Holiday Angel Program
About the Program
The Holiday Angel Program was a critical formative step in what was to become New Circles Community Services. It began in 1996 when our founder, Cindy Blakely, was employed as a school social worker for the Toronto District School Board. The Holiday Angel Program was designed to bring families who were living in poverty, essential items of new coats, basic household items and groceries during the holiday season.
The Holiday Angel Program entails a matching process whereby donors, or people who are interested in helping people, are matched, by New Circles’ staff, to an individual or family in financial need.
Program Details
Registration is closed for the 2024 Holiday Angel Program
Requirements of the program are that the recipient family must be clients of New Circles’ clothing program. The family (or primary contact) undergoes an interview by New Circles’ staff at which time a profile of their family background and circumstances is created. The custom match complete with a consensual personal and historical background of the family is, for the donor, what makes this Christmas gift-giving program unique.
Our unique program benefits clients and donors alike. The relationship of giving and receiving is co-beneficial creating human bonds in our community. Goodwill is something unique to humanity and our program affects families in a meaningful way that spreads joy through the winter season.
New Circles has discovered, over the last few years, that our clients not only need to purchase household items and food for their families, but they are in desperate need of acquiring technology. There is vast difference between students’ educational experience and outcomes when technology is a factor. For our client’s children, this is a harsh reality.
Just imagine your life or your children’s lives without a laptop, cell phone, or iPad. With that in mind, we are requesting that you provide gift cards with a minimum value of $500 per family member. This way our clients can purchase basic needs of food and household items, but they can also afford to purchase much-needed technology.
It is our hope that you will become a Holiday Angel this year and provide your gift card donation. Your support will provide a measurable change and for that, we thank you.
Please know that when you provide your purchase receipt for the gift cards, New Circles is more than happy to issue you a tax receipt. The Holiday Angel Program also provides the donor with an opportunity to write a note to the recipients, if they choose.Please email us at if you have any questions or need more information about our program.
