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Wonderful 2011 Christmas House Season

Thursday, December 22nd, 2011

As the Christmas House doors closed this week on another great year, we are excited to report that thanks to everyone’s help and donations, we provided 10,518 children from 3,630 Snohomish County families with over 60,000 gifts this Christmas. Thank you so much to everyone who contributed to making the holiday season a happy time for these [...]

Families Going Through Hard Times

Monday, December 5th, 2011

View the recent article about Christmas House in the Heraldnet.com posting.

Christmas House Seeks Storage Space

Saturday, October 8th, 2011

Christmas House is in need of donated storage space from January 1-December 1, 2012. Can you or someone you know donate 1,000+ square feet of secure, dry storage in the Everett, WA area? Adequate storage allows our buyers to take advantage of sales all year long, stretching our limited dollars to purchase more gifts. The [...]

How You Can Help Christmas House

Wednesday, October 5th, 2011

Do you or your group/organization want a fun charity opportunity? Hold a fundraiser or gift drive and donate proceeds/new gifts to Christmas House (see DONATE on sidebar). Provide a light lunch for 60 volunteers (send us an email). Or maybe volunteer your time helping with the many tasks of setting up and running the Christmas House “store.” [...]

Judd & Black Donates to Christmas House

Friday, September 9th, 2011

Judd & Black golf tournament participants enjoyed beautiful weather on Sunday, August 28 at Battle Creek Golf Course in Marysville. The tournament is held each year with proceeds benefitting local charities. This year Judd & Black presented an $8,500 check to Christmas House, a donation that will provide wonderful gifts for many children this coming holiday.

Evergreen Wings Hold Fundraiser Ride

Monday, June 13th, 2011

Once again in May motorcycle riders participated in the annual “Blue Crew Fun Run.” The annual event was organized and sponsored by the Gold Wing Touring Association, Chapter C, “Evergreen Wings” as a fundraiser to benefit Christmas House. Lane Roehl, Chapter C Director, is shown below as he presents Rosemary Randall, Pam Sorenson and Tom Thetford, Christmas [...]

Volunteers Help Thousands of Families

Wednesday, January 26th, 2011

Letter to the Editor, The Everett Herald January 22, 2011 On behalf of the Christmas House Board of Directors, I would like to thank all of the contributors, volunteers and The Everett Boys and Girls Club for helping us make this year’s Christmas House a huge success. Our army of volunteers (850) contributed more than [...]

Doorman Extraordinaire Recognized

Monday, January 17th, 2011

Applause Section of The Everett Herald January 13, 2011  If Christmas House had a volunteer of the year award, it probably would have gone to Mike Barsay of Belfair, who has volunteered at Christmas House for six years during his visits to his daughter and grandchildren in Everett. Barsay first learned about the nonprofit in 2005, [...]

Christmas House 2010

Sunday, January 2nd, 2011

Thanks to the help of 850 volunteers, Christmas House 2010 was another successful year, providing gifts to over 10,000 children from 3,485 Snohomish County families. Parents chose six gifts for each of their children age infant through 18, plus one gift for the family. Thank you to everyone that helped make it a happy Christmas [...]

Visit Christmas House with the King 5 News Team

Thursday, December 16th, 2010

Hundreds Camp Overnight for Chance at Free Christmas Toys (12/16/2010 by Christie Johnson) King 5 News Article Local Group Collecting Christmas Toys for 12,000 Kids in Need (12/16/2010 by Christie Johnson) King 5 News Clip. Hundreds Line Up to Shop at Christmas House (12/9/2010 by Jake Wittenberg)  View online news clip.