Children of Shelters Annual Wreath Auction Fundraiser Design and Collateral

According to the National Center for Homeless Education, during the 2020-21 school year, over 1 million students enrolled in public schools were experiencing homelessness. Over 227,000 of those students reside in California alone!

Role: Graphic Designer, Illustrator, Digital Designer

Children of Shelters needed camera-ready print designs for San Francisco Magazine, San Francisco Chronicle, and many digital designs for online ad services to announce their annual fundraiser.

Design Approach

Simple, Flat, Classy. Design is versatile to work in both print and online forums and will adapt to scale without impact to the design.

Results

The Jingle & Mingle Designer Wreath Auction features wreaths and art from some of San Francisco’s top designers and florists in a festive holiday setting. It funds much of the programs for children throughout the year.

Jingle & Mingle, a designer wreath auction and cocktail reception, and SantaFest, a day of fun for children and families, raised a record-breaking $340,000 for some 4,000 children living in San Francisco’s homeless shelters. The funds will be used to send 200 kids to summer camp, 50 children to San Francisco Recreation and Parks classes, eight youths to private schools, and to host 150 kids birthday celebrations.

About Children of Shelters

Children of Shelters maintains the goal of providing opportunities for enrichment and education to the growing number of San Francisco children living in or supported by family transitional shelters. Over the years, through the contributions of generous individuals and organizations, COS has provided support to thousands of the city's children. Today, the organization is managed by a robust and actively engaged board of directors commited to the COS mission.

Empowering San Francisco children experiencing homelessness

Children of Shelters seeks to break the cycle of poverty and homelessness currently experienced by over 5,000 San Francisco youth. Through our educational, experiential and nutritional initiatives, and our best-in-class network of partners, we deliver comprehensive resources and services that bridge critical would-be gaps in the development of these children, offering them joy, happiness and a future unbound by the complications of homelessness.