About
Children’s Holiday Party is our largest community outreach event of the year! Thank you for joining us as a volunteer.
Thanks to generous donations from individuals and community partners, Mile High United Way provides a toy store every year where parents can select new gifts for their children. Children will have the opportunity to meet Santa and engage in holiday-themed activities. At the end of the day, families will leave with great holiday memories, treasured homemade keepsakes and wrapped gifts. Help Mile High United Way reach our goal of serving 1,000 children this year!
Bilingual volunteers are needed for Saturday!
Interested in providing items for our families? Check out our Amazon Wishlist HERE. Please note if you plan to drop off supplies at our building, we are only accepting supplies Monday through Friday between 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. until December 4. Please contact volunteer@unitedwaydenver.org for questions about drives or to coordinate a drop off.
Not able to volunteer or participate in the drive? Make a gift to help us purchase items for the Children's Holiday Party to ensure that our families have everything they need this season. Give Now
For questions or to make changes to your registrations, please email volunteer@unitedwaydenver.org.
Dress Requirements: This will be a high energy, indoor/ outdoor opportunity so please wear comfortable, warm layered clothing.
Children- This is a family friendly event. Children 17 and younger are welcome to volunteer at this event with an adult at the same station. If you are planning to volunteer with children, you will be able to add them to your registration and do not need to create a separate registration for them. Everyone 18 and older should register separately.
Language- Bilingual volunteers needed, especially for the Bilingual Welcome and Personal Shopper roles.
If you are completing hours that need to documented, you must contact our staff at volunteer@unitedwaydenver.org prior to registering to confirm the compatibility of this event with your needs and to make arrangements for the documentation.
Shifts (74)
| Shift | Start Time | End Time | Address | Description | Registrants Needed | |
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| REMOTE - Holiday Ornaments and Snowflakes | 9:00am (MT) | 4:00pm (MT) | 711 Park Avenue West Denver, Colorado 80205 Parking is located on the south side of the building | Exercise your creativity by making holiday ornaments and snowflakes! Create ornaments and paper snowflakes for decorating the Mile High United Way building during the Children Holiday Party for a winter wonderland feel. For examples search Pinterest or email volunteer@unitedwaydenver.org
| 0/∞ | Register |
| REMOTE-Host a Toy Drive | 12:00am (MT) | 4:00pm (MT) | 711 Park Ave West Denver, CO 80205 | Help make the Children's Holiday Party possible by hosting a toy drive. Coordinate with your friends, family, neighbors, book club or other group you are a part of to collect toys for this event. Toys are needed for children of all ages. An Amazon Wish list, which can be shipped... | 0/∞ | Register |
| Shift | Start Time | End Time | Address | Description | Registrants Needed | |
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| PRE - EVENT: Children's Holiday Party - Toy Sorting + Prep | 1:00pm (MT) | 3:00pm (MT) | 711 Park Avenue West Denver, Colorado 80205 | Join us in sorting and organizing all of the generous gifts donated by our partners, organizations and individuals throughout the community. Your support in this vital piece directly contributes to the success of the Children's Holiday Party. This activity will involve standing, walking, lifting and bending. | 5/10 | Register |
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| PRE - EVENT: Children's Holiday Party - Toy Sorting + Prep | 10:00am (MT) | 12:00pm (MT) | 711 Park Avenue West Denver, Colorado 80205 | Join us in sorting and organizing all of the generous gifts donated by our partners, organizations and individuals throughout the community. Your support in this vital piece directly contributes to the success of the Children's Holiday Party. This role involves lifting, bending and standing. | 5/10 | Register |
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| PRE - EVENT: Children's Holiday Party - Toy Sorting + Prep | 10:00am (MT) | 12:00pm (MT) | 711 Park Ave West Denver, CO 80205 | Join us in sorting and organizing all of the generous gifts donated by our partners, organizations and individuals throughout the community. Your support in this vital piece directly contributes to the success of the Children's Holiday Party. This role involves lifting, bending and standing. | 5/10 | Register |
| Shift | Start Time | End Time | Address | Description | Registrants Needed | |
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| PRE - EVENT: Children's Holiday Party - Toy Sorting + Prep | 2:00pm (MT) | 4:00pm (MT) | 711 Park Ave West Denver, CO 80205 | Join us in sorting and organizing all of the generous gifts donated by our partners, organizations and individuals throughout the community. Your support in this vital piece directly contributes to the success of the Children's Holiday Party. This role involves lifting, bending and standing. | 11/15 | Register |
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| PRE - EVENT: Children's Holiday Party- Set-up and Decorating | 10:00am (MT) | 12:00pm (MT) | 711 Park Avenue West Denver, Colorado 80205 | Join us for the final preparation for the Children's Holiday Party, which include setting up supplies and furniture, organizing the toys and transforming our building into a Winter Wonderland filled with bright colors, twinkling lights, luscious trees and holiday decorations galore! This role will involve standing, bending and lifting. | 10/15 | Register |
| Shift | Start Time | End Time | Address | Description | Registrants Needed | |
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| Gift Wrappers Shift 1 | 8:45am (MT) | 11:30am (MT) | 711 Park Avenue West Denver, Colorado 80205 | Volunteers will be wrapping the gifts that parents have picked out for their children. This event will serve nearly 400 families and we hand out nearly 2,000 toys, be prepared to wrap a bundle of gifts!
