Coast Guard Family & Friends Holiday Stockings for Homeless Children

Mission

Provides handmade stockings filled with small basic and educational needs, with new useful essentials, gifts and toys for homeless children, ages infant through teen years, living in or reached through shelters in our Puget Sound area.

Description

Coast Guard Family and Friends Holiday Stockings for Homeless Children is a volunteer-driven nonprofit organization dedicated to brightening the holiday season for homeless children and youth in the Puget Sound area. Established in 1996 by a group of Coast Guard spouses, the organization has expanded its reach over the years. In 2024, we provided 3,404 stockings to homeless children in 70 shelters throughout the Puget Sound area.

Our goal for 2025 is to deliver 3,500 stockings. Help us fund 100 of those stockings through Give Big 2025.

For $15 dollars you can fill a stocking filled with toys, books, school supplies, a hat, gloves, and more. Thank you for your generosity and helping us spread joy this year!

Holiday Stockings is an all-volunteer 501(c)3 charity in operation for 29 years. 97% of donations go directly to fill the children's stockings. Our organization's all-volunteer four-member Board of Directors oversees the planning, management and budgeting for all the charity's activities.

Over 800 dedicated volunteers from business, community, church, school, clubs, families and individuals assisted in filling over 74,660 stockings for children in the last 28 years.

GiveBIG May 7th & 8th

GiveBIG Washington is an on-line giving event for Washington State non-profit organizations. Individuals and organizations can make investments in local charities which they consider worthy. We thank all of our supporters from previous years and want to let everyone know that we will again be participating this year. The event is scheduled for May 7th and 8th. Early giving has started. Help us reach our goal of $1,500 by clicking on the Donate button now!