archbishop Mitty, Presentation, Bellarmine, St Francis, Pioneer, Leland Robotics Club. Several community groups - Alamaden Valley Women’s Club, The History Club, National Charity League Alamaden Blossom Valley Chapter, Xi Iota Zeta sorrority, AAUW - San Jose Branch and numerous individual volunteers.
We thank these volunteers, especially the teenagers, for their continued service and caring attitude.
Community Donatons
We are asking the community for donatons of $25 and $50 store gift cards from Target and Walmart - where teens can get food, hygiene products, and clothing. Kids can use the store gift cards to p
urchase what they most need and want.
Please Donate by using the donate button on the website.
The GFT committee is buying numerous other teen-loved gifts, such as sparkly nail polish, pajamas, warm beanies, sweat pants, and store gift cards, to include in the bags. We are accepting donations of cash for these purchases.
