Youth Eastside Services (YES) is currently seeking companies, community groups and individuals to sponsor a needy family or child from the Eastside.

Sponsors are given a wish list from their adopted family or individual by Nov. 21 and are asked to give a minimum of one new gift and one article of clothing to each child in a family, as well as a family household gift, such as a vacuum cleaner or kitchen necessities. Gifts must be delivered to the YES office in Bellevue at 999 164 Ave. NE by Dec. 13. Additionally, sponsors can fund a child’s summer camp experience, or provide cash that aids young mothers and their children, and donate gift cards.

Recipients of these gifts are YES clients who have been identified by a YES counselor, and have met a financial eligibility to be part of the program.

Last year, donors assisted more than 150 families, some 500 plus people, making this one of the largest holiday programs on the Eastside.

This year, YES has experienced a 15 percent increase in care for families without insurance, Medicaid or the financial resources to pay for services.

For more information, contact Jill Potter at 425-586-2307 or jillp@youtheastsideservices.org.