Christmas in Walnut

  • Donate
  • Breakfast
  • Kid Zone
  • Christmas Store
  • Snacks
  • Phone

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Christmas in Walnut is Saturday, December 9, 2023


Welcome!

Christmas in Walnut is again partnering with Love INC, along with other partner churches, to organize the 15th annual Christmas Store at the Waterloo Boys & Girls Club the morning of the event. With your assistance, the Christmas Store will be stocked with donated gifts and toys. The gifts will not be given but will be sold at a 75-80% discount. This allows parents the opportunity to shop for their own children this Christmas. We believe the power of exchange helps affirm dignity, empowers parents, and builds capacity and community. By partnering with Love INC and other churches offering similar Christmas stores, our goal is to work together cohesively in the community to offer shopping opportunities for people who could use assistance in this year’s Christmas budget. Our store, Christmas in Walnut, will provide around 250 tickets for shoppers this year.

If you are facing financial challenges this holiday season, visit Love INC at www.loveinccv.org to fill out an application to shop at a Christmas Store or call their office at 319-266-1264 between 9:00am-12:00pm Monday through Friday.

If you are interested in volunteering, see below for a variety of ways you can participate! Volunteer options are also located at the top of this website.

If you have any questions, contact Molly Juza at mjuza@orchardhillchurch.org.

 

Ways to Participate



Donate a Gift

Gifts are collected from Sunday, November 19 - Wednesday, December 6. New, unwrapped gifts may be brought to Orchard Hill Church (3900 Orchard Hill Dr., CF) from 8am-8pm any day of the week. There are two large boxes near the Sanctuary and the Community Center or feel free to drop them off at the church office M-F 8am-5pm. 

This year we are collecting approximately 1600 gifts to stock our Christmas Store. This allows parents to have a choice is selecting the perfect gifts for their little ones! 

Multiple organizations have linked arms with Christmas in Walnut by hosting toy drives at their business. If your organization would like to collect gifts, contact Molly Juza at mjuza@orchardhillchurch.org.


Suggested Gift List

View our suggested gift list, purchase your gifts and drop them off at Orchard Hill Church.
View Suggested Gift List

Suggested Gift Registry

Here is a link to our gift registry with ideas for gift donations. Gifts can be shipped directly to the church or feel free to use the registry as a list of ideas to purchase in store and drop off at Orchard Hill Church by Wednesday, December 6.
View Gift Registry

Kid Zone

Children will have a space entirely for them at Christmas in Walnut in the upstairs of the Boys & Girls Club. Kids will be able to choose from different activities such as crafts, games, snacks & a movie to spend their time while their parents are shopping downstairs. Volunteers are needed to man the different stations and hang out with kids!

Volunteer for Christmas Kid Zone

Provide A Snack

Snacks are needed to keep our volunteers going all morning. Volunteers can sign up for a snack option and bring them to the kitchen at Orchard Hill Church, Door 2, (in a disposable container). Please label them "Christmas Store" and bring them by Thursday, December 7 or Friday, December 8.

Volunteer for Snacks

Breakfast at Harvest Vineyard

Free breakfast is being offered next door at Harvest Vineyard Church from 9:00-11:00am. It will be a great time of fellowship and good food! We will need volunteers to help assemble and serve breakfast this morning alongside friends from Harvest.

Volunteer for Breakfast

Christmas Store

Many community partners come together to share Christmas joy by hosting the Christmas Store from 9am-noon at the Boys & Girls Club. The store gives parents who are facing financial challenges the opportunity to shop for their own children by selecting new toys/gifts that will be priced at a great discount. We love that this is an event that allows everyone to participate and give! Volunteers must be 16 years or older.

Volunteer for Christmas Store

Donate To Event

Consider giving financially to help fund the events of the day and to help purchase gifts for the Christmas Store. Checks may be made out to Orchard Hill Church with "Christmas in Walnut" written in the memo line or donate securely online. Checks may be hand delivered or mailed to the Orchard Hill Church Office at 3900 Orchard Hill Drive, Cedar Falls, IA 50613. 

Donate Securely Online

Love INC Connection Center

Join us in returning phone calls to the families who have signed up to shop at Christmas in Walnut. Connection Center dates: Monday, November 27 & Monday, December 4 from 6-8pm at Love INC's office. 2603 Rainbow Dr. Suite 2, Cedar Falls.

Volunteer for Phones

Mark Your Calendars

to Experience a Great Morning of Holiday Joy!


Breakfast at Harvest Vineyard
9:00-11:00 am


Christmas Store & Kid Zone
8:30 am - 12:30 pm (for Volunteers)

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