The holidays will be here before you know it and we want to put smiles on the faces of kids in our community that might not otherwise have a bright holiday. We’re doing a Holiday Shopping event where parents and guardians can come and select gifts for each of their kiddos. We’re also collecting food that we don’t normally carry regularly. We’re estimating at least 800 kids will be shopped for, so the need is very real!
We’ll be collecting now through December 10th, with shopping dates for our patrons in the middle of December.
How can you help?
- Organize a Drive to Collect Items: are you a business or group that can organize a drive to collect the items on our list? Fill out this form to sign up.
- Become a Collection Site: are you a business that can put out a bin to collect items? Fill out this form to sign up. You can print out a Holiday Shopping Flyer to include with your collection bin.
- Donate Items as an Individual: start buying items off our Holiday Idea List 2024, and we’ll be having drop off dates through November and December .
- Donate Money: can’t shop but what to help? You can DONATE below so that we can purchase the things we need to make more kids happy.
- Shop Our Amazon List: you can shop our AMAZON WISH LIST. (Items are shipped to board president, Nikki Kuhlman.)
- Share with Your Friends: help us get the word out by sharing this page with all your friends.
Collection Sites: thank you to these amazing area businesses for being a collection site – drop off items until December 11th at these locations:
- Assured Concepts Group: 1114 East Main St, East Dundee
- Bell Works: 1114 East Main St, East Dundee
- Bella Vita Salon & Day Spa: 321 S. Main Street, Algonquin
- Farmers Insurance: 128 S Main St, Algonquin
- First American Bank: 261 S Western Ave Carpentersville
- Foote Team Compass: 115 W Main St Suite 100, West Dundee
- Fox River MedSpa: 1543 S Randall Rd Algonquin
- Hendricks Wealth & Estate Planning: 650 Spring Hill Ring Rd Suite 2000, West Dundee
- Joanna’s Hair & Lash Extensions: 4688 W Main St, West Dundee
- King Family Wellness: 600 Spring Hill Ring Rd #111, West Dundee
- Maurices: 1936 S Randall Rd, Algonquin
- No Manches: 140 N Western Ave, Carpentersville
- Representative Suzanne Ness: 20 S Grove St, Carpentersville
- Rosie O’Hares: 702 Water St, East Dundee
- Senator Don DeWitte: 641 S 8th St, West Dundee
- Sunrise Social: 2258 Randall Rd, Carpentersville
Drop-off times will be at the Outreach Center (21 Washington Street, Carpentersville)
- Sunday, November 24th from 10am to 12pm
- Saturday, November 30th from 2 to 4pm
- Sunday, December 8th from 2 to 4pm
- Monday, December 9th from 5 to 7pm