Christmas Parties In YDF
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Christmas Parties Inside YDF
Sharing Hope, Joy, and the Love of Jesus with Every Unit
This December, Modern Abolition is bringing Christmas inside Sacramento County’s Youth Detention Facility. And for many of these young people, these celebrations mean more than you can imagine.
When we first stepped into the Chaplaincy program this summer, one of the very first questions the youth asked was:
“Are we doing Christmas parties this year?”
The answer is YES — and they’re already looking forward to it.
For many youth inside YDF, Christmas is not an easy season. Separation from family, painful memories, and the weight of their circumstances often make the holidays feel lonely. These Christmas parties create something powerful:
moments where they are seen, valued, and loved, and where the hope of Jesus shines in a place that needs it most.
How You Can Support
We need your help to Share His Love this Christmas
We’re gearing up for:
- 10 Christmas Parties
- Cocoa & Christmas Movies (popcorn, cocoa, and holiday classics for every unit)
- Unit Decorating Contest (Top 3 units win prizes!)
And we need your help to make it happen.
Goal: $3,300
- $3,000 — parties, gifts, supplies, games, and the Cocoa & Christmas Movies experience
- $300 — prizes for the Unit Decorating Contest
Your Impact:
$1 → popcorn + hot cocoa for one youth
$20 → sponsors Christmas party for 2 youth
$100 → one prize for the decorating contest
$250 → sponsors an entire Christmas party
Every dollar brings joy where it’s needed most.
Help us make this season unforgettable.
Give today at modernabolition.com
Sponsor a Christmas Party — $250
Help us provide a full Christmas experience in each unit — meals, activities, gifts, and meaningful moments that remind youth they are not forgotten.
Support the Unit Decorating Contest — $300
Each unit chooses a Christmas theme and transforms their space. Your support funds prize bundles that build teamwork, creativity, and joy.
Your generosity helps us share the true heart of Christmas — hope, joy, and Jesus — with every young person inside Juvenile Hall.
Give today and help make this season unforgettable.
Pray:
Join us in prayer for all the volunteers, and all of the participants for the Holiday Parties inside YDF.
Collaborate:
Partner with us in supporting to execute the parties with sponsorships, and supplies and help receive the participants and families when they participate in our programs or receive our resources.
Contribute:
Give through Modern Abolition to help pay for the experience, supplies, and further programs to continue connection and development after the parties.
**Please place "Holiday Parties" in the memo of your donation.***
Who we are:
We are a group of individuals committed to the rescue and redemption of those who’ve been labeled as lost, throwaways, or just hopeless. We are comprised of people with vast education and experience from pastors and licensed therapists who learned in school, to those who learned in life and even behind bars. Most of us look like the youth we serve and have similar stories.
Hillary Gaines, a dedicated advocate with 20+ years of experience, prioritizes the well-being of children and families. Drawing from personal parenting and overcoming domestic violence, she champions marginalized communities. Having pioneered a Youth Advocacy program, she's now applying her extensive mental health, juvenile justice, and foster care insights to develop student-focused initiatives at her church. As the Family Advocate Director at Midtown Church, Hillary, a mother of three and proud grandmother of seven, fosters inclusivity, blending human-centered design principles with professional and lived experiences to create innovative systems that meet diverse needs. Her inspiring journey with foster youth is showcased in podcasts and the documentary "Jetro's Journey."
Happily married (16 yrs) to his stunning and wonderful wife Stacy Acevedo: Kids: Rocco (13), Knox (11), Bronx (6), Nova (4), Joe (18), Cheyenne (24), and Sokha Chan (27). He has worked with youth for close to 20 years.
He is the Founder | CEO of non-profit Modern Abolition: a lifestyle non- profit brand that uses art and creativity to Inform, Inspire, and Impact the world for the greater good. The Pupil Project is his leadership development program, that Equips, Empowers, and Develops youth and young adults, by providing resources, and skillset training, for personal, social, academic, and career development - cultivating a movement of high capacity leaders, creatives, and entrepreneurs. In his spare time he adores his beautiful wife, creates artwork, writes and makes music (gil and the lion - available on all platforms), drinks a lot of coffee, and quotes Nacho Libre.
