Holiday Helping Hands is a Christmas, gift assistance program
for families in-need on the Enumclaw plateau.
The “Giving Day” event each December, at the Enumclaw Expo Center, invites pre-registered families to pick-up their child’s gifts. Each child in the family (ages 0-18 years) receives a gift, a book or craft and 2 stocking stuffers. Gifts are preselected by Holiday Helping Hands’ volunteers. Families are offered a food basket and grocery gift card from Plateau Outreach Ministries.
***If you know a family that would benefit from our program and they reside in Enumclaw, within the Enumclaw School District’s boundaries, please connect them to our website and/or our contact info.
About… (Click heading to read more.)
Holiday Helping Hands is a Christmas, gift assistance program for families in-need that live in Enumclaw within the Enumclaw School District boundaries. 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. 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 toys, gifts and gift cards 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 will go 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 and the firefighters and fire trucks tour Enumclaw, spreading Christmas cheer-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’s Santa Run is December 3rd-7th. Please follow Enumclaw Fire Department on Facebook for the up-to-date info on the event!)
Families who are in-need and have their student(s) enrolled in the Enumclaw School District’s “free or reduced lunch program” will automatically receive a letter in the mail just after Thanksgiving, inviting them to sign-up through our website’s online registration. For Enumclaw families with children under school age or Enumclaw families that homeschool, we welcome all in-need families to register for Holiday Helping Hands on our website.
If you know a family with children, aged 0-18 years, that could benefit from our program and they reside in Enumclaw within the Enumclaw School District’s boundaries, please connect them to our website and/or our contact info. THANK YOU!
REGISTER… (Click heading to read more)
Please read the information below, carefully.
PLEASE READ: All in-need families are eligible to participate in one (1) Christmas gift assistance program per calendar year. If a family has enrolled in or participated in another Christmas gift assistance program (such as Plateau Outreach Ministries’ Giving Tree) in 2023, they will not be eligible to enroll in Holiday Helping Hands this year.
Holiday Helping Hands “Giving Day” event is Sunday, December 17th with optional time slots to choose from during registration. The event will be at the Enumclaw Expo Center for pre-registered families to come pick-up their children’s gifts. *Gifts will be preselected by Holiday Helping Hands’ volunteers from the information that families provide. *We will do our very best to match a wonderful gift with each child.
**To be eligible for the program, you must be a family in-need, have children between ages 0-18 years and live in Enumclaw, WA, within the boundaries of the Enumclaw School District.
**Families cannot have participated or be enrolled in another gift assistance program/charity this year.
**When filling out the registration form, please fill in detailed information about each child so Holiday Helping Hands can choose appropriate gifts. The detailed information received will be handled with respect to privacy and not be shared.
**By registering with Holiday Helping Hands, Christmas charity, you agree to the terms on the application.
REGISTRATION will open November 24th-December 10th.
Help Us… (click heading to read more)
Holiday Helping Hands, Christmas Charity is successful due to the community’s generous donations and volunteer support.
WAYS YOU CAN HELP:
1) Volunteer with us! Please click HERE for more information or email us at plateaukidsnetwork@gmail.com. We have many, fun opportunities for volunteers to participate.
2) Become a donation drop-off location November 24th-December 10th, please email plateaukidsnetwork@gmail.com.
3) Host your own TOY & FOOD DRIVE, please email plateaukidsnetwork@gmail.com. We are happy to help support your efforts!
Amazon Wish Lists
Choose a toy to purchase and donate from our Amazon wish lists! You can even choose to have your donation shipped directly to our Plateau Kids Network address!
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New, unwrapped toy donations are gratefully accepted.
All donations will be distributed to local, in-need children.
Toy Donation Ideas
Amazon Wish Lists
Collection bins and Fugate Ford donation vehicles can be found in many participating businesses from
November 24th-December 10th.
***Find a complete list of donation locations HERE!
“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.”