'Hope for Christmas' in Fannin County needs your help
By Sandy Hood, Fannin County Family Crisis Center
Dec 10, 2019
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Fannin County, Texas -- Fannin County Family Crisis Center is once again providing Hope for Christmas for the Fannin County Community. We need help from businesses, citizens, church groups and friends to make this possible. Last year we provided presents for over 365 children in Fannin County that otherwise would not have had a good Christmas.

Some of the children served are our clients who may have had to leave a dangerous situation with nothing but the clothes they were wearing. Our sign up for families that need assistance
is December 6 and December 7, but we need to begin collecting donations now to ensure that we will be able to meet the need.

Families signing up will be required to verify that they live in Fannin County and that they qualify as a family in need. We also crosscheck with other agencies providing Christmas to ensure that we are not serving families that are signed up somewhere else.

Unfortunately, Fannin County has a high poverty rate and there are many families that struggle to meet even their day to day needs. We would like to ensure that all children in Fannin County have a blessed Christmas. We encourage you to be a part of this blessing.

How can you help?

• Monetary donations – Monetary donations are easy. Go to the Fannin County Family Crisis Center’s web page https://fccrisiscenter.org/ and click on the donation tab at the top, where you can use PayPal or a credit/debit card to donate. When you donate, there is a place to add a message.

Please specify that your donation is for Hope for Christmas. Donations can also be mailed or brought to the Crisis Center at 118 East Sam Rayburn Drive, Bonham, TX 75418. Once again, please specify that your donation is for Hope for Christmas.

• After families sign-up on December 6 and December 7, church groups, businesses and others can come by the Crisis Center and adopt a family or as many families as you would like and provide Christmas gifts directly to the family.

It takes a village to help this many children. Last year several local businesses and individuals very generously donated to this amazing event, including Clayton Homes employees and corporate office. Each family was designated a certain amount per child to spend and were able to hand pick presents at Wal-Mart while the Crisis Center staff and volunteers were present to oversee and pay for each transaction. Please come be a part of the village this special holiday season. If you have any questions, please call 903-583-7694. Follow us on Facebook (Fannin Crisis Center) to see the latest updates.