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Community Partners: Local Group Helped Raise Thousands for Musd Students and Families

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Make a Change | Unsplash by Katt Yukawa

Make a Change | Unsplash by Katt Yukawa

 Hundreds of local students and dozens of families received some help during the holidays through the 2022 Holiday Share donation drive.

The Youth Education Supporters (YES) partner with Marana Unified School District to collect donations from the community for the drive.

They handed out those gifts and donations on December 16, 2022. Through the campaign, nearly 300 families received help. 174 families through school site partner adoptions and 111 through the Family Resource Center Child Wish Program.

832 children participated in Holiday Share and 70 families attended the Holiday Sharing Day event,

Families received a gift card to purchase a holiday main dish and a bag of holiday food from the Family Resource Center.

Dozens of community donors contributed more than $6,000 in cash donations and more than $1,300 in gift card donations to the cause.

Original source can be found here.

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