our famous cookie recipe
from our family, to yours.

happy holidays!

It's a holiday tradition to share both the story, and the recipe below, for Mr. Parker's chocolate chip cookies! We hope your friends and family enjoy these special cookies as much as our kids do. Happy Holidays!

Each year, hundreds of children receive a huge chocolate chip cookie to recognize their hard work and completion of Clarity CGC's inpatient treatment program. But how did the tradition of our huge cookie get started?

One day in the late 1970s, Arnold Parker, the former director of food services, decided to make a cookie the size of a dinner plate for a young boy who was leaving the inpatient program the next day. He wanted a big way to say "Good job" for his hard work.

The food service staff presented the boy with the huge cookie that night at dinnertime; and seeing how special it was for him, decided to lovingly make each child their own special treat when they completed inpatient treatment at Clarity CGC.

Today, the children at Clarity CGC are still eager to receive their very own giant chocolate chip cookie. Their pride is unmistakable as they show their family their edible award for working hard to overcome the many challenges they face.

Thank you for your support of Clarity CGC and helping to provide hope and healing for our kids. We wish you all the best this holiday season and for the New Year to come.

Click here to get our tasty chocolate chip cookie recipe.

Clarity Child Guidance Center strives to provide families greater access to children's mental health care regardless of their ability to pay. Thanks to the generosity of our donors, our team is able to make treatment decisions based on a child's needs and not their insurance coverage.

During this Season of Giving we hope you will donate to our charitable care program.
With your help, we bring hope to families.

What your $25 can do

Provides toiletries for a child staying in our hospital.

What your $50 can do

Provides art supplies for two children so that they experience the healing that comes with artistic expression.

What your $100 can do

Purchases critically needed medication for two children.

What your $250 can do

Provides transportation to and from day treatment for a child whose family lacks transportation, or has a work schedule that interferes with care.

What your $500 can do

Buys undergarments, two changes of clothing, and hygiene items for eight children who arrive at Clarity CGC from the foster care system with only the clothes on their backs.