Christmas Box House

Christmas Box House

By: Milagros Uresk

Chelsey RichardsDavid Mitchell

Tawny JacobsonBerto Perez

Carla KnudsonKerriAnn Hanks

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Richard Paul Evens

• 1993• Written with love for his 2

young daughters (at the time)

• No intention to publish or become a best seller

• 20 copies were given to family and friends

• Copies were passed around

• Bookstores called for orders

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The Christmas Box Story

A Story of: Parental love Healing Christmas

A widow, Mary Parkins, influenced by past heartbreaks shares an important message, with Richard, a man who moved into Mary’s home with his wife and daughter as caretakers.



Mission Statement

The Christmas Box International, in partnership with local, national, and international communities and groups, provides assistance to prevent child abuse and services to improve the quality of life for children who have been abused or neglected.



Christmas Box House International

Christmas Box House

Founded by Richard Paul Evans

Spring of 1997 Organization devoted

to:– Building Shelters– Providing services– 18- younger

Located in:– Salt Lake City, Utah– Ogden, Utah – Moab, Utah



“The true miracle of The Christmas Box is in the thousands of spirits it has lifted and the hearts it has healed.”

-Mary Higgins Clark


Site/Video Link

https://www.thechristmasboxhouse.org/

Every child deserves a childhood




Child Abuse

Types of Abuse:• Physical: Most recognizable forms of abuse• Emotional: Hardest form of abuse to identify • Sexual: Any misuse of a child for sexual pleasure

or gratification



Neglect

Neglect is the failure of a parent or guardian to provide proper

and necessary care Types of neglect:• Physical• Educational• Emotional• Medical



Signs of Child Abuse and Neglect

Child Abuse• Physical• Behavior

Neglect• Physical• Clothing • Behavior



Imagine a world without children, how sad and dark those days could be. The joy of having children in our society may be something we take for granted. It’s our responsibilities as parents, neighbors and citizens to take care our children.



Child Protective Services(CPS)

• Investigate received referrals • Classified by priority (risk/danger to child) • 3 priority labels

– “Priority 1: Immediate need of protection—face-to-face contact required within 60 minutes”

– “Priority 2: Risk of physical evidence being lost—face-to-face contact required within 24 hours”

– “Priority 3: Low risk to child—face-to-face contact required by midnight on the 3rd working day”



The need for Christmas Box House programs and social

services expansion.

If the capacity of places like the Christmas Box House wasn’t an issue, social workers would have a chance to investigate more cases. Also facilitating the children’s placement from the high risks cases, the social workers would have more time to follow up with the cases that at first look low risk but could potentially be just as bad.



“Almost five children die every day as a result of child abuse. Approximately 80% are under the age of 4.”



Utah Cases (2007)

• received 35,000 referrals of suspected abuse

• 20,000 cases opened for investigation• 12,000 were supported • 1,300 removed • 200 resulted termination of parental rights



Children In Foster Care



(Cost) In-Homes vs. Foster Cares



Foster Care

• Study in April 6, 2005• Children raised in

Foster Homes are highly likely to develop PTSD



Abuse Statistics

“30% of abused and neglected children will later abuse their own children, continuing the horrible cycle of abuse”.



18%1%

28%

17%

10%

8%

17%

Abused & Foster Child StatisticsHigh School Diploma Bachelors DeegreeEarly Parenthood UnemployedNo Health Insurance Experience HomelessnessReceive Public Assistance



The Cost of Christmas

Money comes from• Grants• Contributions• Programs and Services• Membership fees and

dues• Fundraisers• Donations• Volunteers

Money goes to • Clothing• Toys• Salaries



Christmas Box House, 2009

Expenses Breakdown

Program Expenses - $991,477.00Administrative Ex-penses - $86,225.00Fundraising Expenses - $48,651.00



Grants

Compenstation, Employees

Other salaries and wages

Other employee benefits

Payroll taxes

Legal

Accounting

Other

Office expenses

Occupancy

Travel

Conferences,Conventions,Meetings

Interest

Depreciations,depletion,amortization

Insurance

Clothing,Toys,and Other

Supplies

Repairs and Maintenance

CB Lifestart Initiative

Host Children Expenses

All other expenses

$- $200,000.00

$400,000.00 $600,000.00

$37,811.00

$63,742.00 $137,426.00

$15,214.00

$15,140.00

$1,257.00

$8,319.00

$1,183.00

$15,794.00

$62,358.00

$3,782.00

$1,142.00 $129,586.00

$73,223.00

$9,191.00 $575,125.00

$56,656.00

$30,587.00

$29,943.00

$9,886.00

$8,019.00

2010 Tax Information (Expenditures)



Volunteers: The Soul of The Christmas Box House



Volunteer Process

On-going volunteer• Fill out a volunteer packet

– Personal information forms– Background test– Criminal background check– Orientation attendance– Fee for $39.25 for any who lived out of the state or $15.00 for normal

residents• Duties

– Cooking– Craft planning– Games– Dance classes– Organizing and planning charity events



One time volunteer• One page file

– Agreeing to privacy rights– Contact person in charge of volunteers

• Set day and time

• Duties– Plan and supply everything needed for activity

• Crafts • Games• Holiday parties• Sports clinics• Dance camps• Maintenance



Programs

• Focus on teaching children:– How to cope and talk about experiences– Express themselves– Hygiene

• Bathing, dental work, etc..

– Emotional • Music and Art therapy• Recreational therapy• Animal therapy



Children cannot make it through these situations alone. They need volunteers to be their voice and stand up for them. Children need to be shown what it is like to love and to be loved.



“Our greatest natural resource is the minds of our children”. -Walt Disney


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