DCSS Staff Give – and Get! – For the Holidays Sacramento Children’s Home Gift Drive
Following the Thanksgiving holiday, California Department of Child Support Services (CA DCSS) began collecting gifts and donations to help children in need in Sacramento. Giant gingerbread house posters were put up in both buildings, with candy-shaped wishes from children at the Sacramento Children’s Home - staff chose a candy with the
wishes and donated toys, bikes, skateboards, gift cards and much more. In the end, CA DCSS delivered a total of 72 toys and $1,255 in gift cards to the Home.
CA DCSS Executives Adopt a Family
The Executive Division of CA DCSS took it up a notch and joined the Adopt-a-Family program through the Sacramento Children’s Home. The executives were given the wish list of a mother and her five-year-old daughter from the Crisis Nursery Program, which offers a safe place for children up to five years old whose families are experiencing a crisis or stressful situation. Working together, CA DCSS Executive staff donated everything on the family’s Christmas list including dolls, clothes, blankets, luxurious spa and beauty items for the mom and a toaster, as well as gift cards for Target and gasoline stations.
CA DCSS Holds Food Drive to Benefit Sacramento Food Bank and Family Services
In addition to the toy drives, CA DCSS has held several events in support of a food drive to help the Sacramento Food Bank and Family Services. A competition was started
between several divisions, each creating a sculpture with their donated canned food and dry goods. The goal is to collect a total of 5,000 pounds worth of food by February 2018, and by mid-December the total is approaching 2,500 pounds—not yet counting the sculptures!
CA DCSS Celebrates the End of a Great Year
CA DCSS held its annual All Staff Holiday event on Thursday, December 14, with friendly competitions, delicious desserts and time to socialize. CA DCSS executives welcomed and congratulated all their staff for the year’s hard work, recognizing the effort that each division puts in daily to be able to meet the goals and objectives of the department over the course of the year.
The atmosphere was decidedly festive with brownies, cupcakes, cookie bark, cinnamon rolls, sugar cookies and many more treats ruining everyone’s diet while a video
played in the background, summarizing all the great events that took place in 2017.The Holiday Costume Contest was a great success, and participants showed very creative enthusiasm for the holiday season, as did the judges—CA DCSS Director Alisha Griffin and Chief Deputy Director Mark Beckley, who were also festively attired. First prize went to Sultana Randall from Child Support Services Division (CSSD) for her outfit involving at least 12 holiday patterns, a tree hat and tall furry boots, followed by Matt Shimizu from the Technology Services Division (TSD) team as a giant gift bag, and in third place, Mitchell Warrington from the Office of Communications and Public Affairs - a most athletic elf.
There was also a Build a Snowman competition. CSSD entered a hilarious “melted” snowman, Operations offered a whole snowman family, Technology Services Division’s snowman was made from Styrofoam cups, and everyone enjoyed the Executive team’s “snowman selfie station” photo booth. All the entries were very creative, and CSSD took the prize for their snowman family, representing the people we serve in Child Support.
It was a welcomed break from daily routine, and now, CA DCSS is ready for 2018 - Cheers!
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