Sponsor the season.
Underwrite Santa’s appearances, interpreters, and accessible community events — so every Deaf child gets a Santa who signs.
The language gap is most felt at home.
For most Deaf children, the holidays widen a gap that’s already there — surrounded by family, but unable to share the stories, the songs, or Santa’s reply.
90%
of Deaf children are born to hearing parents
Most grow up in households where ASL is a second language, if it’s signed at all.
1 in 4
hearing parents become fluent in ASL
Three-quarters of Deaf kids navigate the world’s most important conversations alone.
300k+
Deaf children in U.S. schools today
Most are educated in mainstream classrooms where signing is rare.
0
mall Santas, in most cities, who sign
Charles is one of a small handful of Deaf Santas working in the U.S. today.
Sources: NIDCD, Gallaudet Research Institute.
Four levels. One mission.
Annual sponsorship benefits — pick a level, or tell us what you have in mind.
Every dollar accounted for.
Approximate breakdown of how sponsorship dollars are spent.
"I started this work because I remembered being the kid who didn't get a Santa who could talk to him."
There are more cities asking than I can get to. There are more children waiting than the foundation can reach alone. If you have the means to fund a stop, an interpreter, or a screening — please consider this my personal ask.
Every season counts. Every child counts. Thank you for considering it.
— Charles Graves, Deaf Santa Claus
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