WY&FS Invites Participants to Confidential Holiday Giving Program for Families in Need

Westwood Youth & Family Services (WY&FS) is accepting registrations though Friday, November 3, 2023, for interested participants in its annual Holiday Giving program, a confidential process through which donors provide assistance to families who may be financially unable to purchase holiday gifts on their own. 

Any Westwood resident, with children aged birth to 18 years old, can register to receive help with holiday gift-giving this year. Also eligible are families of any student who is enrolled in Westwood Public Schools. Other children in the student's household will also be included.

Families who are in need this holiday season are encouraged to contact WY&FS to sign up or learn more. Email mlarose@townhall.westwood.ma.us or call 781-320-1006.

The Holiday Giving Program began in 1999, and since then, it has supported hundreds of families. Last year, 46 families and 97 children were supported by the program.

Thanks to Mary Ellen LaRose and Westwood Youth & Family Services for contributing this news to Westwood Minute.

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