Hall is Home for Kids
Supporting children and families impacted by the child welfare system in and around Hall County, Georgia.
10/19/2024
Our deadline of November 5, 2024 to receive Christmas List Sponsor Elves commitments is coming up in just 17 days!! We need more Elves!! Please scan the QR code below which will take you to the List Sponsor form, complete it and then submit!! Thank you for your support! These outstanding Hall County foster kiddos deserve a most magical Christmas!! And you can be a part of these efforts.
10/13/2024
We have begun checking our lists and then checking them twice--we need more Christmas List sponsors!! Our deadline for getting sponsor commitments is November 5. Please consider becoming a Sponsor Elf to provide either a Hall County Foster Child's Christmas Wish List or a gift card for one of our Youth. Just click this link to complete a sponsor commitment form. We will begin matching children with sponsors soon. Help make Christmas magical for these great kiddos!!
https://form.jotform.com/222444463942053
10/06/2024
Believe it or not, it is only five weeks until our deadline of November 5, 2024, to get our Christmas Sponsors commitments for this year. Providing Christmas gifts to Hall County Foster children and youth is our mission and we need your help to make that happen for the over 250 children in the foster system presently here in Hall County. Whether you sponsor Christmas lists for a child, provide gift cards for our youth, or just give a donation, every little bit helps provide the best Christmas possible to show these great kiddos how much they are loved. Visit our website at www.hallishomeforkids.com for all the details on how to get involved.
Thank you to all our Christmas Elves over these last seven years. We know there are so many needs in our community and we are humbled and honored that you have selected Hall is Home for Kids to suspport. Please consider our organization again!
We have had an increase in request for assistance at Christmas from families wanting Christmas gifts for their children. Hall is Home for Kids mission is to support foster children who have an open DFCS case in Hall County. We are presently looking for additional resources for families that are not involved in a child welfare case. To that end here is the link to Toys for Tots. https://gainesville-ga.toysfortots.org/local-coordinator-sites/lco-sites/default.aspx?nPageID=0&nPreviewInd=0&nRedirectInd=3
There is a space at the Lakeshore Mall that is being prepared to accept donations and provide toys. It is not open yet, but an application for receiving gifts is on their website.
We will continue to post additional resources as we find them.
PS Even though the link says Object Moved, it hasn’t, just click on link and it will take you to the Gainesville chapter.
09/22/2024
Hey you Elves out there, guess what today is?!? So get your Hall is Home for Kids Christmas list sponsorship turned in now!! www.hallishomeforkids.com!!
06/29/2024
Hop on and get your tickets today!
Tremendous thanks to our major sponsors, NoFo Brew Co and Kelley’s Tavern and our event sponsors: The McCall Firm
Davies Hothem Personal Injury Firm
OC roofing
Spraggins Law Firm
Abernathy Cochran Group
Hancock Aquatic Services
06/09/2024
Get your tickets this week. July 20th is getting closer. You don't want to miss the fun.
Use the QR Code to purchase your tickets or click on this link:
https://www.zeffy.com/ticketing/e3d8996c-d4cd-45f8-bc94-055b291f0094
06/03/2024
Use the QR Code to purchase your tickets or click on this link:
https://www.zeffy.com/ticketing/e3d8996c-d4cd-45f8-bc94-055b291f0094
12/03/2023
Yesterday was epic at the Hall is Home for Kids Christmas Celebration. So many to thank so we will just say "thank you" because you know who you are!! We don't have a final accounting but we had at least 300 foster kiddos and their caregiver families in attendance. This year's Festival of Trees featured 15 trees all sponsored by local businesses and organizations. From all of our Hall is Home Elf volunteers, thank you for making Christmas so memorable for all!!
11/27/2023
11/27/2023
So very cool! Thanks for giving us a great design!!
Love this shirt and all that does for our community!!
11/27/2023
It's gettin' real up in here!! Hall is Home for Kids has kicked in to high gear!! Wow, so many generous and awesome people!! And our elves are wonderful!! Buddy is so proud of us!!
11/23/2023
From all the Hall Is Home Elves and the children, youth, and families we have the honor to serve, we extend a very Happy and Blessed Thanksgiving. We have much to be thankful for due to the outstanding generosity of the people of Hall County and beyond. All we get to do is because of this outstanding support. Our leader, Buddy, is very happy!!
11/15/2023
Christmas list sponsors! Let us hear from you on delivering your gifts. See schedule below.