Arrive promptly at 8:45 a.m. Volunteers in shift 1 will also help with event... | 12/20 | Register |
| Hospitality Snack and Lunch Shift 1 | 8:30am (MT) | 11:30am (MT) | 711 Park Avenue West Denver, Colorado 80205 | Volunteers will be serving snacks and refreshments on the day of the event. Responsibilities will include keeping the tables clean and organized, replenishing food and being a welcoming face to the families. This will be an indoor/outdoor role so volunteers should dress in layers and wear comfortable shoes. This role... | 5/6 | Register |
| Santa's Helpers Photo Booth Shift 1 | 8:30am (MT) | 11:30am (MT) | 711 Park Avenue West Denver, Colorado 80205 | Santa's Helpers will be assisting with photos taken with Santa. Volunteers will help with crowd control, positioning families for the picture, taking and printing pictures. Volunteers are especially encouraged to dress up for this role and wear layers for the weather.
Arrive promptly at 8:30 a.m. Volunteers in shift 1... | 2/4 | Register |
| Toy Store Organizers Shift 1 | 8:45am (MT) | 11:30am (MT) | 711 Park Avenue West Denver, Colorado 80205 | Volunteers are responsible for organizing the toy store area, monitoring gift flow and adding new presents as needed.
Volunteers in this position will not have much idle time so being able to stand most of the shift is a must. Please wear comfortable shoes.
Arrive promptly at 8:45 a.m. Volunteers... | 6/6 | Full |
| Shopping Check-in Shift 1 | 8:30am (MT) | 11:30am (MT) | 711 Park Avenue West Denver, Colorado 80205 | Volunteers will help parents get checked in to start shopping! Volunteers will provide tickets for gifts and make sure families are paired with a personal shopping assistant.
Arrive promptly at 8:30 a.m. Volunteers in shift 1 will also help with event set up for their station and others, which may... | 0/4 | Register |
| Guest Check-in Shift 1 | 8:15am (MT) | 11:30am (MT) | 711 Park Avenue West Denver, Colorado 80205 | Volunteers will check in families as they arrive. We will have approximately 20-25 families coming every 30 minutes starting at 9AM. All parents and children need to be checked-in, sign a waiver and be given direction on next steps.
Arrive promptly at 8:15 a.m. Volunteers in shift 1 will also... | 3/6 | Register |
| Personal Shoppers Shift 1 | 8:30am (MT) | 11:30am (MT) | 711 Park Avenue West Denver, Colorado 80205 | Bilingual volunteers are encouraged to register for this role.
Volunteers will greet parents and guide them through the toy store as they're making their selection of toys. Offering to help hold toys that have been picked out is encouraged. Volunteers will then take the gifts to the gift wrapping station... | 15/25 | Register |
| Bike Distribution Shift 1 | 8:30am (MT) | 11:30am (MT) | 711 Park Ave West Denver, CO 80205 | Volunteers will help families who have won the drawing for a bike. They will verify that the registration list and find the correct bike, making sure families get the style and size they entered the drawing for. Volunteers will move the bikes from storage and help the families take it... | 0/4 | Register |
| Staff Lead North Pole Shift 1 | 8:00am (MT) | 11:30am (MT) | 711 Park Ave West Denver, CO 80205 | Staff Leads at the North Pole will supervise volunteers in the childcare area where children will do crafts and activities while their adults select gifts. 2 of these staff leads will supervise the check in and pick up area ensuring that all children have wristbands with their adults name and... | 0/6 | Register |
| Gift Checkout Shift 1 | 8:45am (MT) | 11:15am (MT) | 711 Park Avenue West Denver, Colorado 80205 | Once gifts are wrapped and ticketed, they go to the check-out area where families will have matching tickets to ensure accurate pickup. Volunteers will organize the gift check-out process and ensure that families leave the event with the correct gifts.
Arrive promptly at 8:45 a.m. Volunteers in shift 1 will... | 0/5 | Register |
| Shift | Start Time | End Time | Address | Description | Registrants Needed | |
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| Post Event Follow Up | 1:00pm (MT) | 4:30pm (MT) | 711 Park Ave West Denver, CO 80205 | After the Children's Holiday Party, volunteers will organize the remaining supplies, help staff "shop" for families in our programs who were unable to attend the event on Saturday and those who were on the waitlist for the event. At the end of the day, volunteers will consolidate, inventory and move... | 0/5 | Register |
| Event Follow up | 10:00am (MT) | 1:00pm (MT) | 711 Park Avenue West Denver, Colorado 80205 | After the Children's Holiday Party, volunteers will organize the remaining supplies, help staff "shop" for families in our programs who were unable to attend the event on Saturday and those who were on the waitlist for the event. | 0/9 | Register |