Santa needs your help!
If you’re looking for volunteer opportunities this Christmas you might just lend Santa a hand. Here are two ways you can help:
Operation Blue Santa
4101 S. Industrial Blvd, Suite 260.
Established in 1972 by the Austin Police Department, Blue Santa started small, helping about 20 people and distributing gifts from the trunk of a patrol car. That program now serves thousands and has grown to include the Texas National Guard, the Austin Fire Department, the Austin Parks and Recreation and Austin Energy.
Of course an operation of that scale needs plenty of elves!
They need people to wrap presents at the program’s headquarters on the following days:
* November 26 to December 7, from noon to 9 p.m.
* December 1, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
* December 8, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
They also need help packaging items for families December 10 to 14, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Deliveries will take place December 15, and volunteers can help with those as well.
Operation Blue Santa welcomes the help of all volunteers. Individuals who wish to volunteer may drop in at their convenience during operation hours. Because of limited space, groups of 10 or more need to call 974-4900 or email us at bluesanta@ci.austin.tx.us in advance and reserve a time slot. Due to the large volume of volunteers we request that you keep your group volunteer time to a maximum of 2 hours. If you schedule a time slot and are unable to volunteer during that time, please contact Blue Santa to let us know as soon as possible.
710 W. Howard Lane, Suite 400. It is the South East corner of W. Howard Lane before Mc Callen Pass. The building is called Techridge Four.1.
Like it’s predecessor, Blue Santa, Brown Santa started small with 25 families back in 1981. This year the operation hopes to serve 1200 families.
Brown Santa will open on Monday November 26, 2007 thru December 15, 2007.
Mon-Thurs 10am-8pm
Fri- Sat 9am-6pm
Sundays 12pm-6pm
There will be a couple days that will have different hours of operation due to a scheduled delivery and loading of trucks, those dates are as follows:
Wednesday December 12 1pm - 8pm
Friday December 14 9am - 6pm, (there will be no wrapping of presents this day, this day will be loading of trucks for delivery, no small children will be allowed to volunteer this day).
Saturday December 15 5pm - 8pm, (this will be loading of trucks for delivery on Sunday morning, no small children will be allowed to volunteer this day).
If you would like to volunteer you will need to call the warehouse at 247-2682 to see what dates/times through the week are still available. Dec 1,2 and 8,9 are full.
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