To all our Christmas List Sponsors: We thank you for your support and now is the time to get out there and do your shopping!! We will be maintaining hours at our Christmas Warehouse space which has been provided to us so graciously by the Recreation & Parks of Hall County at the Gainesville Civic Center. Below are the days and hours we will be at the warehouse. Please email us at [email protected] to confirm a time to drop your gifts off to our Elves. You received an info page on packaging and delivering when we sent your sponsored list. If you have any questions, let us know.
Day/Date Time
Fri, Nov 17 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Sat Nov 18 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Sun, Nov 19 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Sat, Nov 25 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Sun, Nov 26 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Fri, Dec 1 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
LAST DAY FOR DELIVERY
11/13/2023
Just posting again. Please do your shopping now and have gifts brought to our Christmas warehouse no later than December 1.
To all our Christmas List Sponsors: We thank you for your support and now is the time to get out there and do your shopping!! We will be maintaining hours at our Christmas Warehouse space which has been provided to us so graciously by the Recreation & Parks of Hall County at the Gainesville Civic Center. Below are the days and hours we will be at the warehouse. Please email us at [email protected] to confirm a time to drop your gifts off to our Elves. You received an info page on packaging and delivering when we sent your sponsored list. If you have any questions, let us know.
Day/Date Time
Fri, Nov 17 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Sat Nov 18 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Sun, Nov 19 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Sat, Nov 25 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Sun, Nov 26 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Fri, Dec 1 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
LAST DAY FOR DELIVERY
11/11/2023
To all our Christmas List Sponsors: We thank you for your support and now is the time to get out there and do your shopping!! We will be maintaining hours at our Christmas Warehouse space which has been provided to us so graciously by the Recreation & Parks of Hall County at the Gainesville Civic Center. Below are the days and hours we will be at the warehouse. Please email us at [email protected] to confirm a time to drop your gifts off to our Elves. You received an info page on packaging and delivering when we sent your sponsored list. If you have any questions, let us know.
Day/Date Time
Fri, Nov 17 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Sat Nov 18 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Sun, Nov 19 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Sat, Nov 25 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Sun, Nov 26 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Fri, Dec 1 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
LAST DAY FOR DELIVERY
11/11/2023
Thanks to all the Elves that stepped up today and sponsored a child’s Christmas List today. All lists are now sponsored!! We could still use gift cards in $25 increments from Walmart or Target to help children who come into the system around the holidays. It happens more than you think. If you can help in this way, please send an email to [email protected]. Again thanks to all who have helped bring some Christmas magic to these great kiddos.
11/09/2023
Several dear Elves stepped up yesterday to sponsor a child’s list. We now have 32 children’s list waiting to be sponsored. Please consider signing up for one (or even better more) lists.
Putting out the call for more Christmas List Elves. Many of you have responded, but we need more!! Please visit this link to complete a Hall is Home for KidsList Sponsor Request. https://form.jotform.com/222444463942053
11/07/2023
We are putting the call out again--we need 50 people to take just one child's Christmas List!! Please help Hall is Home for Kids make Christmas magical for these Hall County Foster Kiddos. We need your help now!! Follow the link below to sign up today!!
Putting out the call for more Christmas List Elves. Many of you have responded, but we need more!! Please visit this link to complete a Hall is Home for KidsList Sponsor Request. https://form.jotform.com/222444463942053
Click here to claim your Sponsored Listing.
Hall is Home for Kids
Hall is Home is an initiative birthed in response to the growing need for local foster homes for children in the custody of the Hall County Department of Family and Children Services. In addition, Hall is Home makes it a priority to mobilize community partners to meet the needs of the local foster care community and families impacted by it. Under the scope of the Hall is Home initiative, employees of the Hall County Department of Family and Children Services have worked cooperatively alongside other stakeholders in the child welfare system, including judges, Court Appointed Special Advocates, attorneys, foster parents, birth families, and other local private and public partners to work cooperatively to secure resources to improve the well-being of children in foster care.
While each of these organizations and individuals have worked tirelessly for many years to ensure that all children in the custody of Hall County DFCS have an abundant and joyful Christmas, these dedicated and committed groups have banded together to streamline and coordinate their efforts in order to better serve our foster and relative care communities in anticipation of Christmas 2019.
Resources Benefiting Families is a nationally recognized initiative of Refined By Fire Ministries, Inc., founded in 1989 by Michael and Elaine Ellerbe. The organization was incorporated in 1995 as a non-profit 501 (c)(3) organization with an initial mission to provide faith-based programming in adult and juvenile correctional facilities. We have partnered with Refined by Fire Ministries, Inc. to enable us to provide all donors tax receipts for deduction purposes and to ensure all vendors are paid in a timely way. Refined By Fire Ministries, Inc. will maintain and manage our donations and funding.