Toy Collection Begins Monday

December 1, 2021

Stuart –

Like every year for the past two decades, CCKids works with a network of longtime holiday partners to make the Christmas wishes of children in the Circuit 19 Dependency system come true.

We will be out next week stopping by each of those partner businesses, churches and social groups to collect the toys that will become part of the CCKids/Guardians for New Futures holiday gift project.

CCKids is able to provide gifts to all children in care thanks to the generosity of these groups and to the dozens of partners and individuals working with the Guardians.

It is with the deepest gratitude that we thank these 2021 Christmas angels who coordinated their own toy drives and collected gifts for children throughout Indian River, Martin, Okeechobee and St. Lucie counties:

Berry Fresh Cafe of Stuart and Port St. Lucie, Clark Advanced Learning Center NHS, Translations USA, Kappa Kappa Iota, St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, St. Andrew's Lutheran Church, First Presbyterian Church of Port St. Lucie,

The Grove Church, Pursuit Boats, Sydney's Aquasizers, First United Methodist Church of Port St. Lucie, La Buona Vita, Unity of Fort Pierce, Harbor Insurance,

Tropicana, HOSA of St. Lucie West Centennial High School, Steele Shears Hair Studio, Sparemakers, Seacoast Bank, Treasure Coast Builders Association, the JROTC Jaguar Battalian of Port St. Lucie High School,

Sungrove Montesori, the Retired Educators of St. Lucie County, Indian River State College and the Florida Highway Patrol.

Many of these groups are run by individuals who have experienced hard times, including loss of business or employment. And yet, they continue to support the annual gift drive.

Please consider supporting them in return.