About OAR's Project Winter Cheer
Program Run Time: November 2022 - January 2023 |
OAR has officially kicked off Project Winter Cheer! OAR’s Project Winter Cheer program supports children and families impacted by incarceration for the winter season. It is crucial that family relationships are maintained while a parent is incarcerated and after their release and that no child is forgotten during this time. We ask that you, members and organizations of the community, also keep these children in mind and get involved in supporting this fantastic program.
This program aims to provide each child with a $50 gift card/e-gift card/check. This way, the families have the autonomy and liberation to use these funds for whatever they need (holiday gifts, winter clothes, bills, food, etc). With the $50, each child receives a note from their parent, letting them know that the gift is coming from them and wishing them love during the winter season. Thanks to your support, we supported over 150 children impacted by incarceration through Project Winter Cheer last year. We want to continue spreading love and joy to these children and families, so please read below to support this critical program and check out what's upcoming at OAR.
Click here to support OAR Project Winter Cheer |
- Letter from a parent currently experiencing incarceration on what OAR's Project Winter Cheer means to them and their family |
How to Support Project Winter Cheer |
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Donate gift cards/Host a gift card drive! Gift cards (VISA is the most popular option) in denominations of $25, $50, or $100. If you would like to mail gift cards, please mail them to OAR at P.O. Box 41030, Arlington, VA 22204. If you would like to drop the gift cards off at the OAR office, please contact Stephannie Ku at sku@oaronline.org.
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Donate on the OAR website specifically to our children and family programs (Project Connection/Project Backpack/Project Winter Cheer) online here. We have this donation form up year-round.
- Volunteer to help with guardian outreach, data entry, and purchasing and mailing gift cards on behalf of OAR (some virtual and some in-person). We especially need local volunteers for the purchasing and mailing of gift cards. Please email Stephannie Ku at
sku@oaronline.org if you are interested in volunteering for any Project Winter Cheer related opportunities. If you have already emailed us about volunteering for Project Winter Cheer we will be in touch in the coming weeks!
- Help spread the word! Please help us share our social media posts about Project Winter Cheer, post on your own social media, send your friends and family the fundraiser link, etc.
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Sponsor Project Winter Cheer! Interested in sponsoring this program? Please contact Stephannie Ku at sku@oaronline.org.
We will be collecting donations of gift cards/online donations for Project Winter Cheer until the end of January 2023!
Questions about Project Winter Cheer? Contact Stephannie Ku at sku@oaronline.org or call 571-771-3245 |
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Make a monetary donation to OAR by clicking here
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Donate Target and/or Amazon gift cards in increments of $10 each for OAR participants
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Shop on our Amazing Wish List: OAR's Amazon Wish List
- Donate through United Way designation #8078 (additional fees by UW are applied and come out of your donation)
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Donate through CFC designation #26226 (additional fees by CFC are applied)
- Shop on Amazon Smile and choose OAR as the beneficiary using this link http://amzn.to/OARsmile
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Give from your retirement accounts. Please use our legal name and EIN ID #54-1024562.
- Add OAR to your will to have your legacy and love for OAR continue.
- Host a fundraiser: On Facebook, for a special occasion. Reach out and we will walk you through it.
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Follow us @OARJustice on our social media channels
- Attend a free 1-hour virtual OAR Tour or an OAR Event and bring your friends: http://oaronline.org/oar-tours-upcoming-events/
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OAR is a community-based nonprofit organization that envisions a safe & thriving community where those impacted by the legal system enjoy equal civil & human rights. Through our Upstream work, we are confronting & dismantling individual racism & racism in the legal system & across all systems. Our Downstream work allows us to be on the journey with individuals returning from incarceration & their families. We also offer alternative sentencing options (including community service) and diversion programs so people can avoid the trauma of incarceration & instead help the community thrive.
OAR is a collective, non-dominant, decolonizing, pro-Black, racially just, radically joyful, deeply loving, come as you are, liberated organization that puts participants first. We center authentic and fully engaged relationships with all members of the OAR community. |
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