Donations needed for holiday party

The Center for Refugee Services and Resurgent Church are sponsoring a Christmas toy drive and distribution event for refugee children making their new home in San Antonio.

Gifts are needed for newborns, toddlers and kids up to 18 years of age.

The toy drive is a collaboration of local churches, clubs and individual families. The drive provides needed warm accessories and useful items as well as toys and books for children of families who have resettled in San Antonio in recent years.

Teethers, toys, dolls and board books are needed for babies and toddlers.

Items needed for elementary-age children include dolls, toy vehicles, games, earbuds, socks/ gloves, hair items, winter hats and art sets.

A range of items also are needed for middle and high school students: hair prod- ucts, gift cards, socks/ gloves, winter hats, iTunes cards, hygiene kits, flashlights and watches.

Items can be dropped off at Resurgent Church from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. through Thursday.

Volunteers will collect and wrap the items to be distributed from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at Resurgent Church.

For more information, call the Center for Refugee Services at 210-949-0062.

The nonprofit center was established in 2010. It provides a wide variety of services, including helping newly immigrated parents navigate local schools, tutoring children, providing career orientation and counseling, teaching conversational English and citizenship classes, providing medical clinics and meeting basic needs such as clothing, household items, furniture and food, among others.

All of the center’s staff members are volunteers.