How to Help

How to Help

There are many ways you can help the Elves!

We are a community group that helps connect local families for assistance during the holiday season. We are not a 501c3 yet but a registered community group. Getting our 501C3 is our goal for the off season.
We have several ways you can help:
We post “wish lists” by family in our Facebook groups, currently we have 5 groups(see below):
1. Look at our list select a child,  multiple children or an entire family by putting your name next to the child number/family and then sending us an email to info@opelves.com to confirm your selection
2. Donate at our website and the elves will do the shopping for you
3. Pre-pay for items at our local partners, Reads & Company and Generations Toy Store
4. Sign up to help elf, become a part of the Head Elf group to help coordinate our efforts
5. Start your own local elf group, organize a group to adopt a family, help us fundraise and many other tasks!

* Contributions can be made either via PayPal (link at right) or at our bank, Royal Bank America located at 124 Main Street, Phoenixville, PA. More details.

 

We also gladly accept donations of  Christmas wrapping paper, unused gift boxes, tissue paper, bows, tape, and gift labels.  Visit our Facebook groups to find all of our children’s wish lists:

 

 

*wrapping-party-3 UNFORTUNATELY there will be no wrapping parties this year due to Covid – 19

Participate in our Community Wrap Parties! This is one of the most special things we do.  We understand that not everyone is in a position to donate money or wish list items.  Your most valuable gift, your time, is greatly needed as well.  Spending the day wrapping the many gifts that are purchased and donated is an amazing experience.  In 2015, our Community Wrap Parties were amazing and truly captured the holiday joy.  The participants had fun, made new friends, and further forged a sense of community that has stayed with us long after the last present was delivered.  Get more information on these wrapping parties here.

If you know of, or are a family who could use assistance this Christmas season, please submit a completely confidential request for help here.