Holiday Gift Bags
Each holiday season since 1998, friendly volunteers have delivered gift bags filled with practical and fun items to more than 200 Beach Cities older adults and adults with disabilities in the Beach Cities Health District Care Management program.
Holiday Gift Bags
The Holiday Gift Bag Project is an annual initiative designed to bring connection, comfort, and essential household items to older adults and adults with disabilities in the Beach Cities community during the holiday season. Each year, thoughtfully assembled gift bags include items that support daily needs and help spread a little extra holiday cheer.
In 2025, the Holiday Gift Bag Project served over 220 older adults and adults with disabilities. Thanks to the generosity of our community, volunteers helped assemble and deliver gift bags filled with essential items, ensuring clients felt supported and remembered during the holidays.
This year’s Holiday Gift Bag Project has now concluded. We are incredibly grateful to everyone who contributed their time, resources, and care to make this initiative such a meaningful success.
Thank you again to our amazing community for your continued support. Please stay tuned for information about the Holiday Gift Bag Project in 2026.
For questions, please contact Alejandra Sierra, Volunteer Engagement Supervisor, at (310) 374-3426, ext. 8160 or Alejandra.Sierra@bchd.org.
Thank You to Our 2025 Donors
Thank you for helping spread cheer through the Beach Cities Health District’s Holiday Gift Bag program. We would like to thank our donors, those who decorated a card for the bags, and our essential service volunteers and first responders who delivered the bags to older and disabled adults in the Beach Cities this past holiday season.
The Holiday Gift Bag Program is made possible by generous donors including:
| $500+ Donors |
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| Anonymous California Water Service City Of Hermosa Beach Treasurer Ellen Margetich Hooper, Lundy & Bookman |
| $250+ Donors |
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| Dency & Moira Nelson DIVE N’ SURF Ellis Beesley Jr. MD GFWC/CFW Woman’s Club Of Redondo Beach Nancy and Kevin Ventrudo Russ and Charlotte Lesser Skechers USA Inc. Timilie Losq |
| $100+ Donors |
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| Barbara Hawkins Barbara Woods Cindy Foster Claudia Lindwall Dan and Julie Smith Deborah Fitch Dennis & Karen Heck Esther Pulido Fidelity Brokerage Svcs Jayne Glodowski, Dan Kawleski Fred Manna Homewatch Caregivers of West LA and South Bay Jean Lucio Joan Edelmann-Brand Joanne DelDotto Judith Petraitis Julie Kliszewski Karen Blanchard Lew Wright Lily Anderson Lisa Gaudio Marilyn Rafkin Monica S. Nowar Khreis-Kabbani Paula Tim Tsukamoto TL Cannon Tom & Pam Bakaly Vincent Tipaldo |
Special thanks to our volunteers
Individual community members and families
allcove Youth Advisory Group
BCHD Board of Directors
BCHD Volunteers
California Water Service
Girl Scout Troops
Hermosa Beach First Responders
Hermosa Hermanos
Manhattan Beach First Responders
National Charity League- South Bay
North High School J’s and V’s
Redondo Beach First Responders
Rotary Club of Mental Health & Wellness
RUHS Football Team Sandpipers
Volunteer with BCHD
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