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Make a donation in any amount and we will purchase the gifts from our Wish List!

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Read What wish granters are saying ...

Dear Joseph, Happy holidays! We love PJ Masks too. We hope you and Catboy have a great time racing into all your adventures together! Your friends, Ellen, Jon, Alex and Leigh
-Ellen, Jon, Alex & Leigh
Hi Briana,
I hope you have a very Merry Christmas! I work as a photographer, so I was very impressed that you wanted a camera! I was about your age when I got my first camera and have loved taking pictures ever since. I hope you enjoy it and create some wonderful images with it :)

I wish you all the best,
M'Lou
Dear Karla,
It takes a strong young woman to walk in such powerful boots.
Stay focused. Stay spirited.
Stay fierce.
Rose
Ethan,

Happy holidays-as a foster kid myself-sharing the love.

Pay it forward where you can-even in the smallest ways.

L.
Season's Greetings!

I hope you have a WONDERFUL holiday season. You picked such a great gift-my husband and I are both artists and love it. It's something you'll enjoy for your entire life...even if you're just doodling on a restaurant napkin, which we sometimes do! :)

I'm sure you'll make lots of great, creative interesting art.
Natalie

Our Mission

Children’s Action Network is proud to present SantaCAN—a unique gift drive for Los Angeles foster youth.  We are asking for your help to ensure that this is a wonderful time for these children by making sure they each receive their most wished for gift from a wish list they compiled.

SantaCAN began as a small annual holiday party for at-risk youth twelve years ago and has grown into an online event that last year granted holiday wishes for more than 1,000 children in foster care in Los Angeles County.  This year, our goal is to again grant the wishes of 1,000 children.  Children’s Action Network is so grateful to our supporters who made this possible.

A very special thank you to Anne Simonds for championing SantaCAN.

Also a heartfelt thanks to our virtual committee for helping us spread holiday cheer:

Jenny Belushi, Kendra Bollenbach, Amanda Brown Chang, Laura Leigh Hughes, Virginia Madsen, Ginny Nelles, Shannon Rotenberg, Julia Sorkin and Nia Vardalos

2018 Supporters

Articles

Los Angeles MagazineThis Unique Toy Drive Makes Donating Gifts Ridiculously Easy and Extra SpecialThe holiday season generally inspires us to think charitably, but it can be difficult to decide how to allocate our time, and so often we get too busy to do anything special at all. The Los Angeles-based Children’s Action Network (CAN) has not only found the ideal solution, but they’ve created a wonderfully unique gift drive that is as meaningful as it is easy. Read Full Article

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