Hello elves!
Santa here. And I need your help.
Each year, I receive thousands of letters from children in Chicago. I’m a busy guy, so sometimes I need a bit of help from awesome people like you to ensure that every student receives a gift.
Will you lend me a hand this year?
The kids make it easy — and fun! They’ll tell you what they want, their teachers will let you know how, where, and when to deliver the gifts, and sometimes they’ll even send you a beautiful drawing. My North Pole outpost at the Chicago Sun-Times is already swarming with activity…we are in the holiday spirit and ready to make wishes come true!
Will you join us as we provide gifts to elementary school students and ensure that all kids have a very merry holiday season?
ELF REsponsibilities
Purchase a gift for your matched child (valued at $25)
Deliver or send the gift to the child’s school on or before the deadline (don’t worry, we’ll send you all of the delivery instructions with the letter!)
Make holiday wishes come true!
It’s really that easy. Sign up now for our Letters to Santa mailing list, and you’ll be among the first to know when we launch the program this fall.
“Letters to Santa is an amazing program that brings so much joy to our students and the volunteers who help distribute the gifts. We cannot thank the Sun-Times Charity Trust enough for their generosity and goodwill.”
“I simply do not know what we do without the kindness and generosity of your readers, and we are so thankful that the Sun-Times organizes this whole event. It truly brings magic to the season.”
Donate to the empty stocking fund
Help us serve even more students in 2020. Make a gift to the empty stocking fund and help us make this holiday season our best one yet!
a very merry 2019
On behalf of all our partner schools and programs, thank you for making 2019 a very happy holiday for Chicagoland students. Because of your generosity, we were able to match 11,900 students with elves and ensure that each of these children received gifts this holiday season.
“This program brings great joy to the hearts of our children, their families, and our staff! It lets me know that the world is still a wondrous, giving and joyful place because of the caring people in it.”