A Truly Joyful Holiday Season wiith CLF’s Project Angel Wings Program!
A Season of Joy, Powered by Community
This holiday season, Children’s Lifesaving Foundation was surrounded by great generosity and made the holidays brighter through the Project Angel Wings Holiday Program for thousands of youth across L.A. County-thanks to all of YOU!
Holiday Partnerships, Gift Drop-Offs and Donations, “The Nutcracker” Field Trip, and MORE!
The Holiday Season is truly one of the busiest times of year for the Childen’s Lifesaving Foundation, and this year ws no exception! Starting with a great Wrap Party Event on the Snapchat campus with their employees, an amazing Project Angel Wings Holiday Event for over 140 LA’s BEST students from Title I schools on December 13th at Malibu Elementary, to fab Toy Drives hosted by Agape Spiritual Center’s ActionAgape Common Unity Ministry, Northwestern Mutual Insurance in Santa Monica, Girlscout Troop #3561, Swinger’s Diner in West Hollywood, FTI Consulting, PJT Partners, RQ Media and Planet Salon Hollywood. JAKKS Pacific made a beautifully generous donation of brand-new, on-brand toys and gifts. The ever-incredible OSEA Malibu donated hundreds of beauty and skincare products for thr moms and teens in our programs. CLF was invited to join in on Homeboy Industries Holiday Carnival on December 19th- giving away over 600 toys to their wonderful families, and we also voluteered and brought toys to at PAL’s (Police Actvities League) Holiday Party. We were there at Midnight Mission’s Santa’s Village on the morning of December 21st (donating over 700 toys in honor of our dear friend Dick Dan Dyke’s 100th Birthday!) CLF also gave away hundreds of new toys to new community partners at: Saving Innocence, Victor Community Support Services and the Los Angeles County African American Employees Association. We also donated special Wish List Toys Christmas Week to new families who requested them, including a dear boy named Isaiah, who is autistic, and absolutely loved the toys he received! The day after Christmas, through our dear partners at CREATENOW Arts, we were able to invite five families in our Vita Network to join us at Los Angeles Ballet’s performance of THE NUTCRACKER at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood! Very special thanks to the Santa Monica Place for offering us an amazing space to have our very own Santa’s Workshop filled with our on busy elves, and great thanks to awesome volunteers Suzanne Smith, Clem Billingsly, Dylan McCaffery, Mark Lederkramer, Hannah Matteson, Cathy & Annie Cygan, Tony Grey, Claudia & Mark Mendoza and Alyssa Leilani…
Holiday Wrap Party with Snapchat!
We kicked off the season with a joyful holiday wrap party hosted by Snapchat, who co-sponsored our December 13th project Angel Wings Holiday event. From wrapping gifts to sharing stories, it was a powerful reminder that when communities come together, magic happens. Thank you so much to our great friends at Snapchat for creating a space filled with generosity and heart! Watch the behind the scenes and highlights of our fun event HERE!
CLF’s Project Angel Wing Holiday Event:
Smiles All Around!
Our Project Angel Wings Holiday Program brought smiles to thousands Title I school of students and families living in historically underserved neighborhoods across LA County. For many families, this support was the only gifts their child will receive this holiday. The holiday festivities didn’t stop there! Co-sponosred by Snapchat and the Weinstein Family, students enjoyed: Face painting, our two amazing DJs, dance contests with prizes, a fun Photo booth, special crafts, and LOTS of toys and gifts for students (Each child was gifted with a personalized bag FULL of toys and gifts!) for a very special visit from our own Santa (thank you again, dear Mark Kramer!) Check out the amazing video documenting the day on Instagram!
It’s Not Too Late!
Make An End-of-Year Donation before the New 2026 Charity Tax Law Begins
There are a couple of important reasons why making a gift before the end of this year can be especially meaningful—both for you and for the children and families we serve.
First, the value of charitable deductions is changing. Right now, donors in the highest tax bracket may receive a 37% tax benefit on charitable gifts. Beginning January 1, that benefit will be slightly reduced. While the difference may seem modest, it means that a gift made by December 31 can stretch a little further on your tax return than the same gift made next year.
Second, new deduction thresholds are being introduced. Starting next year, charitable contributions will only be deductible once they exceed 0.5% of your adjusted gross income. This requirement does not exist today, making the current year a simpler and more flexible time to claim the full benefit of your generosity.
What this means for you:
If you were already considering a gift to the Children’s Lifesaving Foundation—or to any causes close to your heart—making that contribution before year’s end may be both a wise financial decision and a powerful way to create immediate impact. Your generosity today helps ensure that children and families can step into the new year with hope, stability, and opportunity.
Thank You So Much Again to Our Incredible Supporters, Donors and Volunteers!
Thank you, thank you! CLF could not have completed this Holiday Season without the incredible help and support of: SNAP Inc, JAKKS Pacific Toys, OSEA Malibu, the Weinstein Family, one VERY special, anonymous Angel, the Oder Family Foundation, the Dwight Stuart Youth Fund, the McHugh-O’Donovan Foundation, the Santa Monica Place, Mark Lederkramer, Suzanne Smith, Clem Billingsly, Tony (Brian) Grey, Dylan McCaffery, Nick Kreider, Claudia & Mark Mendoza, Sol Emami, Ellen Poyer, Marla & Jeffrey Michaels, Hannah Matteson, Alyssa Leilani, Linda Catran, David Silverstein, Yvonne Hyde, Angie Craig, Prism Places, Terrie Pologianis, Vicki Faraone, Neil Carrey, Eula Fritz, A+E Networks, Agape Spiritual Center’s ActionAgape’s CommonUnity Ministries, Northwestern Mutual Insurance in Santa Monica, Girlscout Troop #3561, Mollie Ryan, Cathy & Annie Cygan, Janine & Brad Newell, Swinger’s Diner in West Hollywood, FTI Consulting, PJT Partners, RQ Media, Lincoln Avenue Capital, Planet Salon Hollywood, and ALL of our friends and supporters-who purchased toys and gifts from our Amazon Gift Registry, and donated online…You are all so, SO AMAZING!
and #WELOVEYOU!
(some very hard-working CLF elves this holiday season!)