Back-to-School Giving Tree

Now through September 2, 2025   |  Next to JCPenney, across from Café Aroma

A wooden apple tree with apple tags and bins decorated for tree stumps for donation items.

Give Back For Back To School


Join us in supporting local children in foster care by donating new clothing for the Back-to-School Season. Starting on August 1st, pick an apple off the apple tree, located next to JCPenney, and drop off the item (with the apple tag attached) to the tree stump donation bins from Aug 1 - Sept 2.

WHEN:
August 1 - Sept 2 
WHERE: Valley River Center, next to JCPenney  
DONATE ONLINE: Click Here
BENEFITING: A Family For Every Child

Princess Celebration + In-Person Donation Drop-Off
On August 27, from 12 PM - 2:30 PM, meet your favorite princesses and bring along your donation item to drop off in person. Members from A Family for Every Child will be onsite to collect last-minute donations.

A Family For Every Child (AFFEC) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to finding permanent and loving adoptive families for waiting foster children. To accomplish our mission, we focus on finding loving and permanent families for children who the foster care system considers “hard to place.”

A Family For Every Child


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