Youth Christmas History
Adam Martin
Founder and CEO F5 Project | TEDx Speaker | 11 Years Sober | Formerly Incarcerated
Hey all!
There are many new people in this group, so I wanted to explain how this all came to be.
Last year I met?Audra Kutz ?when she reached out to tell me about a teacher who was passionate about her kids and had been doing a Christmas drive for many of them each year. I was inspired to help and wanted to meet this teacher. We have kept the name of the teacher, school, and children private due to respect and the teacher's request. But she did make the children's letters to Santa available to us, and when I read them, I was even more inspired. There were requests for gifts for a sibling, some for travel to see a parent, and even basic needs for their houses. F5 Project, Audra,?Kristi Lynn ?and the teacher teamed up in 2021 and created an event for the community to purchase gifts, wrapping party, and deliver gifts directly to the kiddos. We found out just a few weeks before Christmas last year and pulled it off!. Every kid got a gift because we created this group, the F5 Project staff, F5 residents of reentry houses, and many others.
This year will be no different. Audra, Kristi,?Carrie , a fantastic teacher, and?F5 Project ?teamed up again. We will create a volunteer party again where we can all come together to wrap gifts and have fun doing a good service for the kids.
Let's finish strong by getting the rest of the?gifts ?<---- and give some kids a great Christmas! We will be looking for volunteer wrappers soon!
We also created a donation campaign if you want to donate a financial gift for the gifts or event.