“Because every child deserves a Christmas story to remember and share.“
Holiday Helping Hands is a Christmas gift assistance program
for in-need families in Enumclaw.
REGISTER
Nov 10th-Dec 12th
Registration for families is online, from our website. (Click the REGISTER button above.)
To be eligible you must:
- Be a family in-need.
- Have children, age 0-18 living in your household.
- Live in Enumclaw and submit proof of residence.
- Not be enrolled or participate in another gift assistance program this year.
Registration will be open November 10th through December 12th.
HELP
1. Volunteer with us! Please click HERE for more information. We have many, fun opportunities for volunteers to participate.
2. Become a donation drop-off location November 17th-December 12th.
3. Host your own TOY & FOOD DRIVE! We are happy to help support your efforts!
4. Sponsor A Child-Lets team up! We have sponsorship levels to choose from! For more information, visit our “SPONSOR” page.
If you have a great idea or want to partner with Holiday Helping Hands, please CONTACT US
DONATE
Nov 17th-Dec 12th
Accepting new, unwrapped toys, games, books, crafts, sports balls, teen gifts, & teen gift card donations.
Donation Categories:
- Toys
- Infants (< 1 yr)
- Teens
- Books
- Crafts
- Games
- Puzzles
More donation information, including Enumclaw Drop-Off Locations found on our DONATE page.
**All donations will be distributed to local, in-need children.**
ABOUT… (Click heading to read more.)
Holiday Helping Hands is a Christmas, gift assistance program for families in-need that live in Enumclaw. It has been an active, holiday toy drive in Enumclaw since the 1970’s, formerly ran by the Retired Teacher’s Union and then Karen Worthington. Back then it was known as “Enumclaw Toys for Tots and Teens” until 2020 when it was adopted by Plateau Kids Network and Enumclaw Fire Department and renamed Holiday Helping Hands. The program has changed and grown over the years but the heart of it has been carried on.
Each Christmas season, we collect new, unwrapped toys and nonperishable, not expired food donations from the community. We team up with local businesses, along with the fire & police departments, as donation drop-off sites. There are many Toy & Food Drive events scheduled and hosted by local clubs, teams and participating businesses. (See “EVENTS” for more info). All donated food goes to our partners at Plateau Outreach Ministries and the Enumclaw Food Bank for distribution to our Holiday Helping Hands families and others in-need in the Enumclaw community.
Enumclaw Fire and Fugate Ford host Enumclaw’s infamous Santa Run, where Santa, the firefighters and fire trucks tour Enumclaw, spreading Christmas cheer-handing out candy canes and accepting toy & food donations from the community. The event kicks off our success for Holiday Helping Hands each year! Santa Run is our key intake of toy and food donations from the community! (This year, the 2025 Santa Run is December 7th-11th. Please visit Enumclaw Fire Department website for the up-to-date info on the event!)
In December, Holiday Helping Hands hosts a “Giving Day” event at the Enumclaw Expo Center. We invite pre-registered families to come to our “Giving Day” to pick-up their child’s gifts. Each child in the family (ages 0-18 years) receives a gift, a book, a game or craft and stocking stuffers. Gifts are preselected by Holiday Helping Hands’ volunteers. Families are offered gift wrapping supplies, a holiday food basket and local assistance resources.
If you know a family with children, aged 0-18 years, that could benefit from our program and they reside in Enumclaw, please connect them to our website or our contact info. THANK YOU!
“Our goal is to ensure that every child has a gift to open on Christmas morning. Every child deserves to know the excitement and joy of Christmas and be able to have a Christmas story to share and remember.”