How You Can Help Make the Holidays Special for Youth at DCH

Holiday Giving

Gift Card Giving

Small-denomination cards ($5–$15) are perfect for stockings, while larger amounts help support outings, needed items, and everyday essentials.

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🍔 Food, Treats & Drinks

Great for quick bites, treats, rewards, and stocking stuffers.

  • Applebee’s
  • Aroma Joe’s
  • Auspicious Brew
  • Burger King
  • Breakaway Café
  • Chili’s
  • Chipotle
  • Dairy Queen
  • Dover Delite
  • Dunkin
  • Five Guys
  • La Festa
  • Lexie’s
  • Lickee’s & Chewie’s
  • McDonald’s
  • Oriental Delight
  • Otto
  • Panera
  • Saigon & Tokyo
  • Starbucks
  • Strafford House of Pizza
  • Subway
  • Taco Bell
  • Teatotaller
  • The Juicery
  • The Tipsy Tabby
  • Two Bees Patisserie
  • Wendy’s
  • Wing-Itz
  • Kona Ice
  • Any local ice cream shop
🎉 Activities, Outings & Entertainment

Perfect for weekend fun, group activities, family visits, and memorable experiences.

  • Aquarium (Boston)
  • Board & Brush
  • Bowl-O-Rama
  • Canobie Lake Park
  • Chunky’s Cinema
  • Dover Ice Arena
  • Funspot
  • Funtown Splashtown
  • Gunstock Mountain
  • Hilltop Fun Center
  • Indoor Ascent
  • iTunes (≤ $15 per card)
  • Museum of Science (Boston)
  • Music Hall (Portsmouth)
  • O’Neil Cinema
  • Portsmouth Escape Room
  • Regal Cinema
  • Smitty’s Cinema
  • SkyZone
  • Seven Rivers Paddling
  • Top Golf
  • Vent LLC Activity Rooms
  • Water Country
  • The Works
  • York’s Wild Kingdom
  • Any escape room
  • Round 9 (Portland, ME – great for summer!)
🛒 Groceries
Used for meals, snacks, cooking activities, and group dinners.

  • Aldi
  • Market Basket
  • Hannaford
  • Shaws
  • Fiddlehead Farms
👕 Clothing, Shoes & Personal Style
Helps youth purchase everyday wear, seasonal clothing, or special outfits.

  • Aeropostale
  • Champion
  • Dick’s Sporting Goods
  • Five Below
  • HomeGoods
  • Kohl’s
  • Lids
  • Marshall’s
  • Nike
  • Old Navy
  • Plato’s Closet
  • Red’s Shoe Barn
  • Savers
  • TJ Maxx
  • Under Armour
📦 Essentials, Needed Items & Supplies
Supports electronics, hygiene items, art supplies, practical needs, and more.

  • Amazon
  • Aubuchon Hardware
  • CVS
  • Dollar Tree
  • Dick’s Sporting Goods
  • Gas Stations (family support)
  • Home Depot
  • Lowes
  • Michaels
  • The Paper Store
  • Rite Aid
  • Sports Clips
  • Staples
  • Target
  • Walgreens
  • Walmart
  • VISA / Mastercard / AmEx
💈 Local Services & Miscellaneous

Great for self-care and confidence-boosting needs.

  • 1883 Barbershop
  • Flote
  • Pin Up Salon
  • Integrated Massage
  • Body Mechanix
  • Any local hair or nail salon
Independent Living
Great for developing important skills around financial literacy and transportation.

  • Uber
  • Lyft
  • Coast Bus
  • Gas cards
  • Amtrak
  • Mint Mobile

Holiday Helpers

Holiday “Group Giving” at Dover Children’s Home celebrates the power of togetherness. By coming together, groups can make an even greater impact—bringing joy, connection, and a true sense of community to the Home during the holiday season.

  • Run a gift card drive at your work, or between your friends and family.
  • Volunteer to decorate our side porch or front porch at DCH – you supply the decorations and arrange a time with us to come set up the display!
  • Bake and deliver holiday goodies for the youth in our care.
  • Create a “group giving” monetary donation pool between family, friends, neighbors, and/or colleagues. It adds up quickly!
Contact Us To Organize

Sponsor a Holiday Activity

To sponsor one of these activities, make a donation for the amount chosen, and note the activity in the “Purpose of Donation” section.

Amazon Wish List

Purchasing items from Dover Children’s Home’s Amazon Wish List is one of the easiest and most impactful ways to support our youth this holiday season. The list includes holiday gift items for our teens, as well as therapeutic tools, essential household supplies, and much-needed decorations to help refresh the Home – many of which are long overdue for replacement. Every item donated helps create a warm, festive, and supportive environment for the kids in our care.

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Special Gift Purchase

During the holiday season, the kids in our care love festive activities that help them get into the holiday spirit. To provide some of these needed items like winterwear, snowshoeing supplies, fun holiday wear, and more, contact Lauren

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Monetary Donations

General donations during the holiday season make a direct and lasting impact—providing stability, enriching experiences, and meeting essential needs for the resilient youth we serve. Make your donation go even further and become a monthly recurring donor.

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