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EMPIRE NEWS NETWORK (ENN)—- Everybody has a holiday wish. For foster kids, their wishes may not come true. For the ninth year in a row, Starbucks and Aspiranet are partnering to give at-risk kids and teens a holiday season they’ll never forget.
Nearly 270 Starbucks locations across California are taking part in this heartwarming holiday tradition. For many families who have participated for years, buying a gift for foster kids is part of their holiday shopping ritual.
Foster and at-risk kids from across California provide a gift tag with their wish. Tags are displayed at participating Starbucks locations. Generous families pick up a tag, buy the gift on the tag and return it, unwrapped, to the same Starbucks location. Aspiranet “Elves” distribute the gifts prior to the holidays. Throughout the Holiday Wish Drive, some Starbucks locations will be participating in gift wrapping parties.
Aspiranet’s Holiday Wish Drive runs from November 19 through December 14, and is possible only through the continued generosity of Starbucks.
Aspiranet is a one-of-a-kind social service agency dedicated to building a world where all children and youth are loved and cared for, and all families have the resources to thrive. Founded in 1975, the agency’s core mission is to help California kids and families. Aspiranet’s services include foster care and adoption family support, residential care, support for youth making the transition from foster care to adulthood, mental and behavioral health services, intensive home-based care, and community-based family resources. Aspiranet provides services throughout California.
Aspira means hope. We are a network of people bringing hope forward.
For complete information, including an interactive map of participating Starbucks locations, visit www.aspiranetholidays.org.
