Helping children of low-income families with holiday gifts in the area of Colorado’s Boulder Valley School District since 1972.
I am a single parent, and was looking for a doll house for my daughter, and you found one! (This brought tears to her eyes.)
— T.B.The 2020 Toy Shop will happen this December!
Read below about our donation needs for 2020 and how our operations will change as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.
We will be accepting donated bikes and small quantities of new toys on two collection dates between Thanksgiving and our Toy Shop. Please check back here for details in mid-November.
We had nothing and would have had nothing to give our children this holiday. We just moved here. Thank you!
— Refugee FamilyDonate
Only accepting
Cash Donations
at this time
Children’s holiday gift
donations collected
November to
December 2020
Volunteer
Volunteers needed in December
Registration starts in
November 2020
(click Volunteer button above to learn more)
Information
Contacts
Supporters
Board of Directors
General FAQs
Share–A–Gift is an all-volunteer, secular annual holiday project that provides toys, books, and bicycles for children of low-income families in the area of Colorado’s Boulder Valley School District. Share–A–Gift is a 501(c)(3) under IRS rules and has operated as a non-profit, all-volunteer organization since 1972 – nearly 50 years. Last year, we served 534 families, representing 1330 children, birth to age 14, through community donations. We expect the need this year to be even greater, due to the economic downturn and increased unemployment brought on by Covid-19.
In past seasons, Share–A–Gift has relied on donations of new and gently-used toys, books, games, puzzles, and bikes from families throughout the area, with collection events held at schools and businesses. This year, with BVSD schools shifting to online-learning and many businesses working remotely, these collections won’t be possible. Instead, we are planning to focus on collecting used bicycles only and purchasing new toys, books, and games in bulk. For that, we need our community’s financial help.
If you have supported Share–A–Gift in past years by donating toys or by volunteering your time, we hope you will support us this year with a monetary contribution. We hope to keep this important event going through this difficult period, so that we can return to normal operations in 2021. Gifts of any amount are appreciated! If we reach our goal of raising $55,000, we’ll be able to budget $40 per child… a modest sum, but we will stretch those dollars!
Donate at
GiveButter.com
Please stay tuned for December dates for bike donation drop off and details for our contactless drive-up 2020 Toy Shop on Saturday, December 19, 2020.
