Thanksgiving & Holidays - Foothill Unity Center

Thanksgiving & Holiday Drive

Help make the holiday season brighter for neighbors in need. Your support of our seasonal food and toy drives provides essential meals and gifts for local families who are struggling.

How Your Donations Help:

Food Boxes: Every family receives a large box filled with Thanksgiving and holiday food staples.
Gifts for Kids: Children receive items that encourage family togetherness through play, laughter, and creativity—including family games, books, stocking stuffers, and gift cards.
Monetary Giving: Financial donations are critical, allowing us to fill unexpected gaps in food and supplies and fund our most vital services.

Event Details

OUR HOLIDAY WISHLIST:

Thanksgiving & Holiday Drive Wishlist (October-December)

20-$25 Grocery Gift Cards
Canned Corn
Canned Cranberry Sauce
Stuffing Mix
Cake Mix

Holiday Angels Toy Drive Wishlist (November-December)

HOLIDAY ANGELS PROJECT WISH LIST

Please turn in your unwrapped gifts to our Monrovia location.

$25 gift cards (Aldi, Amazon, Burlington,
Kohl’s, Marshalls, Target, or Walmart)

Type 1 Gifts (Age 0-17)
Dolls & Action Figures
Sports (no guns please)
Educational
Books

Type 2 Gifts (Age 0-17)
Arts, Crafts
Musical Instruments
Cars/Trucks/RC
Books

Type 3 Gifts (Age 0-17)
Games/Puzzles
Builder/Construction sets
Pretend Play (i.e. house, doctor, etc.)
Books

Holiday Angels Book List

ANYTHNG BY THESE AUTHORS	POPULAR BOOKS	SUBJECT/STYLES
Katherine Applegate*Avi	The War that saved my LifeCrenshaw	Ripley’s Believe it or not
Laurie Halse Anderson	When you trap a Tiger	Guinness Book of World Records
Lynda Hunt	Stella (McCall Hoyle)	How things work
Sharon Draper	Holes	Curiosity
Ann Martin (Babysitters Club)	Out of my Mind	Dogs/Cats/Horses/Dinosaurs
Mo Willems	When Stars are scattered	Sports
Shel Silverstein	The One and Only Ivan/Bob/Ruby	Star Wars
Roald Dahl	Bud, not Buddy	Super Heroes
Kenneth Oppel	Counting by 7s	Fairies
Jason Reynolds	Inside out and Back again	Comic Books (Peanuts, Calvin&Hobbes, etc)
Gordon Korman	Coyote Sunrise	Magic Books
Pam Munoz Ryan	Squint	Mythology
Rebecca Stead	Star Fish	Nat’l Geographic (Mythbusters/Weird but True)
Jerry Spinelli	Once upon a Camel
Kate DiCamillo*	Nowhere boy	Manga
Carl Hiaasen	Dress Coded	Graphic Novels
Lois Lowery	Front Desk
Raina Telgemeier	Wink	5 Minute Princess stories or similar
Wendy Swore	The Big Dark
Shannon Hale*	Outsiders
Erin Entrada Kelly	Wings of Fire
Betty Birney (Humphrey Series)	Last Kids on Earth
Stephen King	Pax
Neil Gaiman	Kingdom Keepers
Mike Lupica	Keeper of the Lost Cities
Nick Bruel (Bad Kitty series)	Goddess Girls
Dr Seuss	Houndsley and Catina
John Green	Doggo and Pupper
Jennifer Chambliss Bertram	Geronimo Stilton Series
Peter Brown	Mr Poppers Penguins
Victoria Jamison	One cool friend
Terri Libenson	Mr Limoncello’s Library
Barbara O’Connor	Bridge to Terabithia
Adam Gidwitz	Hatchet
Jennifer Holm	The Crossover
Kathi Appelt	Savvy (Ingrid Law)
E L Konigsburg	The Underneath
Sharon Creech	The Westing Game
Victoria Kann	I Survived Series
Laura Numeroff	Fancy Nancy series (Jane O’connor)
Kevin Henkes	Flora and Ulysses
Mac Barnett	Mercy Watson series
Doreen Cronin	Tale of Despereaux
Colleen Hoover	Raymie Nightingale
Leo Lionni	Fever, 1793
Maurice Sendak	Beekle
Chris Colfer	The Book with no pictures

VOLUNTEER CALENDAR & REGISTATION

Please drop off in-kind donations at our centers:

Monrovia: (626) 358-3486 | 790 W. Chestnut Ave. Monrovia, CA 91016
Pasadena: (626) 584-7420 | 91 N. Oak Ave Pasadena, CA 91107

Thank you for your support!

Hundreds of volunteers of all ages showed up to offer a helping hand for Thanksgiving Packing Days!

Hundreds of volunteers of all ages showed up to offer a helping hand for Thanksgiving Packing Days!

Thank you to all the amazing volunteers that helped to pack nearly 3k food boxes in preparation for Thanksgiving distribution. Hundreds of volunteers of [...]