Sponsoring a Child or Family

Sponsoring a child means you're choosing gifts for a specific child, so we know all their wishes are covered. This helps us focus on spreading holiday magic to the rest of the kids on our list. But don't worry: every child will get presents, no one will be left out!

DUE DATES: For families who have requested EARLY deliveries as noted in the second column, we would like to receive their presents by the first Friday in December. Gifts for families needing "regular" deliveries should be turned in by the second Monday in December.

  • Wishlists are posted as soon as possible after they are received.
  • Scroll through the wishlists, use the information provided (age, favorites, hobbies/interests and top three wishes) to find a child/family that you'd like to sponsor.
  • Names are not used. Instead, each child has a unique ID number in the form of XX-#/# that will be used to track them throughout our program. The XX portion groups children by family. For example, LL-1/2 and LL-2/2 would be siblings, but LK-3/3 unrelated.
  • If there is a child whose wishes you'd like to fulfill, note their ID number and use that in the form at the bottom of the Wishlists page to select them. Your name will then appear next to their ID# in the linked list and they will no longer be available for selection.
  • We do not necessarily expect you to get all of the gifts the child you've selected has requested. Just like any other child writing to Santa, sometimes ours dream big. Creativity may be needed to come up with other options that will also delight.
  • Generally gifts average $50-100/child, depending on ages, interests, and requests.
  • Unwrapped and labeled (with the ID#) gifts may be dropped off at any drop-box or at our workshop! (Gifts must be unwrapped so we can make sure we don't duplicate anything and that sibling groups as well as any families living doubled-up together receive roughly "balanced" gifts.)
  • All children will automatically receive a book, blanket, other little things that get donated out along with your presents, so you do not have to worry about "stocking stuffer"-type gifts unless you want to!
  • Once we have your presents all checked in, you're welcome to wrap them! Or we do also have plenty of volunteers who love the wrapping stage, so no worries if it's not for you.
  • Finally, our Santas make the deliveries to the families. For confidentiality reasons we can't send you directly to the family on your own, but if you want to be a Santa too we'd love to have you!

Sponsoring Families: The same process as sponsoring individual kids! :) The family code is the "XX" part of "XX-#/#". Just as with individual child sponsorships, we'd like to receive the gifts unwrapped.

Thank you for your interest and time in reading this! If you have any other questions, just ask.

DUE DATES: For families who have requested EARLY deliveries as noted in the second column, we would like to receive their presents by the first Friday in December. Gifts for families needing "regular" deliveries should be turned in by the second Monday in December.