Our volunteers
The work is done by people from here.
Both drives are run start to finish by volunteers who live in Coffee County. Nobody is paid, and nobody is a stranger to the town.
What our volunteers do
Tree setup
Late November · one evening
Hang tags, string lights, set the table up at the host location.
Gift sorting
December · a few Saturdays
Match incoming gifts to tag numbers and bag them by family.
Pick-up night
Week before Christmas
Greet families, carry bags to cars, keep the coffee going.
Supply shopping
Late July
Bulk shopping runs and packing parties for the Back to School Drive.
Every volunteer is checked first
Our volunteers work around children, and they see the registration details families trust us with. Everyone who takes one of these roles completes a background check before their first shift.
Because of that we do not take volunteer sign-ups through this website. Places are arranged in person, through the churches and businesses we already work alongside. [Placeholder: who to speak to locally about joining a drive, and what the check involves.]
Plenty of help needs no roster at all. Take a tag off the Christmas tree, host a collection box at your business or church, or give toward the Back to School Drive.