This program serves our clients that are homeless or without stable housing. Through gift drives Ritter Center receives donations of survival gear, tents, sleeping bags, tarps, jackets, boots, and the like. The program culminates in a Holiday evening for more than 150 individuals and families, most without or estranged from their families. The evening includes a holiday feast, music, slide show and each person receives a survival gear item of their choice: sleeping bag, boots, water-proof jacket, etc.
Today, more than ever, schools require students to come prepared with more of the tools needed to succeed. If a student does not have those tools, they not only fall behind, but are faced with the additional stigma of being from a low-income family.
Most working poor and low-income families in Marin County spend the majority of their income for rent and have little left for basic necessities such as clothing, food, healthcare, and education.
Help Marin's less fortunate have a joyous holiday season! Ritter Center's Family to Family Holiday Program has provided holiday cheer to low income families and individuals in Marin since 1987. Generous donors are matched with families, seniors and disabled persons who may otherwise go without during the holiday season. Play Santa Claus this year and adopt a family for the holidays!
It is our goal to ensure that all of our clients have an opportunity to share in this special time of year. To that end, Ritter Center provides over 600 individuals each year with all of the fixings for a traditional Thanksgiving meal.
Your gift of a turkey or gift cards from grocery stores and department stores will help make this program a success. Please bring your donations to Ritter Center by November 20, 2010.
This program serves our clients that are homeless or without stable housing. Through gift drives Ritter Center receives donations of survival gear, tents, sleeping bags, tarps, jackets, boots, and the like. The program culminates in a Holiday evening for more than 150 individuals and families, most without or estranged from their families. The evening includes a holiday feast, music, slide show and each person receives a survival gear item of their choice: sleeping bag, boots, water-proof jacket, etc. 
Today, more than ever, schools require students to come prepared with more of the tools needed to succeed. If a student does not have those tools, they not only fall behind, but are faced with the additional stigma of being from a low-income family. 
It is our goal to ensure that all of our clients have an opportunity to share in this special time of year. To that end, Ritter Center provides over 600 individuals each year with all of the fixings for a traditional Thanksgiving meal.