THE HOLIDAY PROJECT--People Being with People Each year, many of the more than two rnillion people confined to hospitals, nursing homes, and prisons, are alone and forgotten during the holiday season. At the same tine, many individuals in communities across the country feel the same wdy, often searching for opportunities to make their holiday seasons more meaningful. The Holiday Project is such an opportunity. The Holiday Project began in L97l-, when eight people in San Francisco joined together to visit patients in a loca1 hospital on Christmas Day and share Christmas dinner. The project grew, over the years, to include Chanukah as well as Christmas, and visits to prisons, nursing homes, psychiatric facilities, shelters for battered wives and children, ds well as to hospitals. Since its forrnal incorporation in L980, The Holiday Project has expanded to rnore than l-00 communities. In the l-986 holiday season, 22,000 participants visited nearly 2OO,000 people in 2,000 institutions--an accomplishment made possible by a corps of 2,7OO management volunteers. Participation in The Holiday Project takes many forms. In addition to visiting and serving on a managlement team, people make gifts, attend gift-wrap parties, provide entertainment. Individuals nake direct cash donations, or monthly pledges through rrFriends of The Holiday Projectrrr while corporations, in addition to making generous cash donations, contribute through matchinq gift programs and by donating merchandise for gifts. Each year The Holiday Project receives recognition and acclaim from local governments and state legislatures. In December of l-985 it received such recognition from President Ronald Reagan. 1388 Sutter Street #500, SanFrancisco, CA94109 (415) 474-7285