The holiday period is often a time when our clients are most in need.
Here are a few ways you can support Family Centre’s client families in need during the holidays:
Download Family Centre’s Holiday Giving Menu (PDF)
Adopt a Family Programme
Families in significant financial need who are active participants in our Counselling services or in our Community Outreach programmes (Youth Leadership Academy, Beyond Rugby Bermuda and Beyond Yoga Bermuda) are flagged for support during the holiday season. Their family needs as well as their children’s holiday wishes are identified and shared with an individual, family, or company donor. Donors who ‘adopt a family’ will often provide a combination of the following: Vouchers for different stores (The MarketPlace, Gibbons, Boyle’s, Brown and Co, Phoenix, etc.), Food hampers with everyday non-perishable food items, toys, clothing, a voucher for a Christmas meal and/or a Christmas tree with decorations. The donor completely decides the make-up of the family they wish to adopt and how they would like to give.
Purchase of Grocery, BELCO and/or Gibbons Company Vouchers to support families all year round
The types of vouchers listed above are always welcome to place in our stock for the year as well as to give out to families in need during the holiday season. Staff who are aware of a client family’s financial needs follow the proper protocols for assessing how Family Centre can help, and apply for vouchers to help support a family through a crisis situation at any time of the year.
Family Centre’s 2025 Holiday Season Wish List
Family Centre’s services run all year round, and we go through a lot of supplies. So, we started a wish list of our own! Any contribution towards these bundles makes a difference in our ability to deliver therapeutic programmes and services to children, teens, and families in Bermuda.
| Arts and Crafts Supplies Bundle For use during counselling child and family sessions, counselling groups, therapeutic groups, Beyond Yoga Bermuda and Youth Leadership Academy activities with youth and families | Therapeutic Play Activities Bundle For use with children and youth participating in counselling services therapeutic camps, and Youth Leadership Academy activities, and our Beyond Programmes. |
| Project poster boards Plain and multicolored paper Paints and paintbrushes Crayola washable markers Sharpie markers Colored pencils and pens Hot glue guns & glue sticks Standard scissors (for teens & adults) Journals for adolescent girls Journals for adolescent boys Jewelry making supplies | Sensory toys Foldable multi game table (tennis table, air hockey) Skipping ropes Hula hoops Sidewalk chalk Rugby balls Board games for children between the ages of 4-18 years old Racially and ethnically diverse toys LEGO Clear storage bins (large) Small office desk |
See below for some additional ideas of items you can support us, and our families, with over the holiday season.
Client Family Needs:
- Grocery vouchers
- Gas vouchers
- Toys for boys and girls – primary aged children
- Gift vouchers for adolescent children and teens
- Writing journals for males and females
- School supplies
- Phone top-up cards
Food Hampers:
Some donors collect items for creating food hampers that are dropped off to Family Centre for distribution to families in significant financial need who are active participants in either our Counselling Services or our Community Outreach Programmes (Youth Leadership Academy, Beyond Rugby Bermuda and Beyond Yoga Bermuda). Sometimes the hampers are supplemented with a grocery voucher for the purchase of perishable items that cannot be placed in the hampers.
Other:
Some donors have supported families in need through the purchase of specific items, such as Christmas meals from Thyme Bermuda, Wilks Catering, or The MarketPlace and/or purchase of a Christmas tree, lights, and ornaments.
Donation to Family Centre:
Consider including a monetary donation to Family Centre along with your holiday gift for a family in need. Family Centre donors like you make all our programmes and services possible: Counselling Services (Screening and Referral, Triage, Counselling and Family Support Services, Social Skills Groups, and Family Groups), Community Outreach Programmes (Youth Leadership Academy, Beyond Rugby Bermuda and Beyond Yoga Bermuda), and Advocacy Initiatives that aim to create a healthier Bermuda for our children. Donate Now
Family Centre Service Needs:
- Activities Supplies (markers, pens, pencils, paper, rulers, glue, scissors, post it notes, index cards and poster board paper)
- Afterschool Snacks (granola bars, cheez-it packets, apple juice boxes, bottles of apple juice)
- Arts and crafts supplies for Groups
- Board Games
- Cups, plates, utensils, napkins and aluminum foil for meal distribution at evening groups and events for children and families.
For more information, email info@tfc.bm