During the 2025 holiday season, our agency hosted a series of events for children, teens and young adults in Santa Clara County’s foster care system to enjoy with their Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) Volunteers. Thank you to all of our donors, sponsors, community partners and CASAs who helped us bring this festive season to life.
Annual Holiday Parties
To celebrate the holidays, we hosted our yearly holiday parties! We held two festive events at Brookside Club of Saratoga on December 13th. The morning was geared toward foster children ages 0–12, while we welcomed teenagers 13 and older in the afternoon. Over 100 kids, adolescents and CASA Volunteers joined in the festivities and participated in various holiday-themed activities.
Read here for photos and the full event recap.
CASA Village
The week of December 8th, our office magically transformed into “CASA Village,” a holiday workshop full of festive toys and decor. CASAs and their youth stopped by to shop at the CASA Store, pick up personalized gifts and take part in arts and crafts designed for meaningful moments of connection. Children, teens and young adults located outside of the county were still able to celebrate with us from afar, all receiving special deliveries in the mail. This year’s gift bags were made possible by the generosity of community members and partners who participated in our 2025 Holiday Toy Drive.
Bayley’s Holiday Toy Drive
This year, WWE Superstar Bayley partnered with us to host her annual toy drive, and it was a huge success! Thanks to her support and the enthusiasm of her fans, we collected more than 1,500 high-quality gifts valued at over $55,000, along with more than $7,000 in cash donations.
Bayley’s fans truly SHOWED UP for foster youth. More than 300 people attended our toy drive event, and hundreds more donated gifts through our Amazon wish list, with orders coming in from across the country and around the world.
If you are interested in hosting a future toy drive or sponsoring a youth-related event, please contact our development department at development@childadvocatessv.org.