If you are already a member of Carolina Cares on Facebook you may choose to sponsor a child or a family. If you do, it is up to you and the family to coordinate meeting up, dropping off, or picking up the gifts. Carolina Cares does not do pickup or drop off except in rare circumstances.
If you would like to anonymously sponsor a family, you can donate funds to cover a family's gifts.

How Businesses Can Give Back:

Monetary donations- Reminder that Carolina Cares does not have paid staff, we are 100% volunteer run, and all of our programs help local children living in food insecure households.
Host a toy or coat drop-off site
Sponsor event food and beverages for the volunteers and families during the event
Sponsor non-toy tables at the event:
- *Diapers, formula, and wipes
- *Personal hygiene
- *Food Pantry
- Gift Wrap

*These items go very quickly as the need is great.

Please contact us at info@carolinacaresnc.org for business sponsorships.

Business Sponsors Needed!

Registration is handled only through the Carolina Cares Facebook Group. Please do not email Carolina Cares about registration.
Families must already be a member in good standing of the Carolina Cares group, prior to November 1 and reside in Wake, Johnston, Durham, Franklin, or Granville counties.
Children already signed up with other nonprofits, government agencies, or private sponsorship are not eligible as they are already covered. We want every child to have a special Christmas.
Children must live in your household and be under your care.
Sponsorship is not guaranteed. The number of children sponsored will depend upon the donations received.
Registration opens at 3:00pm on November 24th and closes at 11:59 PM on December 9.
The person who is registered must present a valid form of ID to match their registration when attending the event on the 13th.
You will be notified (in the original registration) if you are sponsored by December 10th.
Please do not contact Raleigh City Parks with questions. All questions should be directed to Carolina Cares.
You must be able to come to the distribution event on Saturday December 13th between 10:30am-1:00pm at Method Road Park, 514 Method Road, Raleigh, NC 27607. A line forms early as this event is first come first serve for those registered. It is a Parent's Choice event, where the parent gets to choose items for their child. Bring reusable bags or boxes to carry your items home.