Even though Christmas isn’t here until Saturday, we’ve been enjoying the holiday season immensely already! Every year in South Dallas, BridgeBuilders is blessed to put on the Christmas in Bonton event, where we provide lunch, food boxes, arts & crafts for kids, a deeply discounted Christmas store for parents to buy presents for their kids, and a Gospel presentation for all to hear the reason for the season.
We hosted over 300 people for Christmas in Bonton this year, and we were able to supply over 650 donated gifts. Not only that, but Santa and Mrs. Claus made an appearance to give away stuffed animals as well! Christmas in Bonton is one of our biggest volunteer opportunities of the year, with 100+ people spending their day hosting tables, helping kids with crafts, assisting shoppers, serving food, and more.
The gifts didn’t stop there for our BridgeBuilders Kids program, as a bicycle was donated for each child in our program, and our staff members Tommy and Tiara set up a fun obstacle course to let the kids ride around. We’re glad to see how much they loved these bikes!
Other Christmas festivities this year included hosting the Dallas Police Department’s Senior Christmas Gala last week, where they blessed seniors of South Dallas with a beautiful Christmas party complete with raffled gift baskets and singing and dancing competitions. Truly nobody in South Dallas can make a party fun like the seniors, and it’s a wonderful sight to watch DPD serving them so well and making sure they feel special during these holidays.
Christmas in bonton
Dallas Police department senior gala
Bridgebuilders kids receive Bicycles
