Santa Delivers AYR

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Santa Delivers AYR Est. circa 2016! 501c3 Registered 2024. Serving fams w/kids in Porter , Lake & Laporte Co. Indiana. Screened and verified families with no where else to turn!

We are FOR the community, BY the community! Business ID: 202408191817026

Lots of kids have 3 d printed animals on their list this year. These are a fabulous price! Perfect for stockings too. Fo...
10/19/2026

Lots of kids have 3 d printed animals on their list this year.

These are a fabulous price! Perfect for stockings too.

Found at Menards in Portage.

šŸŒŸ Thank you, to our very own Chesterton Urschel Laboratories, Inc., for helping young dancers shine! Your donation helps...
10/17/2026

šŸŒŸ Thank you, to our very own Chesterton Urschel Laboratories, Inc., for helping young dancers shine! Your donation helps cover 25 weeks of tuition for a dancer, who may not have an open door.

Hosted and made possible by our youth enrichment partner, Eclipse Performing Arts, their Our Time To Shine class offers a unique opportunity for children who need a different dance environment and teaching approach to thrive. It creates spaces for students to learn at their own pace, build confidence, friendships and experience the joy of dance.

Thank you, Urschel, for being the global leader in food cutting technology that invests in your community. Your generosity makes a meaningful difference! āœØ

If you would like to help us Open Doors email: [email protected]

10/09/2026

Feed the Region needs your support!

šŸŽ„šŸ’” I HAD AN IDEA! What do you guys think?! šŸŽ…ā¤ļøIā€™m always thinking of ways to make our Christmas Program better for BOTH ...
10/08/2026

šŸŽ„šŸ’” I HAD AN IDEA! What do you guys think?! šŸŽ…ā¤ļø

Iā€™m always thinking of ways to make our Christmas Program better for BOTH the families we serve and the amazing people who adopt them!

šŸŽ What if Santa Delivers had its very own VIRTUAL ANGEL TREE?!

Imagine visiting our website and seeing a beautiful Christmas tree filled with clickable ornaments! šŸŽ„

āœØ Click an ornament to meet an angel and see their Christmas wish list.

šŸŽ Choose to adopt ONE child or an ENTIRE family!

ā¤ļø Once an angel is adopted, their ornament would automatically show that theyā€™re sponsored, helping prevent anyone else from accidentally adopting the same child.

šŸ“± This could be managed through a QR code that links to a Microsoft Form. Once someone submits the form to adopt an angel, the ornament could be marked as sponsored, and the adopter would automatically receive their angelā€™s wish list, instructions, and important dates!

All from the comfort of home, making holiday giving easier, more organized, and accessible to everyone!

Of course, this would be another big project to add to an already VERY full plate! šŸ˜‚ But I canā€™t help thinking about how much easier it could make Christmas for everyone involved.

šŸŽ… SO TELL ME! Do you guys think this addition to our program would be worth the extra time and effort? Would YOU use a Virtual Angel Tree?

I need enough people who want this to dedicate time to it.

šŸ‘‡ Iā€™d love your feedback!

10/08/2026

It works!

Family/Child Adoptions for Christmas are live and operating as they should!

Please share in LOCAL groups!

We need businesses and individual donors. Families in NW Indiana has had a hard year , and registrations are already tripled compared to last year.

These families have no where else to turn and they need their community now more than ever!

If you are new here:

Families in our Last Resort Christmas program receive optional:

Christmas Dinner
Santa or Elf visit
New Donations you hand select for them
And a delivery bring Hope home to their door step if they need that!

Adopt a family/child for Christmas ā€“ (https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/4MXkAiuQb9)

Off to an IEP meeting, wish me luck šŸ¤£

Yall pls excuse our ai itā€™s learning. Also excuse the automations. šŸ’ŖšŸ»AGAIN we have gained national visibility and paren...
10/08/2026

Yall pls excuse our ai itā€™s learning. Also excuse the automations.

šŸ’ŖšŸ»AGAIN we have gained national visibility and parents all over the United States are applying and messaging, and commenting and itā€™s a traffic volume we are not prepared for or able to cover with one volunteer in 24 hours. However we donā€™t want you guys not to have responses.

šŸŽ„We have had to set up automations and ai to handle such volume. I wish we had moderator volunteers to help instead.

However we are really struggling to find that volunteer help.

šŸ¤”Why?

Because parents all over the US are throwing their kidā€™s birth certificates, IDs, and yes even social security cards in our FB messages.

ā€¼ļøWho ever we bring on for this role must have a
background check to protect us and our families.

The volunteer must provide their own background checks, we do not have funding to cover the background check fees šŸ˜­.

So itā€™s been a bit hard to find someone.

Reminder-

šŸšØDO NOT send ANY page or profile those sensitive documents on a social media platform. The world is a cruel place and social media gives the smartest hackers all the opportunities in the world to take advantage.

We work hard not to get hacked. But pages get hacked all the time. If any page were to get hacked and had those in their inboxes your childrenā€™s identity can get stolen.

It concerns me for these kids and their futures. I know you can trust us so yall feel comfortable. But hackers happen.

Now if only we had national attention with supporters and donors to balance out and cover that national need šŸ˜­ we would most certainly find a way to support out of state.

Many know our Last Resort Programs are the last step before homelessness. If you canā€™t raise enough to prevent eviction ...
10/08/2026

Many know our Last Resort Programs are the last step before homelessness. If you canā€™t raise enough to prevent eviction it happens.

When you canā€™t raise enough money to avoid energy disconnectionā€¦ it too happens.

We have been actively trying to solve this issue in unique ways never tried before through community support, because letā€™s face it what is set up now hasnā€™t been fully working.

When it comes down to it, homelessness is an increasing problem and yet itā€™s completely preventable. Buy only with community support. The community does care, they just donā€™t want to be taken advantage of. So we set up our program to verify needs.

We try to support shelters, bc unfortunately the community itself has hit hard times this year and there was and has not been enough support to our programs to prevent housing loss lately.

Which means with Indianaā€™s new laws that made homelessness illegal our taxes go up as local jails and prisons see an increase in inmates they now must feed and house.

Now these people who fell on hard times have a record. Guess what that meansā€¦ yup more higher taxes because now they canā€™t find a good paying job with a record and more people must rely on state assistance just to live and care for their families.

When we the last resort canā€™t help there is no other step but homelessness. Please support your local shelters.

There are not enough of them, they donā€™t have enough support, and there are never enough beds due to the lack of support.

10/08/2026

I was just waiting for her announce it first!

Chef Steph over here at 10pm thinking she was going to nonchalantly sneak a whisper into the night that Feed the Region were officially awarded their federal registration today !

Girl we are yelling from the roof tops congratulations! You have worked so hard, we werenā€™t about to let you casually pssst . šŸ¤£

Although we are not cats, your supporters will definitely run over to clap for you!

Going from a Charitable program to a federally registered nonprofit is a huge miles stone.

Rest Easy tonight, all your hard work paid off!

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Portage, IN
46368

Opening Hours

Monday 11am - 5pm
Tuesday 11am - 5pm
Wednesday 11am - 5pm
Thursday 11am - 5pm
Friday 11am - 5pm

Telephone

+12199998459

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