About Be A Santa
My name is Patricia Tallman and I volunteer for the Penny Lane Home for Children. In 1995, I created a program for the teens of Penny Lane called “Be A Santa”.
Penny Lane has care facilities and programs for thousands of kids and families, and was started in the 1960s by a remarkable woman named Ivelise Markovitz. Penny Lane, like many worthy places, faces desperate challenges to keep the doors open, much less provide the kids with Holiday gifts. Here’s where we come in.
The Be A Santa program makes the holidays happen for the children and teens in the Penny Lane Centers. We serve over 3000 kids. I gather funds, gifts and other donations from my community in person and online, and give the gifts out at a festive event with Santa, gifts and food that we throw in December.
We have been doing this since 1995.
It takes $15,000 – $20,000 to make all of this happen each year. And while most of the activity happens around the holiday season, I can take donations all throughout the year!
Please pass this on to other folks who might help. Share it through email, social media, or any other way you can think to get the word out. Everyone coming together for these kids is what the season is all about. No matter where you are from or what you believe, helping kids is a blessing for all of us.
Thanks so much for being the amazing people you are! You are angels for these kids!
We have been doing this since 1995.
It takes $15,000 – $20,000 to make all of this happen each year. And while most of the activity happens around the holiday season, I can take donations all throughout the year!
Please pass this on to other folks who might help. Share it through email, social media, or any other way you can think to get the word out. Everyone coming together for these kids is what the season is all about. No matter where you are from or what you believe, helping kids is a blessing for all of us.
Thanks so much for being the amazing people you are! You are angels for these kids!
Checks and Physical Donations
Checks should be made out to Penny Lane with Be A Santa in the memo.
Send to:
Penny Lane - Be A Santa c/o Nydia Barakat
Director of Fund Development
10526 Dubnoff Way North Hollywood, CA 91606
Please email us and let us know you sent in a donation: pat@questretreats.com