JANUARY 2021
Dear Friends,

We cannot begin this letter or this year without first thanking all of you who have continued to support VTR through your contributions, service, in-kind donations, care and prayers. Your support is essential to those we serve-our children in foster care or those who will be adopted, our families who care for these precious children, the boys at the Ranch, and the young adults who are transitioning out of chronic homelessness into a life of sustainability.

Thank you to all of our Christmas Angels who made this very challenging year, so special for Christmas. Through our Foster Family Agency, the children received their Christmas gifts and breakfast to take home and enjoy. Individuals and groups in our community donated approximately 100 gifts.

One of the houses on the Ranch had an outbreak of COVID-19 in December. I cannot thank all the VTR staff enough for responding to the extra burdens placed on them to meet the needs of all those struggling. They also contained the virus, which is a testimony to the VTR protection procedures we have in place. However, because of this, none of our boys could go home and visit their families for Christmas. Again, individuals and community group donations to the Ranch, allowed the boys to receive wonderful Christmas gifts, a new Christmas tree, decorations and stockings for Christmas morning.

Happy New Year to all of you!

We look forward to 2021 in anticipation and hope.

Blessings,
Andrea Evans, CEO
P.S. Thank you to all of our End-of-the-Year Donors!
Pots and Pans for the Ranch
Each nine piece set is $250.

Department Store Gift Cards
For clothing and other needs

Vehicles for the Ranch
Do you have a working vehicle you could donate to the Ranch? We need vehicles for doctor appointments and more.

The Ranch Needs Bath Towels
We need 50 Bath towels for the Ranch. Either in white or gray.

To Donate, please go to the top of the page to DONATE ONLINE HERE and in the Memo area, let us know what the donation is for. Thank you!


For the full WISH LIST online CLICK HERE
FFA Drive Through Christmas Party
Brian McGrath, CCAA
Thank You for the Christmas Donations!
Brian and Shaine Mears
Central California Adjuster's Association (CCAA)
DerManouel Insurance Group
Diondra Ford & Ronald Harris 
Fresno State Physical Therapy Department
Jessica & Joshua Coonce 
Jr. League of Fresno
Karen Metzler
Lori & Terry Whitaker
Marc and Rachelle Dyson
Moss Adams, CPA-LLP
Northwest Ladies Early Bird Bible Study
Robby & Destiny Blackstone 
St. Agnes Cardiac Rehab
The Foundary
Thank You to Our VTR Christmas Angels!
VTR Angels Provided 108 Christmas Gifts
Denise Atkins
Jeanean Brown
Juanita Christian
Judy Harlan
Karen Harness
Karen Kubota
Nancy Parker
Dennis Safarjian
Connie Silva
Meta Thomas
Susan Willeford
Knapp Family
Adame-Walker Family
Holly Adame
Blake Anderson
Brittany Anderson
Ed & Tammy Anderson
Robby & Destiny Blackstone 
Debbie Clark
Sharon & Rex Nunes
Miriam Delfin
Lucy Martinez
Gene & Sharon Smith
Tonya Smith
Haley Stegall
Mark & Trish Stegall
Robertson Family
Coonce Family
Vincent Family
CALWA BARBERSHOP
DECEMBER FUNDRAISER
This Christmas we received a call from Tania Sanchez at Calwa Barbershop. One of their customers was Octavio Rivera who used to work for VTR. Octavio would talk about VTR and how great it was to work here. He would share stories about what we provided for our boys at the Ranch. Because of this, they chose us and had a fundraiser for us in December. Thank you Calwa Barbershop for their Street Supurb Air freshener fundraiser and our new partnership!
Thank you Jr. League of Fresno!
Jr. League of Fresno has been an ongoing partner in providing for our children and teens throughout the years.

Last year the Jr. League funded our garden at the ranch, provided back-packs for Back-to-School, wrote special letters, and for Christmas bought multiple presents for each of the teens at the Ranch. Thank you for your ongoing care!

Tamar Lawful-Brown, PharmD, APh
Community Vice President, 2020-2021,
Junior League of Fresno
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