Ways to Participate

Donate a Gift

Gifts are collected from November 22-December 5. 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 (Door G or Door E) or feel free to drop them off at the church office M-F 8am-5pm.

Each year we collect approximately 2200 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 Laura Hoy at lhoy@orchardhillchurch.org.

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Christmas Craft Workshop

Children will make handmade Christmas gifts for their families while their parents shop in the Christmas Store. The annual Christmas Craft Workshop will again be held in the upstairs of the Boys & Girls Club from 9:00 am until noon while the Christmas Store happens on the main level. Crafts and materials are planned and 82 volunteers are needed to staff the craft stations. Volunteers time commitment is from 8:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and all volunteers are encouraged to have breakfast at Harvest between 7:30-8:30 a.m.

Volunteer for Christmas Craft Workshop

Provide A Treat

Bars & cookies are needed for the hospitality room at the Christmas Store. Volunteers can make 2 dozen bars or cookies, place them in disposable containers marked "Christmas Store", and deliver them to the kitchen at Orchard Hill Church, Door G, on December 12 or 13.

Volunteer for Treats

Breakfast at Harvest Vineyard

Free pancakes and sausage are being offered from 7:30-8:30 am for the Christmas Store and Christmas Craft Workshop volunteers and then from 8:45-noon for the community. It will be a great time of fellowship and good food! We will need 40 volunteers to help flip pancakes and serve breakfast on this morning with friends from Harvest Vineyard.

Volunteer for Pancake 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, next door to Harvest Vineyard Church. The store gives parents who are struggling financially the opportunity to shop for their own children by selecting new toys/gifts that will be priced at a great discount. Shoppers will be welcomed by invitation only, and toys/gifts will be purchased and donated by community friends and partners. We love that this is an event that allows everyone to participate and give! We will need 266 volunteers for the Christmas Store. 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

Christmas in Walnut is Saturday, December 14, 2019

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