UPCOMING EVENTS & VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
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Toy Drive – We need 1,000 toys to fill our Christmas Toy Store
Help support local families shop for toys for their children (ages 12 and below). Your support will help bring joy and create holiday memories for families in need. New, unwrapped toys can be dropped off at our Administrative Offices at 748 N. Market Street beginning Nov. 2nd from Monday through Friday, 9am-4pm. All toys need to be collected by December 11th so we can get our Christmas Toy Store ready.
Thanksgiving Turkey Bucks sign-ups – begins Monday, Nov. 2, 2026
Sign-up for a Thanksgiving Meal Kit which includes a turkey, canned goods, and fresh potatoes to help you create your very own holiday feast. (Vouchers are available while supplies last).
Stuff the Truck Turkey Drive – Friday, Nov. 6, 2026 at the Redding Walmart and SaveMart stores
Come donate turkeys and canned good to help families in our community with their holiday meals.
Give Redding – Friday, Nov. 13, 2026 at 2070 Churn Creek Road, Redding
Give Redding is an annual event hosted by O2 Employment Services but fully supported and successful because of the incredible support of local businesses and our community. Started in 2012, the Give Redding Holiday Drive has become the community’s largest food drive. This annual event is unique in that it involves many local businesses who hold their own drives for donations, then bring them all together on one day. Support us by donating non-perishable foods and toys. Your support will make a difference for many local families who could use a helping hand this season.
Help Pack Meal Kits for our Thanksgiving Food Give-Away – Wednesday, November 18, 2026
Help pack meal kits from 3-5:00pm and get them ready for our Food Give-Away the following day. We need 8 volunteers. You can sign up to help by contacting Robyn Snow at rsnow@gnrm.org.
Thanksgiving Food Give-Away – Thursday, November 19, 2026
You must have a Turkey Buck to pick up a meal kit. Arrive on the time that was designated to you when you signed up.
Thanksgiving Banquet and Coat Drive – Wednesday, November 25, 2026
Meals are served at 11am, 12:30pm, 4pm and 5:30pm. Volunteer opportunities are available for kitchen help, banquet service, decorating the dining hall, and check-in volunteers.
Christmas Turkey Bucks sign-ups begin – Monday, Nov. 30, 2026
Sign-up for a Christmas Meal Kit which includes a turkey, canned goods, and fresh potatoes to help you create your very own holiday feast. (Vouchers are available while supplies last).
Toy Store Bucks sign-ups begin – Monday, Nov. 30, 2026 (until vouchers run out)
Sign-up for a Toy Buck which allows you to “shop” at our Christmas Toy Store for free for any child age 12 and under. Sign up each child separately. (Vouchers are available while supplies last).
Help Pack Meal Kits for our Christmas Food Give-Away – Wednesday, December 16, 2026
Help pack meal kits from 3-5:00pm and get them ready for our Food Give-Away the following day. We need 8 volunteers. You can sign up to help by contacting Robyn Snow at rsnow@gnrm.org.
Christmas Food Give-Away – Thursday, December 17, 2026
Help pack meal kits for on Wednesday, December 16, 2026 from 3-5:00pm. Contact Robyn Snow at rsnow@gnrm.org.
Christmas Celebration and Coat Drive – Friday, December 18, 2026
Meals are served at 11am, 12:30pm, 4pm and 5:30pm. Volunteer opportunities are available for kitchen help, banquet service, decorating the dining hall, and checking-in volunteers.
Christmas Toy Store – Friday, December 18, 2026
Sign-up to shop at our Christmas Toy Store or volunteer to be a Christmas Elf and help organize our store and welcome the hundreds of family who will come to shop that day.
Looking for a way to help?
Your support can make a difference. Every gift you give helps provides a way out of despair for the hundreds of people experiencing homelessness in our county. Your donation helps to provide shelter, safety and a place for those struggling to get a hot meal. Those hot meals aren’t just hot meals, they’re an opening for connection to address obstacles and allow someone to take the next step towards getting off the streets. Your gift helps someone take the first step towards a life transformed. Click here to help.
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LIST OF ANNUAL EVENTS
Homeless Memorial Service (January)
Empty Bowls Fundraiser (March)
Good Friday Walk to the Cross Celebration (April)
Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon (April)
Block Party (May-July)
Bridge Discipleship Program Graduation (August)
Simpson City Wide Carwash Fundraiser (September)
Harvest of Hope (October)
Stuff the Truck Turkey Drive (November)
Toy Drive (November)
Thanksgiving Food Give-A-Way (November)
Thanksgiving Banquet and Coat Drive (November)
Christmas Food Give-A-Way (December)
Christmas Celebration and Coat Drive (December)
Christmas Toy Store (December)
