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 |
| Shift | Start Time | End Time | Address | Description | Registrants Needed | |
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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 |
| Shift | Start Time | End Time | Address | Description | Registrants Needed | |
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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 |
| Shift | Start Time | End Time | Address | Description | Registrants Needed | |
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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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| Staff Lead North Pole Shift 2 | 10:30am (MT) | 2:00pm (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 |
| Staff Lead Support - Shift 3 | 1:15pm (MT) | 4:00pm (MT) | 711 Park Avenue West Denver, Colorado 80205 | Mile High United Way staff will be supporting the following areas and will provide guidance and support to the volunteers and guests:
Guest Check-In
Personal Shoppers
Gift Wrapping
Gift Check Out
North Pole
Hospitality
Staff leads will meet their volunteers in the volunteer check in area for the shift huddle. ... | 0/8 | Register |
| Highlighted Gift Specialists Shift 1 | 8:30am (MT) | 11:30pm (MT) | 711 Park Avenue West Denver, Colorado 80205 | Volunteers will assist families and personal shoppers with gifts that need an extra level of organization or personalization to find the right size or match, like shoes or items for teens. Volunteers will organize and restock gifts. | 0/8 | Register |
| Morning Event Set Up | 7:45am (MT) | 9:00am (MT) | 711 Park Ave West Denver, CO 80205 | Morning Event Set Up volunteers will set up tents, tables, chairs and the supplies needed at the stations before the event begins. Artificial trees and decorations will also need to be set up. This is an indoor/outdoor events so volunteer will be bringing the furniture and supplies out onto the... | 0/8 | Register |
| Highlighted Gift Specialists Shift 2 | 11:00am (MT) | 2:00pm (MT) | 711 Park Ave West Denver, CO 80205 | Volunteers will assist families and personal shoppers with gifts that need an extra level of organization or personalization to find the right size or match, like shoes or items for teens. Volunteers will organize and restock gifts. | 0/8 | Register |
| North Pole Helpers Shift 3 | 1:15pm (MT) | 4:00pm (MT) | 711 Park Avenue West Denver, Colorado 80205 | North Pole Helpers are volunteers who will be paired with kiddos as their parents are paired with a volunteer to help them shop. North Pole Helpers will stay with the children while they visit each of the children's activities and arts and crafts stations.
This opportunity is great for individuals... | 10/18 | Register |
| North Pole Helpers Shift 2 | 10:45am (MT) | 1:45pm (MT) | 711 Park Avenue West Denver, Colorado 80205 | North Pole Helpers are volunteers who will be paired with kiddos as their parents are paired with a volunteer to help them shop. North Pole Helpers will stay with the children while they visit each of the children's gift shop and arts and crafts stations.
This opportunity is great for... | 10/18 | Register |
| 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 |
| Gift Wrappers Shift 3 | 1:30pm (MT) | 4:00pm (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! There may be families interested in helping wrap their own gifts too.
Volunteers for... | 10/20 | Register |
| Personal Shoppers Shift 3 | 1:30pm (MT) | 4:00pm (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... | 10/20 | 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 |