Charity christmas gifts are growing in popularity - how beneficiary selection?

The charity collected christmas money as well as goods, and more and more wants to participate in the collection. The evening journal explained on what basis the selection in need of assistance.Hope-the organization of the collection by were helped last year, about 17 000 children and young people. Ossi Ahola/AL

charity gifts is gaining popularity, as well as intangible gifts. Helsinki region environmental services last year from doing the survey reveals that as many as one-third of the metropolitan area and Kirkkonummi residents prefer intangible gifts of goods instead.

charitable gifts to the needy can christmas give, for example, the Hope organization, the Finnish red cross or Christmas tree-the collection of the season.

Gifts for the needy

the Hope of the organisation's operations director Eveliina Hostil told reporters that last year the organization helped a total of about 17 000 children or young people. This year, needy families, the number has continued to grow.

Especially in the helsinki metropolitan area we have had challenges to meet the needs of children, because the number is so large. Christmas time gifts are mainly directed to those children who are ready for our customers, Hostil said.

the Kids themselves I hope the christmas package of content, and desires aim, where possible, to implement.

About half of the needy children and young people end up in the Hope someone else will help party, such as the public sector social service, guided by. Rest can be found in the organization itself.

the Finnish red cross fund-raising chief lawrence bridge according to the Good holiday spirit -campaign will be held this year, already 22. time in cooperation with the Mannerheim league for Child welfare.

the aim of the Campaign is to help needy families with children, who live in Finland 110 000 children. Collection target is 28 000 € 70 gift card to the grocery store, i.e. a total of almost two million.

-70 euros may not seem very big sum, but it can buy a decent christmas dinner table. The gift card is immediately tangible impact, lawrence bridges said.

deprived of the gift card need of families choose a social services department, clinics and wards in cooperation with the Finnish red cross and the Mannerheim league for Child welfare.

Packages for children

the Finnish junior chamber of volunteers to organise the traditional Christmas collection, to donate christmas gifts to children who have child protection district, in care, in foster care, children's home or otherwise family situation would be without santa claus brought.

Christmas-collection of project manager of the Legend Tram said, that all the gifts will end up getting her.

–we Guarantee the official Christmas logo using the collection of the gifts end up in the specified collection to the target.

Raition according to the Tree-collection is not in itself select needy families, but the gifts you shared through for example social care.

–in practice, This means that the gift of receiving children and young people are already the city's social assistance clients. We care about through us, the collected gifts directly to the city, and there gifts to be distributed to social services by employees.

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