PLEDGE YOUR SUPPORT
Secret Santas has been helping families in Westchester during the holidays since 2013. With your help, we have gifted 2000 toys for children during the Christmas season. Your personal donations and the success of our annual fundraiser brought smiles to nearly 200 foster children last year, alone! We are blessed to have the opportunity to work with agencies in Westchester to bring joy to children at Christmas. Thank you for your continued support. We hope to see you at next year's event!
Donate Today!
Unable to attend and would like to make a monetary donation to Secret Santas?Interested in providing a raffle item for our Annual Fundraiser? Click HERE for our 2025 In-kind donation form.
We appreciate every donor!Your funding has a direct impact on our ability to exceed our gift giving goal this holiday season! Please donate using our PayPal link here:
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Join us for a special Secret Santas event of Musical Bingo, Prizes, Raffles, and more!We are hosting this unique evening of fun, laughter, and music!There will be many prizes, raffle baskets, 50/50, and more!
$85 Per Person - Seated Dinner, Coffee & Desserts will be provided for all!
About Us
OUR MISSION
Secret Santas, Inc. is a charitable 501(c)(3) organization providing holiday presents to Foster Children, by working with agencies in Westchester County, through anonymous gifts from the support of our annual fundraising event. IRS Tax ID# 30-0798747Our beginnings are rooted in paying off lay-away accounts at big-boxed stores for low-income families in Westchester. As the practice started to fade, and the stores started to close, we updated our organization to serve foster children in Westchester. We have gifted over 2000 presents to date!
Founder
Lisa Jones is the founder of Secret Santas. Lisa's love of all things Christmas and her will to bring joy to all during the Christmas season, sparked the desire to create Secret Santas. Lisa's goal is to provide a merrier holiday to those who needed outside aid, so as many little ones could find presents under the Christmas tree. Lisa's experience in fundraising, procuring major gifts, and a career in the non profit endowment and development sector is the driving force behind the organizations success.
Chief Operations Officer
Michelle Oliva is the Operations Guru at Secret Santas. Michelle's experience and expertise managing fundraisers helps Secret Santas with location, organization, and execution, all while focusing on creating fun at our event.
Major Gift Partner
Jason Jones has been helping Secret Santas as the major gifts partner since 2013.
Working closely with Lisa on strategy, execution, and concept, Jason was the first member of
the Secret Santas team and has helped grow the organization to what it is today. Jason is Lisa's partner in Secret Santas and in life, along with their son, Jesse, they have dedicated their family to service
of the community.
Social Services Consult
Tony Cerasi is a major member of the Elf team at Secret Santas. Tony's background as an MSW provides valuable insight. He assists in shopping for the many presents we gift the foster children sponsored by our organization. Tony also provides many laughs as MC at our events.
Senior Elves
Joann Cerasi, Sonja Cerasi, and Sandy Scaramuzzo are the Senior Elves at Secret Santas; they are the heart and soul of the fundraiser. Year after year, they hit the pavement to procure gifts for our auction. They have been members of the community for over 70 years and share their love for Westchester, and love for children through their work with Secret Santas.
Junior Elves
Jesse Jones has had his elf boots on the ground helping since day one. At three years old, he started out delivering gifts to the winners, and now assists in the planning and execution of the event. Jes leads the kids activities at our annual fundraiser, helps manage the volunteers, as well as assists in procuring raffle prizes from local businesses.
Abby Oliva-Schneider has been a junior elf since she was in second grade. She has a natural creative ability and is dedicated to assisting in any way possible, both in preparation and execution . Abby leads and organizes the student volunteers for our event.
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CONTACT US
Thank you for wishing to contact Secret Santas. Please leave us a message and we will get back to you shortly.Secret Santas does not have any full-time employees, we are all volunteers and work mainly during the holiday season.
Please note - Secret Santas ONLY works with agencies in Westchester County, New Yorkand cannot personally assist anyone requesting payment or soliciting gifts for their family or for other individuals.Secret Santas specifically assists through anonymous giving using local social service agencies and adheres to strict guidelines governing our gifting abilities,as outlined in our submission to the Federal Government through our 501(c)(3) application and issuance. Thank you.
Please note - Secret Santas ONLY works with agencies in Westchester County, New Yorkand cannot personally assist anyone requesting payment or soliciting gifts for their family or for other individuals.Secret Santas specifically assists through anonymous giving using local social service agencies and adheres to strict guidelines governing our gifting abilities,as outlined in our submission to the Federal Government through our 501(c)(3) application and issuance. Thank you.
914-340-3146
info@secretsantas.org