Needs From: Skagit Volunteer Center

Volunteer: Christmas Helpers Needed!

Looking for a way to help local families at the holidays?  The Skagit Valley Herald Christmas Fund, which provides toys, books, hats, and food gift cards to thousands of children each year, could use help in the following areas this year:

 Telephone/Office Help: Mid-November through Mid-December, Mon.-Fri., 10 am – 3 pm   

Process family registrations in computer  Answer questions/ return phone calls    English, Spanish, Russian, and Mixteco speakers needed 

Toy Distribution:  December 17-20, 2025 & Late Registration Dec. 22-23, 2025 

3-hour shifts available: 9:30 am – 12:45 pm, and 12:30 pm – 3:30 pm 

Traffic: direct cars into drive-through parking spaces for gift bag receipt  Greeters, English & Spanish/bilingual: Greet families, and use radio to communicate bag number to team inside warehouse  Computer Help: Enter information into computer as families pick up their gift bags  Runners: Get gift bags from warehouse and give to Elves to take to families outside  Gift Bag Elf: Bring gift bags to families outside in cars 

To Volunteer, please call the Christmas Fund at 360-419-7261 or email christmasfund@skagitpublishing.com 

 Thank you,

Paula Becker, Co-Administrator

Skagit Valley Herald Christmas Fund

Office: 360-419-7261 (Nov-Dec)

Mobile:  707-481-9488

Agency: Skagit Valley Herald Christmas Fund

Looking for a way to help local families at the holidays?  The Skagit Valley Herald Christmas Fund, which provides toys, books, hats, and food gift cards to thousands of children each year, could use help in the following areas this year:

 Telephone/Office Help: Mid-November through Mid-December, Mon.-Fri., 10 am – 3 pm   

Process family registrations in computer  Answer questions/ return phone calls    English, Spanish, Russian, and Mixteco speakers needed 

Toy Distribution:  December 17-20, 2025 & Late Registration Dec. 22-23, 2025 

3-hour shifts available: 9:30 am – 12:45 pm, and 12:30 pm – 3:30 pm 

Traffic: direct cars into drive-through parking spaces for gift bag receipt  Greeters, English & Spanish/bilingual: Greet families, and use radio to communicate bag number to team inside warehouse  Computer Help: Enter information into computer as families pick up their gift bags  Runners: Get gift bags from warehouse and give to Elves to take to families outside  Gift Bag Elf: Bring gift bags to families outside in cars 

To Volunteer, please call the Christmas Fund at 360-419-7261 or email christmasfund@skagitpublishing.com 

 Thank you,

Paula Becker, Co-Administrator

Skagit Valley Herald Christmas Fund

Office: 360-419-7261 (Nov-Dec)

Mobile:  707-481-9488

Agency: Skagit Valley Herald Christmas Fund

Need Type: Volunteer

Date: Runs Until Dec 31, 2025

Zip Code: 98273

Allow Groups: No