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Provide Comfort & Joy This Holiday Season

Organize a team to collect wish list items and volunteer for critically ill children & their families 

Comfort & Joy is our biggest donation drive of the year

Rally your friends, families, co-workers, customers, and community to collect toys, basic need items, and household goods to make holidays away from home a little easier for sick children and their families. 

Ways to participate

  • Purchase wish list items and send them directly to our regional location. Staff and volunteers will wrap and distribute gifts and stock basic need items across our locations.
  • Organize a Comfort & Joy wrapping party
    • Ask your group to bring wish list items and get creative by wrapping items for families
    • NOTE: since families will need to know what item is inside, please wrap each item individually and snap a picture of the item to attach to the present
    • Add a personal touch by including a holiday wishes
    • Take pictures and tag us on social media @RMHCBayArea #ComfortAndJoy
    • Contact us to organize a drop-off for wrapped presents
  • Let us do the shopping for you! If you’ve already got a million things going on, you can donate gift cards for stores like Target, Walmart, and Safeway for families and/or make a direct donation online: www.rmhcbayarea.org/donate. 

If you have any questions or would like more information, please reach out to our Community & Corporate Engagement Manager, Mallory Mroz mallory.mroz@rmhcbayarea.org.

A Special Message from the Waits Family 

Sign up for Comfort & Joy

If you’re interested in participating and want to know what we need the most, please click the button below and fill out the form. When planning, keep in mind that we will be accepting donations through December 24.

Donating your vehicle this holiday?

Comfort and Joy Donations over the 2022 Holiday Season ❄

Comfort & Joy Donations

Comfort & Joy is our biggest donation drive of the year

Rally your co-workers, customers, and community to collect toys, basic need items, and household goods to make holidays away from home a little easier for sick children and their families.

A Special Message from the Waits Family

Ways to participate

  • Purchase wish list items and send them directly to our regional location. Staff and volunteers will wrap and distribute gifts and stock basic need items across our locations.
  • Organize a Comfort & Joy wrapping party
    • Ask your group to bring wish list items and get creative by wrapping items for families
    • NOTE: since families will need to know what item is inside, please wrap each item individually and snap a picture of the item to attach to the present
    • Add a personal touch by including a holiday wishes
    • Take pictures and tag us on social media @RMHCBayArea #ComfortAndJoy
    • Contact us to organize a drop-off for wrapped presents
  • Let us do the shopping for you! If you’ve already got a million things going on, you can donate gift cards to stores like Target, Walmart, and Safeway for families and/or make a direct donation online: www.rmhcbayarea.org/donate.

If you have any questions or would like more information, please reach out to our Manager, Corporate and Community Engagement, Mallory Mroz at mallory.mroz@rmhcbayarea.org.

Sign up for Comfort & Joy

If you’re interested in participating and want to know what we need the most, please click the button below and fill out the form. When planning, keep in mind that we will be accepting through December 24.

Donating your vehicle this holiday?

Comfort and Joy Donations over the 2022 Holiday Season ❄

Comfort & Joy Donations