3rd Annual Holiday Referral Program through the Citrus Heights Police Dept

It is that time of year to begin working on our 3rd Annual Holiday Referral Program.  We are planning to start advertising and releasing the application on September 26, 2011.  Please keep an eye out for families that could benefit from this program.  Due to the large numbers of referred families last year, we will be shortening the “open enrollment” period for the applications. We expect to open the process on October 3, 2011 and close it on October 14, 2011. We have also made a few changes to the program that we felt would benefit everyone involved in the program.  These changes are reflected in the attachments titled “Information Sheet”  and “Program Information.”     This will give us 6 weeks to evaluate families and children you are in contact with.    
 (IF you are interested in any of the attachments please contact me and I'll forward the attachments to you (slbenward@comcast.net)

We are also asking that anyone interested in holding a donation drive (i.e., food drive, toy drive, etc.) for this year’s program to choose a category listed in the attachment “Donation Request.”  If each club, school, or business could focus on collecting “like items” in the categories attached, we can provide each family with the same food items. We have come up with these categories based on last year’s needs.  However, please feel free to make any suggestions if you feel we are missing something. 

We are also expecting to receive a lot of donations from the community and due to the limited space and time we plan on accepting donations starting November 14, 2011 and ending on December 1, 2011.  If any of the clubs or schools plan on holding a donation drive before November 14^th we will try to make arrangements to store the items.  We are grateful for any help we can receive from the community; however, there is only limited space for storage and we want the adopting families to have adequate time to choose items for their family. 

For the service clubs and schools, please talk with your clubs/organizations regarding their participation in this program.  We will take any help they are willing to give.  We will also be setting up a meeting around the second or third week of September to discuss this program in further detail. 

I have attached the tentative program timeline, application draft, information sheet, and possible donation categories to this email.  All of these documents are still being updated and are not “set in stone”, so please feel free to review them and make suggestions.   We look forward to another great year and hope that the changes noted in the documents attached will assist with better organization, like items, and more time for family interviews.   

Feel free to contact me if you have any questions. 

Thank you,

Sandy Maraviov

Support Services Manager
Citrus Heights Police Department
6315 Fountain Square Dr.
Citrus Heights, CA.  95621
916-727-5557

smaraviov@citrusheights.net